This summer at TYO, students, teachers, and volunteers collaborated on a project to renovate an outdoor area in our center. Both 7th and 8th graders turned a previously unused space into a lively and functional Games Nook, while practicing their creativity and developing a stronger sense of community.
Read MoreWhat if you could visualize your dream and capture it in a moment? For 7th graders at TYO this summer, this idea became a reality through the “Picturing Your Dream” project. Equipped with new skills in photography, these youth transformed their aspirations into powerful visual stories and were inspired to see their futures through a more hopeful lens.
Read MoreMeet Yousef. Freshly graduated in Computer Engineering, at TYO he combines his passion for learning new skills, meeting new people, and supporting the community where he grew up, by teaching computing to children, youth, and women, and assisting our team in integrating technology and education.
Read MoreMeet Ezz. He’s a 12-year-old from Nablus. He is passionate about music and cooking. At TYO, he feels free to just be himself and explore his creativity, while having fun with his friends.
Read MoreAs an intern, my initial fears revolved around whether I could provide the education these children deserved. But as the days unfolded, those fears transformed into a deep bond with my students. It's hard to imagine not seeing their excited faces and sharing in their learning journey each day.
Read MoreIt was the Tuesday of my second week into teaching, and I was finally beginning to get the hang of it all… or so I thought. For today’s exercise, we were tackling a semester-long project I had invented and coined as the “Verb Monster” activity. Thinking myself quite clever, I’d designed the activity to teach my students simple sentence structure…
Read MoreWalking through the streets of Nablus, it is difficult not to notice all the children. There are children playing soccer and cycling in the streets, children selling watermelon and cucumbers in the Old City, and children laughing with friends on steps to pass the time.
Read MoreDuring my time at TYO I have learnt a lot; and I learnt the most during the craft activities in my classes. Teaching grade 1 during the summer camp meant I was able to dedicate lots of the time to simple activities that would help the children engage with the topics we were discussing.
Read More“Use your words.” It’s a phrase I heard countless times as a kid, and one that naturally slipped into my vocabulary as an adult. Yet after the first few weeks of teaching an energetic class of second graders at TYO, I started to feel like a broken record repeating this adage of the past. Every accidental nudge, misunderstanding, or interpersonal issue snowballed into a larger conflict
Read MoreIntroducing our fall 2019 International Interns. Our interns Chambri and Laura have arrived to Nablus to support our programs for children, women, and youth. Learn more about them.
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