Hilda, USA

I just want to say that this experience has been amazing. I have had the opportunity to see much more in these two weeks than most of the times I have visited Palestine. As a Palestinian, this experience has been very personal to me and it was beautiful to be able to share it with both Palestinians as well as the internationals. I definitely have gained what I hope to be lifelong friendships with the people I have met working in the summer camp, as well as with people living in Askar. I will definitely go visit them each time I come back. And the children were so much fun to work with; they actually offered me more hope for the future.

There were many emotional moments that touched and hurt me. I still remember the pleas from most of the individuals including the old man at Balata refugee camp, and the kids at the camp when they all told us not to forget them or this experience, and to make sure to let the world know what is really going on in Palestine. I am happy to have had the opportunity to do this, but also sad that it is over. And I definitely will not forget all the moments we had; all the people and their stories. There aren’t really any words that could really convey how I feel at this moment, but I would like to say thank you.