International Women's Peace Service in Salfit Area
Iwps
Dear friends of Salfit,
We were exited to find your group, as we are an organisation working in Salfit area. Maybe you are already familiar with the IWPS, if not, please have a look at our web page and let us know, if you would like to be subscribed to our report lists and if there is any way we could cooperate. We are currently looking for new volunteers – maybe some of your group are interested?
Yours, clara
IWPS calls for new volunteers
Peace and human-rights volunteers needed in Palestine
- Are you a woman who is interested in working for international justice?
- Do you want to support Palestinian non-violent resistance?
- Are you willing to accompany farmers while they harvest their olives
in the fall?
- Are you able to spend two weeks to three months in the rural West Bank?
The International Women's Peace Service (IWPS) is a team of
international women based in Haris, a village in the Salfit
governorate of the West Bank. IWPS provides accompaniment to
Palestinian civilians, documents and non-violently intervenes in human
rights abuses, supports acts of non-violent resistance to end the
military occupation of the Palestinian Territories – particularly
Palestinian women's resistance – and opposes the Wall.
Our project is run entirely by long-term and short-term volunteers. We
are currently seeking new volunteers, who ideally have experience in
Palestine and/or with non-violent direct action and political activism
in their home countries.Computer skills, technical skills and some
knowledge of Arabic are also useful. Volunteers are welcome to apply
from their home countries or from within Palestine.
The role of IWPS volunteers includes:
• Living and working in a village alongside the Palestinian people;
• Observing and providing written and photographic documentation of
human-rights abuses, both for use of the project and for use in your
home country;
• Accompanying farmers to their fields, especially during the olive
harvest;
• Responding to emergency calls requiring mediation, intervention or
care, in coordination with the house team;
• Providing non-violent intervention in human-rights abuses;
• Engaging in acts of non-violent civil resistance alongside
Palestinians;
• Assisting in the development of village profiles in Salfit in order
to document the long-term effects of the military occupation;
• Communicating with independent media and international press.
Want to find out more?
You can find out more about IWPS and what we do by viewing our website
at www.iwps.info , where
you may also download our volunteer
information kit. You may also write to our Personnel group at iwpsvol...@yahoo.co.uk
, or to our house in Haris, Salfit,
Palestine at iw...@palnet.com .
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International Women’s Peace Service
Haris, Salfit
09-251-6644
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