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As part of ”Taalom” project supported by Right to Play organization,  Psychosocial and Educational Support Program and kindergarten of the association Najdeh organized celebrations and recreational activities for children on the occasion of Christmas and the New Year. Activities included distributing gifts to children.

Right to Play’s TAALOM helps Syrian, Palestinian and host communities in Lebanon to address the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis.

Local and popular Forum of NGOs working in the Palestinian field organized an set-in in front of UNRWA’s Head office in Tyre/ Buss camps.

The demonstrators assured on the existence of UNRWA through a statement by the forum, and the necessity of continuation of its work till their return to Palestine.

They demanded the UNRWA administration to back down on the whole shrinkage procedures.

The set-in comes within a series of movements announced by the Forum in sequence of the 69^th of the anniversary of establishment of UNRWA and the Universal declaration of Human Rights.

On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the commemoration of the first intifada and the 69th anniversary of UNRWA, the Lebanese-Palestinian coalition for the right to work campaign for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon held a solidarity meeting at the Beirut Sons Committee quarters.

Within the meeting, speeches for representatives of the Committee, the coalition, and the Palestinian syndicate were given. The speakers called on the Lebanese State to approve the civil and social rights of the Palestinian refugees and to make non-discriminative laws especially in the right to work.

The speakers called for the continuation of actions, conferences and the adoption of a draft consolidated paper by the Lebanese and the Palestinians to be submitted to the Lebanese government for discussion and parliamentary legislation in order to support the Palestinian solidarity till their return.

With the support by of UNICEF and Medical Aid for Palestinians, Within the project of strengthening Community-Based Child Protection Gender Based Violence Intervention and Psycho-social Support in Palestinian Camps and Gatherings in Lebanon  and  the Right-to-Play “TAALOM” Project, Association Najdeh revived  the “World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse ” over a week of November within its psychosocial centers and kindergartens in Beddawi, Nahr el Bared, Barr Elias, Baalbek, Saad Nayel, Ain Al-Helweh, Burj al-Barajneh, Rachidia, El-Buss and Shatila, through several activities that embodied the rejection of exploitation and violence and raising awareness of children about concepts of exploitation, abuse, violence, child protection procedures and rights..

Psycho-social centers in coordination with KGs conducted several activities; short film displays, handicrafts, educational activities, dialogue sessions about children’s rights, parents’ meetings, puppet theaters at UNRWA and local NGOs, marches for children in the camps holding posters from their own words about rejection of Exploitation, also raising awareness workshops, and murals.

Centers conducted final ceremonies, where short films about rights and protecting children from exploitation were displayed, children’s handicrafts and paintings through the week, musical, dancing and theatre plays by children, in the presence of parents, children and representatives from the local NGOs working in the camps.

Child protection networks in the camps with the support of Asmae – Association Sœur Emmanuelle organized activities and sessions within the Kid Power series, which focused on self-confidence, self-expression and opinion, as well as the protection of children from harassment.

Under the slogan of “My right to work is not naturalization” and on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the Lebanese – Palestinian Right to Work Campaign Coalition in the North organized a solidarity stand in the municipality of Bennin, with the participation of members of the local community, associations, Palestinian factions and the Palestinian People’s Committee from Nahr al-Bared and Beddawi camps.

The meeting started with the Mayor of Bennin, Dr. Kifah Kassar, who insisted during his speech on the strong relationships between the Lebanese and Palestinian peoples. The right to work and other rights are human rights granted by international covenants and agreements and divine laws. The Palestinians have a fair cause and they are active shareholders and their own thinking and thoughts, and if Lebanon invests in them, Lebanon’s situation will be changed to better and many economic problems will be solved.

Mr. Al-Kasaren spoke about the conspiracies being waived against the Palestinians and hoped that this symbolic and expressive visit by people of Baddawi and Al-Barad would let the politicians in Lebanon to have actions by legislate the rights of the Palestinians and pledged to support the Palestinian refugees in their rights.

The speech of the Lebanese – Palestinian Right to Work Campaign Coalition was presented by the coordinator of the campaign in Nahr al-Bared camp, Mr. Alaa Derawi spoke about the reason for the revival of the day of solidarity with the Palestinian people and the Palestinian struggle against historical injustice and talked about the seriousness of the stage which we are going through and the deal of the century.

Al Dirawi spoke about the interest and fate of the Lebanese and Palestinians involved in confronting these conspiracies and adhering to the right to work apart from the Palestinian internal conflicts until the implementation of Resolution 194.

Al Dirawi insists that the Palestinian aspires to live in dignity during the course of his struggle and therefore the right to work does not mean to demand resettlement, pointing out that the Palestinian is not a burden on the economy or compete with the Lebanese labor force, but they are contributors to the economic cycle.

At the end, Al Dirawi thanked the Mayor for his generous hospitality and support for the Palestinian people.

The event included a poem presentation in this occasion by the Poet and Good Intentions Ambassador Dr. Abdul Mohsen Mohammed.

The Women’s Rights Program of Association Najdeh, with the support and funding of the Norwegian People’s Aid for the Women Can Do It project, organized an advanced  training on leadership and decision making for active women in coordination with Collective for Research and Training on Development-Action (CRTD.A) to conduct two-days training at Rotana Hotel Arjaan Raouche.

The training included the definition of leadership, community mobilization, the role of women in political life and the Security Council resolution 1325 and its importance in conflict areas.

The training was facilitated by Dr. Amal Mukherzal. The women members in camps popular committees and Palestinian political factions had participated in the training.

The project aims to enhance the skills of women members in political factions and increase the women participation in public and political life.