Recreational activities

A girl holds up her painting at the outdoor art workshop in a refugee camp

A boy draws with a pink pencil during the art workshop

Four young boys stand on a dirt road in an informal camp

A girl beside her drawing clipped to a wooden board at the art workshop

A girl holds up a painting of a house in an olive grove

A girl in a headscarf holds up a painting of a house and trees in an olive grove

A girl holds up a drawing of figures under a blue sky in an olive grove

A boy holds up a painting of trees and a heart in an olive grove

A girl holding olive branches sits with other children in a van

A girl shows her hands covered in grey paint

A child holds up a colourful painting of flowers and a heart

A boy holds up a painting of a heart and a dove

A boy holds up a painting with Arabic writing

A girl holds up a painting in blue, green and red

A young girl holds up a painting in red and blue

A girl holds up a painting of a flower and a house

Two girls sit together at a drawing table in a refugee camp

Children look out of the window of a green car

Children crowd at the window of a green car, one holding a yellow ball

A girl with purple flowers in her hair holds a yellow ball at a car window

Children fish apples out of a blue water basin in a garden

A man kneels in a garden with a young girl and a tablet

Two girls lean over a blue water basin, one holding an apple in her mouth

A young girl holds up an apple caught from a water basin

A girl with purple flowers in her hair holds an apple in her mouth

A man leads children along a path through an orchard

Children walk along a path through an orchard

A group of children walks through a wooded orchard

Children climb a rocky mound among bushes

A girl holds a white ball in her mouth during a game with other children

A volunteer sits on the ground surrounded by children

A man dressed as Santa Claus greets children and mothers in a refugee camp

A man dressed as Santa Claus hands out presents to children in a refugee camp

A man dressed as Santa Claus gives a present to a small child held by its mother

A man dressed as Santa Claus raises his arms among children on a dirt road

A man dressed as Santa Claus walks with children between tents in a camp

A man dressed as Santa Claus sits among children holding presents

Besides our peacebuilding and our educational work, providing regular classes to more than 300 Syrians and Lebanese, we have started to complement school with some recreational activities for those of them living in harsh conditions in the informal camps at the Lebanese/Syrian border. In the end of November, just before the start of snow and rain, Kevin from New York joined us to offer a special art workshop to refugee kids, joined by an exiled Syrian artist. For more than a week, our school children were invited to draw and paint their dreams for the future. We also started to resume the cross-country games of this summer, giving the youth the chance to forget for a few hours the daily hardship of the camps.

Your solidarity keeps the classrooms open.