Charity trust which connects young people and English teachers in Palestine with an international volunteer network. Online interaction, drama & storytelling.
Totnes, England
Joined August 2018
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Have you watched Welcome to Gaza in Cairo yet?
Five Gazan schoolgirls wrote these plays before the war. Now living in Egypt, they perform their own stories on stage. Directed by Raeda Ghazaleh, with English subtitles.
Watch: youtu.be/R242gEJTZqY
A quick reminder: Shattered is also available in paperback!
Yara Yousef’s powerful story shows how art became a way to document the war in Gaza and preserve memories of what was lost.
Available in 4 languages!
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Miss Wafaa and her students explored Juha and the Meat through games, discussions, and creative new endings. They also shared their favourite foods!
Support Stories Alive: justgiving.com/page/donna-ca…
🐜 Stories Alive Club in Gaza
Mr. Mohammed and his students explored The Ant and the Grasshopper through fun games and discussions about choices, hard work, and happiness.
Support Stories Alive: justgiving.com/page/donna-ca…
🎉 The Hands Up Project turns 10!
Join our online birthday conference on 22 November at 2 pm UK time, with team talks, memories and cake! 🎂
Share your favourite Hands Up memory using #HandsUpTurns10!
Read more: handsupproject.org/blog-hup/…
UK schoolchildren are still writing poems inspired by Tala’s painting from Gaza. Thanks to the National Education Union for supporting One for My Brother!
Get your copy and bring it to your school: handsupproject.org/shopresou…
🎉 The Hands Up Project Turns 10!
Join us online to celebrate a decade of learning, creativity, and connection with short talks from our team.
📅 22 November 2026 | 2 pm UK time
💻 Register for Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
We’d love to celebrate with you!
#HandsUpTurns10
The Islamic University of Gaza was destroyed, but thanks to Nada and our Art From Rubble project, it’s becoming a place of learning and creativity for children once again.
Please keep supporting us: justgiving.com/page/ken-maha…
One artwork, many stories! ✨ Our girls are using their imagination to create stories inspired by this unique piece. We can’t wait to share their creativity with you!
Nada Rajab | Art From Rubble, Gaza
Voices of Mental Health Workers in Gaza Join Palestine Trauma Centre (UK) on 14 November in London for an event honouring mental health workers in Gaza featuring talks films and exhibitions including children’s artwork collected by the HUP
£10 /£5 unwaged tickettailor.com/events/pale…
🎨🤎 Art From Rubble Daily Update 🇵🇸
Bubbles, laughter, and little smiles! 🫧 Nada and the children enjoyed their Bubbles, Not Bombs activity simple moments of joy. Every child deserves to play freely and just be a child.
Exciting classes we have with our lovely volunteer, Jane. 💓🙏
Our students are very lucky to have a great teacher like her.
An active, cheerful day with our art therapist and our lovely students. 📷📷
#HandsUpProject
#freepalesti̇ne
Mr. Samir and his students in Gaza brought Juha and the Meat to life through storytelling games, teamwork, and fun challenges! Learning is always more exciting when stories come alive.
Donate: justgiving.com/page/donna-ca…
🎤 Hands Up Public Speaking Course! Ages 10–16, online, starting in November.
📝 Register by 25 October: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
🎤 دورة الخطابة من Hands Up! للأعمار 10–16 سنة، عبر الإنترنت، وتبدأ في نوفمبر.
📝 التسجيل حتى 25 أكتوبر عبر الرابط أعلاه.
Fatima, one of our Cairo Space students, captured this lovely video of our trip to Dream Park with students and teachers from the Hands Up Educational Care Space. A day to have fun, make memories, and simply enjoy being children.
Support our Cairo Space: justgiving.com/page/peter-os…
Read all about our brand new, 'Art From Poetry' competition - mailchi.mp/bbb6971874ef/2025…
📚🐊 Stories Alive Club in Gaza 🇵🇸
Miss Hannah and her students brought The Crocodile and the Monkey to life through chants, role-play, picture descriptions, and fun games to practise vocabulary and sentence ordering!
Donate here: justgiving.com/page/donna-ca…
Introducing the 2026 Hands Up Project 'Art from Poetry' competition. Open to young people worldwide. handsupproject.org/blog-hup/…
