Greetings from Maria Fidelis School to all our friends at the UNRWA School in Abu Dis. Thank you for all your written messages, they are on display in both our staffrooms.
Thank you to all the staff and students I met during the day I spent in your school. Everyone was so welcoming and friendly. I enjoyed the day very much and learnt a great deal from all, especially how important education is to all Palestinians.
A special greeting and thanks to Nader and his family for the wonderful welcome and hospitality shown to me when I visited his home for lunch and got to meet his beautiful children and new born baby. The photographs of them are much appreciated and enjoyed by my family.
Since returning back to Maria Fidelis I have shared with my colleagues and students all I heard and saw whilst in Palestine . I have shown my students photographs of the wonderful things to see in Jerusalem , your school and Abu Dis. What has shocked them are the photographs of the huge and ugly wall that surrounds Adu Dis and dominates all your lives. They were shocked to hear how the wall prevents you having access to your families, land and work, and how your travel is restricted and you can not get to the Holy Places in Jerusalem .
I hope you enjoy the photographs of my students preparing their greetings to the students of UNRWA School and of the UNRWA students who worked with me on sending their greetings back to the students of Maria Fidelis. At the moment a number of my colleagues and myself are looking at ways we can strengthen the links that have been established between our two schools. We are keen to work alongside South Camden School and hope this joint blog will help us make regular contact so that all three schools can learn from each other and share what is good in Camden and Abu Dis.
Looking forward to hearing from UNRWA school and especially Nader.
Mike
Thank you to all the staff and students I met during the day I spent in your school. Everyone was so welcoming and friendly. I enjoyed the day very much and learnt a great deal from all, especially how important education is to all Palestinians.
A special greeting and thanks to Nader and his family for the wonderful welcome and hospitality shown to me when I visited his home for lunch and got to meet his beautiful children and new born baby. The photographs of them are much appreciated and enjoyed by my family.
Since returning back to Maria Fidelis I have shared with my colleagues and students all I heard and saw whilst in Palestine . I have shown my students photographs of the wonderful things to see in Jerusalem , your school and Abu Dis. What has shocked them are the photographs of the huge and ugly wall that surrounds Adu Dis and dominates all your lives. They were shocked to hear how the wall prevents you having access to your families, land and work, and how your travel is restricted and you can not get to the Holy Places in Jerusalem .
I hope you enjoy the photographs of my students preparing their greetings to the students of UNRWA School and of the UNRWA students who worked with me on sending their greetings back to the students of Maria Fidelis. At the moment a number of my colleagues and myself are looking at ways we can strengthen the links that have been established between our two schools. We are keen to work alongside South Camden School and hope this joint blog will help us make regular contact so that all three schools can learn from each other and share what is good in Camden and Abu Dis.
Looking forward to hearing from UNRWA school and especially Nader.
Mike
