Our first two weeks of Project SHINE and Project MUSIC are officially complete! Our group of 25 LEAP volunteers along with volunteers from our partner organization, Beit Atfal Assumoud (BAS), have completed their first two weeks of instruction, impacting over 600 students in Bourj el Shamale and […]
Read moreWorld Refugee Day is Every Day
Last week we celebrated World Refugee Day, honoring the strength, resilience, and courage of refugees everywhere. As an organization, we celebrate world refugee day every day and we are dedicated to the rights of all refugees. We are deeply committed to uplifting both their voices and their […]
Read moreAttention San Francisco Bay Area Friends of LEAP: Join the Aswat Ensemble and the World Harmony Chorus on June 23rd for a night of music, community, and fun benefitting the LEAP Program! In honor of refugee awareness month, the “Notes from Home” benefit concert will raise funds […]
Read moreShow Up for Refugee Youth Today!
I hope this message finds you all in good spirits, despite the ongoing tragedies taking place in Palestine and across our many communities. Our hearts remain with the brave in Gaza who struggle tirelessly demanding their right of return. I’m reaching out to you as members of […]
Read moreLEAP Program Statement on #Nakba70
#Nakba70 Palestinians this month mark seventy years since the 1948 Nakba, when approximately 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly expelled or fled their homes for safety as another people sought to remove them to establish their State — Israel. We are again reminded that the impact of this catastrophe […]
Read moreLEAP Statement on US Aid Cuts to UNRWA
On January 16th, 2018, the United States federal government laid out its plans for a dramatic decrease in financial aid earmarked for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the principal United Nations authority providing basic services to Palestine refugees. The U.S. State Department has determined […]
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