Nahr El-Bared Refugee Camp Playground
Photo by Playgrounds for Palestine With funds from the Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA) and other private donors, Playgrounds for Palestine installed a playground in Nahr El-Bared Refugee Camp, Lebanon in 2008. In [...]
King Faisal Park
Photo by S. Smith Patrick King Faisal Park is located next to Balata Refugee Camp in the northern West Bank. The Middle East Children's Alliance and the Welfare Association built this park in [...]
Hajjah Playground
MECA provided funds for a playground in the historic center of Hajjah Village, in the northern West Bank. The playground was created by Riwaq, a Palestinian cultural preservation organization. Riwaq's “50 Villages Project” is revitalizing [...]
Gaza Park
The Gaza Playground, built in the heart of Gaza City, is a re-creation of the days when Gaza was at the crossroads of trade caravan trails. The design incorporated an old play area as the [...]
Ein El-Hilweh Refugee Camp Playground
This playground serves children in the Ein El-Hilweh Refugee Camp. It is built on land donated by Najdeh Association, an organization that works with women and children in Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camps. Najdeh Association's preschoolers [...]
Dheisheh Refugee Camp Playground
Photo by S. Smith Patrick In 2006, the Middle East Children's Alliance provided funds to build a playground for a kindergarten and preschool program in Dheisheh Refugee Camp with a grant from the [...]
Beit Skariya Playground
MECA funded the construction of a beautiful playground in Beit Skariya village in partnership with Riwaq Association for Architectural Conservation. The playground is located next to the village's one room elementary school on land donated [...]
Beit ‘Ur Playground
This playground in Beit ‘Ur, west of Ramallah, is part of a local kindergarten run by a women’s organization. It was MECA's third playground with Riwaq in 2013. Beit 'Ur is a small village with [...]
Al- Bireh Park
Photo by: S. Smith Patrick Al-Bireh Park, built in Ramallah's twin city, is based on the cultural and topographical terrain of Palestine. The high northeast corner represents the mountains of Golan where the [...]
‘Abwein, Ramallah
This playground in ‘Abwein village, outside of Ramallah, is a fun and enchanting maze of playground structures nestled into some of the ruins from ‘Abwein’s historic center. Many families have moved out of this area [...]