Youth delegate represents FoEME at UN World Youth Conference in Mexico
This post was contributed by Hussam Hussein, FoEME’s youth representative from Jordan and former intern at our organization. “Youth should be given a change to take an active part in the decision-making at local, national and global level” United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon From August 23rd to 27th, Friends of the Earth Middle East was […]
Jordanian girls on summer camp at FoEME’s EcoPark
This post was contributed by Amany Mansour, FoEME’s GIS and youth coordinator at the Amman office On the 1st of August 2010 a large group of Jordanian girls arrive to the Sharbabil Bin Hassneh EcoPark. They come from eight different Good Water Neighbors communities across the Jordan Valley, to participate in the first of a […]
A Big Jump into the Lower Jordan River to raise awareness to the plight of a shared resource
This post was contributed by Jessica Marx, intern at FoEME’s Tel Aviv office On Sunday, August 15, 2010, Friends of the Earth Middle East hosted a “Big Jump” into the Lower Jordan River to bring awareness to the plight of this shared resource in the Middle East. The three co-directors and staff from FoEME, mayors […]
Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli youth elaborate environmental campaign during joint camp
On June 30th in the afternoon groups from Tulkarem (Palestinian Authorities), Muaz bin Jabal (Jordan), Emek Hefer and Eshkol (Israel) arrive to FoEME’s Sharbabil Bin Hassneh EcoPark, located in the northen part of the Jordan Valley. This is the location where the camp will take place that is part of FoEME’s Community-GIS project. The park […]
World Water Day with Palestinian Youth in Auja
In honor of World Water Day 2010 FoEME coordinated a field trip for Palestinian kids to find out about water issues and their environment on location. Arriving in Auja from different corners of the West Bank, eight Palestinian youth groups and their teachers joined to learn about their respective communities, water conservation strategies, environmental hazard […]
Jordan Valley Youth Leaderships Learn about Jordan River Woes
Students from Israel, Jordan, and Palestine tour the Jordan Valley, exploring the site where the Jordan River meets the Sea of Galilee On February 25-27, FoEME gathered 30 young leaders from three schools in the Jordan Valley region (Kings Academy, Madaba Jordan; Terra Sancta, Jericho Palestine; Geon Hayarden, Beit Shean Israel), to learn about the […]
FoEME’s CGIS Teenagers Take Responsibility for their Shared Environment
CGIS youth present their findings at a joint Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian camp. “I learned that you can cooperate with other people, even when there isn’t a common language and that a lot can be achieved if only we try.” — Hani, a 15 year old Palestinian boy responding to a CGIS activity evaluation question ‘What is the […]
Jordanian Youth Create Posters, Raise Awareness about Climate Change
With the international climate talks in Copenhagen, Denmark underway, we’d like to take the opportunity to highlight the efforts of more than 100 Jordanian youngsters who used their creativity to help stop catastrophic climate change. This past month FoEME’s Amman office partnered with UNESCO to run poster competition to increase awareness about the impact of […]