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Fun at the Beach
– 30,000 young refugees took part in swimming training, interactive
games and arts and crafts. |
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Express Yourself – 104,000 young refugees learned traditional
arts and crafts, Palestinian folklore and kite-making skills at 195
community centres, many of which are located in the most impoverished
areas in the Gaza Strip. |
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Healthy Body, Healthy Mind – Sports activities such as
football, volleyball and athletics for 51,000 refugee children and
youth at 34 locations across Gaza. |
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A Little Bit of Everything – 63,000 young refugees played
sports and participated in arts and crafts activities in 70 UNRWA
schools. |
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Young Talent –
4,275 particularly gifted refugee students took part in intensive
theatre, music and running training. |
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Museum Excursions – 4,000 young refugees from the poorest
areas in Gaza were taken to Gaza’s first archaeological museum to
learn of Gaza’s rich heritage. |
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Circus Performances – An additional 4,000 of the most
vulnerable children clowned around at circus performances put on by
Clowns without Borders – Spain. |
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Kite Festival
– 6,000 refugee youth flew their hand-made kites sky high in this
2nd annual final festival. |
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Final Ceremonies –
Thousands of refugee children and youth participated in final
ceremonies of Summer Games. These included a showcase of dabka and
other folklore activities for 4,000 children by children as well as
a series of music concerts, theatre performances and races put on by
the participants of the Young Talent programme. A final Summer Games
ceremony was held for 11,000 children at Gaza City’s Palestine
Stadium, with footballer John Barnes in attendance. |