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Community encouragement in times of war: The community garden in Jerusalem initiated during the recent war in Gaza a series of encouraging activities for emotional support to many families in the city. In addition, the community garden volunteers organized a project of preparing flower plants and herbs for families from…

Encouraging signs for peace in Yemen, but a long way to go. Yemen offers some real grounds for hope. But the international community must act swiftly and ensure all parties are included. BY ANDREW GILMOUR, CALUM HUMPHREYS Despite formally elapsing last October, the UN-brokered truce, which began in April 2022,…

Since Maya Vakfı’s (Foundation) establishment the healing power of art and nature has been utilized in our trauma-informed mental health and psychosocial support activities. Maya Vakfı supports children’s well-being and helps them improve their social interactions and coping skills for stressful life experiences through creative art therapy and nature therapies.…

The leading community garden in Jerusalem within the Nature Museum compound initiated a project of saving remaining vegetables and fruits in the wholesale city market. The garden volunteers bring the remaining food to the garden and invite people from the neighbourhood to pick products they need. This "community market", which…

The community garden in the Nature Museum in Jerusalem launched a new project of sharing songs of "sanity and love". Every week a new song that deals with love, comfort and hope is uploaded to the community garden website together with words of optimism and hope. The project was launched…

Music For Dialogue (MFD) successfully completed a program called "Speaking Through Our Songs" that took place in all high schools in the city of Acre (Akko) in Israel. The city population includes Jews, Muslims, Christians, new immigrants from Ethiopia, Russia and Ukraine. The program used music according to the innovative…