Equipped with gloves and black garbage bags 220 schoolchildren, (12-14 years), from six schools in the Old Souq and Tareq Ben Ziad area participate in a cleaning competition. The children will clean in and around their schools and the surrounding areas. The winning class will be awarded with a trip to Akko.

About 60 children, between the age of 8 and 13, have participated in the TIPH supported Winter Camp at al Mahawer Charitable Society.

TIPH supports a winter camp for girls in Hebron at the Ceramic School in Tareq Ibn Ziad.

Family House – the café which is run by the Hebron Women Charitable Society – was filled with preschool children from a nearby kindergarten, when two clowns visited.

More than one hundred children attended a Fun day at the Tel Rumeida Association, arranged by TIPH and its partner organisations. Clowns from Isaad Al-Tufule entertained both children and parents.

In a friendly match between TIPH football players and a team of local journalists TIPH won 6-5.

A day just for fun was the message when TIPH and several of its partners invited all the children in the Old City to participate in a Fun Day at the parking lot of Hebron Rehabilitation Committee.

Several tons of free flour are being distributed to bakeries and Qatayef sellers in the Old City of Hebron. —The purpose is to attract Hebronites to the Old City Center by selling bread and sweets at half price during the month of Ramadan, says TIPH Project Manager Omar Al-Samarai

On 25 June, TIPH, in cooperation with Hebron-France Association and Hebron Rehabilitation Committee, arranged a cultural evening in the Old City.

On Wednesday, the TIPH Head of Mission, Einar Johnsen, visited the Monastery of the Holy Patriarchs in Hebron, the only Christian site in the TIPH area of responsibility. The Head of Mission met with Hieromonk Aleksiy, who heads this Russian Orthodox Monastery. Father Aleksiy showed Mr. Johnsen the Monastery, and informed about its history and the Russian Church’s activities in Palestine throughout the ages.

On Thursday, TIPH made an effort to return some of the hospitality shown by the Hebronites, and opened the gates of the TIPH base for a neighbourhood day. Several hundreds of guests arrived, and were treated with theatre, games and a lot of children’s activities.

By learning the basics in marketing and sales a group of 20 women from Hebron started their vocational training to become full-fledged sales women.

Through discussions, group exercises and practical workshops a group of 20 university students from the Polytechnic University in Hebron are trained in community based youth development.

On 16 December 2010, the TIPH supported the first children ‘Marathon’ in Hebron together with the Al Nukhba Model School. More than 300 children ran a two km long ‘Marathon’, starting at Abu Mazen Restaurant and ending at Al Nukhba Model School.

Traffic security, early marriage and the importance of education are topics discussed in a play by Youth & Children Dreams Charitable Society in Hebron.

The coming three months, 150 students from eight schools all around Hebron can get extra support to improve their educational performance.

More than 1,200 hebronites came to enjoy Palestinian food and international cuisine at the first ever Traditional Food Festival in the Old City of Hebron.

With a visit to Al-Fayha girl school in the Old City of Hebron, the TIPH restarted its recurrent information campaign directed at children and youth in Hebron.

For the fifth year in a row, the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) supported the local festivities in the Old City, on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr.

With almost 45 tons of flour distributed for free to some 20 bakeries and sweetshops in the Old City of Hebron, the TIPH concluded its recurring Ramadan project.The project, aimed at attracting Hebronites to the city center by selling bread and sweets at half price during the month of Ramadan, has been very successful.

As part of a new initiative to revitalize the Old City of Hebron, the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee (HRC) is offering open-air screenings of the immensely popular Syrian TV series “Bab Al-Hara” at the Bab Al-Baladiyya square every remaining night of the month of Ramadan.

Friends and partners of the TIPH gathered for a traditional Iftar at the TIPH base, held in a Ramadan tent put up for the occasion.

Step by step, the new Sports and Culture Center in the Tareq Ben Ziad area of Hebron is taking form. The construction works are well under way, and the center will open its doors to the public before New Year's.

Two-hundred children enjoyed the entertainment by clowns, face-painting and other amusements in the heart of the Old City on 5 august 2010.

With an exhibition of artistic handicraft made by the participants, Beit Al-Maqdis kindergarten ended this year`s psycho-social training course for women in Hebron.

Thirty five Palestinian children with special needs began a new adventure after joining a summer camp organised by Al-Ihsan Charitable Society.

Music, drama, English, communication and IT were at the top of the agenda at a summer camp for boys and girls from H1 and H2 in Hebron.

The TIPH has funded the educational play Who is right 2010?, which toured 20 summer camps for children in Hebron.

With a tough game at Hussein Stadium in Hebron, the National Entity for supporting the Old City (NESOC) kicked off its new Football Club. A team of youth from the Old City met the players of Mahakim Al-Khalil, winning 4-1.

Thirty girls from H1 and H2 in Hebron attended a pottery class at the Pottery Making School in Tareq Ben Ziad during their school holiday.

More than 700 children with their parents came to celebrate the annual TIPH Neighbourhood Day at the missions` base in Dahiyyet Al-Rame, Hebron.

Environmental awareness was in focus at the Environmental Club project, initiated by the Partner for Sustainable Development Organisation, and funded by the TIPH Community Relations.

Saturday 16 January 2010, was the first day of a ten day long educational camp for Palestinian children in Hebron supported by Temporary International Presence in Hebron.

Temporary International Presence in Hebron, in partnership with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, funded a First Aid training program.

On Wednesday 11 November, Temporary International Presence in Hebron, participated in the opening ceremony of a playground, funded by TIPH, for children with special needs at Mohammad bin Rashid al Maktoom School.

On Saturday 17 October 2009, Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) participated in the opening ceremony of a Commercial Secretary Training course, arranged by the Hebron Chamber of Commerce and Industry and funded by TIPH.

On Tuesday 22 September, Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) participated in the Eid festival activities in the Old City of Hebron.

On Tuesday 1 September 2009, Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) arranged an Iftar (the evening meal when Muslims break their fast during the month of Ramadan) for the local community in Hebron at its headquarter. Around 350 persons attended the event, including the Governor of Hebron, the Mayor, Head of Palestinian Police Forces in Hebron and Members of Parliament.

For the fourth year in a row Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) distributes free flour to a number of bakeries and pastry shops in the Old Souq of Hebron during Ramadan. The flour is used for bread and traditional Ramadan sweets, which then are sold for almost half price.

In an atmosphere of joy and friendship, Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) held several football matches with the local community in Hebron during the last weeks. Palestinians from different parts of the city attended the games, supporting their local teams.

On Tuesday 9th of June 2009, Temporary International Presence in Hebron arranged its annual neighborhood day at TIPH headquarter. Palestinians living nearby TIPH headquarter in Dahiyyet Al-Rame, were invited to meet the TIPH members, get more knowledge about TIPH and its work and take part in social and cultural activities.

Temporary International Presence in Hebron, in cooperation with Al-Ahli hospital, has started a First Aid and Trauma Life Support training program in the city of Hebron.

On Sunday 12 April 2009 TIPH celebrated the groundbreaking of a three-storey sport and culture centre in Tareq Ben Ziad area in the West Bank city of Hebron. TIPH is contributing up to 350 000 USD into this construction.

Hundreds of Palestinian children are participating in TIPH funded educational and cultural activities in H2 area. Over the past years Temporary International Presence in Hebron has spent tens of thousands of dollars in order to improve children’s learning capability and their general well-being.

Temporary International Presence In city of Hebron (TIPH), in cooperation with Hebron Rehabilitation Committee has implemented tens of protection projects in areas around the Ibrahimi Mosque/cave of Machpela and Palestinian neighborhoods close the Israeli settlements.

Temporary International Presence in the city of Hebron (TIPH) has started disseminating information on the mission through a visibility campaign in H2 area this week, in order to enhance children’s knowledge over TIPH mandate.