Progress Report for Youth Sector

2008 Progress Report

On December 6th, the Faisal Husseini Youth Award held an orientation program for the fourth group of new participants. The program was held for participants of various backgrounds belonging to 6 different schools across the city which are:

It included ice-breaking activities led by Dr. Ghanem Yaacoubi, to facilitate communication between the different groups of students.
The five-hour program was held at Al-Fatah Secondary School in Jerusalem and aimed at further informing new participants about the FHYA, its objectives and requirements, as well as strengthening their knowledge of the country's history and some geography.

Mr. Mazen Jabari and Ms. Manar Idris of the Youth Development Department assisted in carrying out the program's objectives. Thirty-eight participants attended the program. The participants' record books were given out during the orientation program in order to encourage them and make it easier for them to begin their program of choice.

The FHYA management decided to hold a separate orientation program for participants from Sour-Baher, a suburb of Jerusalem, due to its location which is a good distance form the city of Jerusalem. Their orientation program will be held on January 3rd, 2009.

The FHYA management also decided to hold an additional orientation program for the 18 participants who could not attend the December 6th program from St. Dimitri High School and others due to their school schedules. This program will be shorter and more concise. It will be held at Al-Quds Club in Jerusalem.

On December 17th, the FHYA management visited the Equestrian Club in Jericho in order to organize the second part of the orientation program for new participants aiming at introducing participants to different kinds of sports and recreational activities.

Several participants continue their service, skill and sports programs.
The following are some pictures of participants during their program activities:

Mahmoud of Dar Al-Aytam 'D' School during his service hour at Makassed Hospital in the paediatric play room

Vania of St. Tarkmanchatz School during her service with children from the day-care center

Karin of St. Tarkmanchatz School during arts and crafts hour with the children from the day-care center

Participants Ali and Abed Al-Rahman during their administrative service at Elia Association

Students during their computer skills class in Elia Association

A small projects program was launched as part of the services program in order to assist certain FHYA participants in launching their services section and/ or completing service hours. The first small project/ "December" project was decided by participants themselves through a brainstorming session facilitated by a FHYA leader. Local needs were taken into consideration and specifically the needs of local schools and other institutions.
This project was implemented on Saturday, December, 6th, 2008. Fifteen participants supervised by an FHYA leader carried out an entertainment program at the Makassed Islamic Charitable Society Hospital pediatric ward. Their activities included:
Two participants dressed in hand-made clown suits and entertained a group of patients in the recreation room of the pediatric ward.
Other participants handed out toys to immobile patients and used face paints to draw designs on patients' hands or faces.
Activities were also supervised by hospital staff.