In the year 1948, Palestinians have uprooted from twenty cities and about four hundred villages; about seven hundred thousand Palestinians i.e. 66% of the residents of Palestine became homeless; this represented the complete deterioration of the Palestinian society with all its components and bases; it lead to the emergence of a new phenomenon in the Palestinian society which is the Palestinian Refugees Camps that spread in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and neighboring countries: Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon and the rest of the world. One of these camps is Arroub Refugee Camp. These camps which bear witness to the catastrophe, homelessness and uprooting of Palestinians from their lands and homeland symbolize their daily sufferings on all levels: cultural, social, economic, and political. They still exist up till this present moment waiting for a political decision to put an end to their pain and suffering. In the human history there is not any crime which is as brutal as the crime of forcing Palestinians out of their lands in 1948 at the hands of the Zionist gangsters; this was later called the Palestinian Nakba (Setback).
Arroub refugee camp lies in the north of Hebron district. It was founded on the year 1947 after Nakba in the year 1948, under the supervision of UNRWA. It has 9000 people, dividing to 1284 families, all of them are refugees, were uprooted form their homeland in the years 1948, 1967 by Israeli occupation. The camp is very crowded area, 40 meters for each family with an average of 7 persons, in which it will be very difficult to buy them their school needs: clothes, bags and stationery, taking into consideration that the majority of the families are very poor, have more than one student, having a lot of economics problems, and living on the very limited support of the UNRWA who offers the education, the food, and a health center.
Scholars all over the world proved that school students tend to perform significantly better in a comfortable environment. Availability of school radio is one of their most basic needs.
This project is very important for the school for their daily activities especially each morning, in the educational, social and cultural issues, to enable our daughters continue their education in good conditions, since Palestinians attach great importance to education. Despite high unemployment rates, poverty and the difficulties of life under Israeli occupation, school enrolment rates in Gaza and the West Bank are among the highest in the region. Girls and boys are enrolled in equal numbers. Children and adults alike regard education as the main tool to improve their lives.
Project Details:
Donor: Palestinian Community - Australia.
Beneficiaries: Arroub Camp Preparatory Girls School, Hebron, Palestine.
Number of Beneficiaries: 588 students.
Date of the project: Saturday, April 27, 2013.
Student’s details: 588 eager students from fifth stage-ninth stage, each stage divided into three classes, for the academic year 2012/2013, as follows:
| No. | Class | Section | Student Number |
| 1 | Fifth | A, B, C | 114 |
| 2 | Sixth | A, B, C | 120 |
| 3 | Seventh | A, B, C | 124 |
| 4 | Eighth | A, B, C | 122 |
| 5 | Ninth | A, B, C | 108 |
| Total | 588 | ||
Project details:
| No. | Type | Number |
| 1. | Loudspeaker | 2 |
| 2. | Mixer | 1 |
| 3. | Rechargeable Batteries | 4 |
| 4. | Microphones | 4 |
| 5. | Charger | 2 |
Upon the completion of this charity project and on behalf of our youth, Arroub Camp Preparatory girls School, my refugee people and the HRS-Humanitarian Relief Society board members I would like to extend my deepest thanks and appreciation to The Palestinian community in Australia for their generous support for our daughters.
We have done this charity project not by our efforts alone, but also through your generous support and kindness, may Allah bless you and reward you the Jana, Ameen. “inna lanudeeAAu ajra man ahsana AAamala” (We will not allow to be lost the reward of any who did well in deeds). Sadaga Allah Al Atheem.
Thanks a lot in advance,
Professor Bassam Banat.
President
