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From the 29th of October to the 5th of November 2015, four Palestinian teenagers, trained and oriented by the JAI, together with Ibrahim, the JAI' Media officer and Exchange Programs coordinator, visited two partner Efterskoles in Denmark, Dronninglund Efterskole (DE) and Midtsjællands Efterskole (MSE), as part of the ongoing exchange program and partnership with the JAI.
The visits aimed at having the Palestinian students meet and share their stories, experiences and life under occupation with the Danish students, create friendship, as well as exchange cultural life.
In each school, the two Palestinian students gave presentations, talks and discussions to the Global Citizenship or Teenagers, as well as to the whole school, and to students in classes at other public or Gymnasium schools around.
Palestinian students also joined classed with the Danish schools, played sports, arts and creativities together.
On the weekend, the Palestinian students spent an overnight with some Danish students' families and at their homes, had the chance also to talk and reflect to them about their life in Palestine as teenagers. In one of the schools, the two Palestinian girls taught the Danish students some basics steps in Dabka, the Palestinian Folklore Dance.
The presentations given to the Danish Global Teenagers were also about the JAI' Keep Hope Alive – Olive Tree Campaign which the Danish teenagers work in fundraising for during the year and after as sponsorships. Hence, some activities at the schools during that week, with the Danish and Palestinian teenagers, were also to fundraise for the Campaign.
In his turn, Ibrahim gave presentations to the s
chools about life under occupation in Palestine with the Israeli measures, current situations, the JAI advocacy work and the Olive Tree Campaign. In another place Ibrahim also gave quite similar presentations to a congregation group at the Gellerup Church and to a youth group from the YMCA-YWCA in Aalborg.
In March, the Global Teenagers or Global Citizens from DE and MSE are to visit Palestine for a week, in a program with the JAI, to spend more time with the students and their classmates, go around to witness the occupation measures and plant olive trees together.