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Please find in the following a summary of the most  recent projects and activities of Humans Without Borders.
Humans without Borders (HWB) continued in 2013 its primary mission in assisting to transport sick Palestinian children from the West Bank towns and villages to Israeli hospitals for advanced medical care that is not available under the health care system of the Palestinian Authority. A band of dedicated volunteers works tirelessly to bring the children and families to the hospitals and provide any additional necessary assistance.
As in previous years, HWB members organized several outings and fun happenings to brighten up the lives of the children and parents. HWB believes that it is every child's right to grow and develop in a caring and supportive environment, and is committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of Palestinian children and Palestinian communities. By promoting direct, friendly contact between Palestinians and Israelis, HWB hopes to contribute significantly to greater mutual respect in this troubled area.
Highlights of our work in 2013:
*        Transport of sick children. More than 1,500 trips were made by Israeli volunteer drivers – Jewish, Moslem and Christian – from border checkpoints to hospitals in Jerusalem and the greater Tel Aviv area and back.
*       Day at the circus. In May. HWB members organized a visit in Beth Jala, near Bethlehem, of the Israel-Arab circus to entertain 35 sick Palestinian children, their extended families and many of our volunteers. This event was made possible through a grant from the Prelude Foundation.
*         Day at the sea. In July, HWB members arranged a day at the sea for families of Palestinian sick children. The volunteers teamed up with a group of students from the Arabic-Hebrew Bilingual School in Jerusalem. Support for this event was made possible by a grant from the British Shalom Salaam Trust (BSST).
*        Mothers’ workshop. In August, HWB members organized at the Shaarei Zedek Medical Center a workshop for the mothers of sick Palestinian children so they could talk about their roles in the family and their very special circumstances – the loneliness and difficulties they experience as mothers of very sick children. The workshop, moderated by the “Women and their Bodies” organization with two 2-hour sessions, was attended by 15 Palestinian mothers. This event was made possible by donations from private individuals in Israel and abroad and will take place regularly in the future.

Our main projects are youth, young adults and also adult exchanges.
Cultural meetings in the fields of music, plastic arts, dance and drama.
Working with several partners to build seminars dealing with different issues, issues we share the same interest in.
To learn more about I & EYE ( R.A.) please check our web site www.iandeye.org

Within our 4 projects are a number of initiatives:
Arabic Media - The Forum of Journalists, Media Rights, The Media Charter, Arabic Media Monitoring.
Hebrew Media - Improving Coverage of Arab Citizens in the Hebrew Media, Advocacy Work: Media Laws, Policies & Regulations
Trainings and Video Production - to build capacities of Arab journalists and to increase awareness to the status of Arab citizens of Israel through various video productions and documentaries.
International Relations - to develop a network of international contacts with foreign journalists, media organizations, and international NGOs; o facilitate the contacts between Palestinian journalists in Israel and the international community and provide them the tools to cooperate with international networks.

IIn 1994, iEARN teachers came together physically in Argentina to hold the first iEARN International Conference--which has become an annual event (Australia-1995; Hungary-1996; Spain-1997; USA-1998; Puerto Rico-1999; Beijing, China-2000; Cape Town, South Africa-2001; Moscow, Russia -2002; Japan-2003; Slovakia-2004; Dakar, Senegal-2005; Netherlands-2006) to be held in Egypt in July 2007 and Uzbekistan in 2008. Educators from 70+ countries gather each year.
This conference, which is open to all educators, is a chance to share and learn from teachers how technology is being used in their/your classroom (and to meet other teachers with whom you have been working on-line!). During the year, many other gatherings are held on the national and regional levels throughout the world.
Since 1998, iEARN has held an International Youth Summit in conjunction with the International Conference.

ACTIVITY
Toward these ends, we organized an "International Congress on Conflict Resolution Through Culture and Literature," in Shavei Zion, Galilee, in June 1999, the Second Iflac Conference, in Sydney in 2001, the third Iflac Conference was held in London in 2002, and the fourth one will be held in Bursa, Turkey, in October 2003.
"IFLAC", under its former name: "The Friends of Literature Association", was founded in 1985 in Haifa Israel, and was registered as a Voluntary Association in 1987. There are nine branches in Jewish, Arab and Druze sectors in Israel, actively and harmoniously working together. We hold regular literary and cultural meetings including: Lectures, Poetry Reading, Story-Telling, New Books celebrations, Interviews, Literary Weekend Seminars, Cultural Festivals, Symposiums, Congresses, Jewish and Arab/ Palestinian Students Meetings and Workshops.
In 1996 the TENT OF PEACE was set up in the Druze village of Ussfiya, in which inter-cultural meetings and happenings are regularly held. From year 2000, Iflac’s center is in Haifa, in Beit Pinsky, the house of the late poet David Pinsky, where regular Dialogue Encounters and Literary meetings are held.

Our main research projects for 2011 are completing and updating: to complete our research on the Palestinian Authority New Curriculum, and on the Israel's Jewish sector school textbooks as well as on Turkey schoolbooks. And to update our previous reports on Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran curricula.
Our project in communication for 2011 is to convey IMPACT-SE's findings to the Media and to policy makers: on PA and Iran to US and EU policy makers, on Egypt and Saudi Arabia to US policy makers.

Repertory Production
Oyster - Premiered -

women and work
youth and education

Archeological documentation projects in Israel like: Caesarea Maritima, Bet Shean\Scitopolis, Akko, Jodfat (Jotapata) Ramle and also Pompeii (Italy). My aim is to produce new project with partners coming from various EU and MEDA countries.

I would like to establish the institute that I described above and participate in activities sponsored by your foundation that would help journalists in the region learn from the experiences of other journalists and other regions.