South Hebron Hills, Huda kindergarden
9:00 – 12:30
Goal: Activity in the Huda kindergarten in Hashem-el-Darage
Activity subject: music, singing, end-of-year
About 30 kids are present, and the two teachers, Huda and Haula. Amna is not present. Huda already called us earlier, urging us to come earlier. She said that the older school kids are already on vacation, and they gather around the pre-school windows, the younger kids cannot concentrate, and she has difficulties in controlling the situation. Indeed, she was right. Lots of confusion, and with the older kids around, we could not even try arranging some fun games outside.
We tried some music activity with percussion and bells. The kids are always enthusiastic about the music instruments. I tried to achieve perception of playing quietly / loudly / slowly / fast, but there was a problem with the Arabic translation of these terms (they could not distinguish between “quite” to “slow” – the terms shared the same translation!). Then, we played “blind cow”, where one kids uses the drum, and the other, eye covered, tries to catch him/her. That was a bit more successful. At the end, we tried teaching an Arabic song that Huda knows well, and is escorted with fun body movements. But, functioning was difficult, so we finished with a personal gesture for each child (singing together) and giving some sweets.
We also brought some additional planting things. Hopefully, something will survive for next year.
Pictures of the activity – The 5.25.2016 album:
https://picasaweb.google.com/113044451662544057850?authkey=Gv1sRgCNS_j8qy0sCOGA
South Hebron Hills
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South Hebron Hills
South Hebron Hills is a large area in the West Bank's southern part.
Yatta is a major city in this area: right in the border zone between the fertile region of Hebron and its surroundings and the desert of the Hebron Hills. Yatta has about 64,000 inhabitants.
The surrounding villages are called Masafer Yatta (Yatta's daughter villages). Their inhabitants subsist on livestock and agriculture. Agriculture is possible only in small plots, especially near streams. Most of the area consists of rocky terraces.Since the beginning of the 1980s, many settlements have been established on the agricultural land cultivated by the Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills region: Carmel, Maon, Susia, Masadot Yehuda, Othniel, and more. Since the settlements were established and Palestinians cultivation areas have been reduced; the residents of the South Hebron Hills have been suffering from harassment by the settlers. Attempts to evict and demolish houses have continued, along with withholding water and electricity. The military and police usually refrain from intervening in violent incidents between settlers and Palestinians do not enforce the law when it comes to the investigation of extensive violent Jewish settlers. The harassment in the South Hebron Hills includes attacking and attempting to burn residential tents, harassing dogs, harming herds, and preventing access to pastures.
There are several checkpoints in the South Hebron Hills, on Routes 317 and 60. In most of them, no military presence is apparent, but rather an array of pillboxes monitor the villages. Roadblocks are frequently set up according to the settlers and the army's needs. These are located at the Zif Junction, the Dura-al Fawwar crossing, and the Sheep Junction at the southern entrance to Hebron.
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