Gatherings of Great Love at Ein Haniya
Creating a Unique Meeting Place
on the Border of Israel and Palestine
Since December 2003, the All Nations Cafe has been fertile ground for innovative projects which allow people from warring nations to meet each other even at the worst of times. Opening a coffee shop in East Jerusalem opposite al-Aqsa mosque at the height of the al-Aqsa Intifada, Touring Jordan and being the first group including Israeli-Jews to perform at one of the biggest Arab Music & Arts Festivals in Jerash, Organizing a one-week Palestinian-Israeli Families Camp during the recent war in Lebanon and in Gaza - are only few examples.
Our latest Gatherings of Great Love at the old Palestinian village by Ein Haniya have been gradually growing into regular get-togethers, where intimate listening, spiritual openness and family-like celebration draw people of all nations to come together Tuesday and bring their feelings, ideas and longings. Palestinians come from towns, villages and refugee camps in the West Bank, Israelis come from Jerusalem area, the Galilee and other regions, and internationals come from Europe and the Americas.
In order to maintain these gatherings, at a time when many in Israel and Palestine find it is getting harder and harder to meet each other, we need your support.
The budget required to run the Gatherings of Great Love during this winter season (December 2006 - March 2007), amounts to 5,200 USD or 4000 EUR.
Donations can be made online at: www.allnationscafe.org/donate.html
We also accept bank transfers and checks. Email us at allnationscafe@yahoo.com with “Donation” at the subject line.
Following is a list of the things we need for this winter. You can donate a stove, for example, or lend your car for a day, or, alternatively, contribute the funds that allow us to purchase food and pay for the gas.
for the “house”:
- heavy waterproof canvas (50 sq.m.)
- straw/plastic mats (5X4 m)
- small lockable storehouse
- heating: gas/kerosene heater
- lighting: oil lamps, flash lights, gas light, electric battery
- cooking: gas oven
- cups and pots for coffee and tea
- eco washing liquid
for transportation:
- 2 spacious vehicles to collect people from Jerusalem area and from Hebron and Bethlehem areas at Tuesday afternoons and return them in the night.
You are welcome to take part in our gatherings and bring yourself, your family and friends, food to share and musical instruments to play.
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