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SIPP 2024 Mini-Grant Recipients - Second Round!

Your Dollars At Work: SIPP awards over $15,000 to 6 projects

SIPP's 2024 mini-grant program for grants of up to $3000 was implemented in the shadow of the 2024 Gaza war. Because of the generosity of our donors, we are excited to announce a second round of grants in 2024. The six grants below ranged in value from $1,500 to $3,000, for a total of $15,000!

In 2024, SIPP awarded a total of over $35,000 to 15 organizations for mini-grants and relief grants. Since 2021, SIPP has awarded over $80,000 to dozens of organizations doing important work in Israel and Palestine! These are all small projects with big impacts that bring hope!

Community Garden in the Heart of Jaffa - Orchard of Children of Abraham Mini-Grant Recipient - 2023 & 2024
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The Community Garden in Jaffa provides sustainable education of local Jewish and Arab communities, through joint activities and monthly workshops for both Jewish and Arab families. The Orchard of Abraham’s Children (OAC) has participants experience and learn about the human, cultural, and ecological fabric of Jaffa, with urban nature tours, gardening and picking tours, DIY urban agriculture training sessions and more. Through conversation circles the participants get to know each other's culture through personal stories, time together, and sharing meals. The garden and its related educational activities are also integrated into OAC’s kindergarten and elementary schools for Jewish-Arab children.  https://www.orchardofabrahamschildren.org/

Reviving Sinsila - Sinsila Center Mini-Grant Recipient - 2024
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This Sinsila Center project is focused on Palestinian youth working on practical sustainability, innovation, and community empowerment in Jerusalem’s Abu Tor neighborhood. Participants will develop leadership skills to promote environmental awareness & applied environmental actions in an urban setting and thereby create a sense of community & belonging. https://muslala.org/en/sinsila/

Muta3afiah - Elham/The Day After Mini-Grant Recipient - 2024
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A bilingual introductory permaculture course for 12 pioneers in Issafiya, a unique village near Haifa. It is described as a place of cultural diversity and natural beauty, with Druze, Christian, Muslim, and Jewish communities. Over the course of eight meetings, participants will learn permaculture principles, traditional farming methods, and herbal gardening. This project will culminate in a public event, launching a new center. Issafiya stands as a symbol of unity amidst diversity. The Day After is a collaborative Israeli and Palestinian initiative to envirion a transformed future for their war-torn area.  https://elham-thedayafter.squarespace.com/

Medabrot Ivrit, Women Speaking Hebrew Teacher Training - Lissan Mini-Grant Recipient - 2024
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Lissan is a grassroots non-profit organization that advances gender and social equality in Jerusalem, and that works to bridge the gap between East & West Jerusalem by advancing linguistic justice and a vision of a bilingual Hebrew-Arabic Jerusalem. With SIPP’s grant, Lissan is able to provide more practical and accessible Hebrew language classes, based on needs of East Jerusalemite Palestinian women. Israeli & Palestinian volunteer teachers (50 - 70 people) will teach 400-500 women. The training for the teachers emphasizes cultural sensitivity and how to work in Israeli-Palestinian teams and shared spaces during times of war and tension. https://www.lissan.org/?lang=en

Eco-Agriculture Field Trip - D’ror Galil SchoolMini-Grant Recipient - 2024
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Jewish and Arab high school students participate in a three-day field trip as a part of their eco-agricultural vocational training track, giving them tools to be leaders in the field of sustainability. Students will meet with innovators and experts in sustainable agriculture, gaining hands-on experience and insight which enrich their studies and inspire them to continue engaging with these pressing issues.  https://www.drorisrael.org

Joint Jewish-Arab Summer Camp - Freddy Krivine Initiative (FKI)Mini-Grant Recipient - 2024
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SIPP is supporting this long-standing nonprofit focused on peace through tennis and sports for youth, for the 2024 FKI's Summer Camps for Jewish and Arab Children. The camps offer a unique weeklong experience aimed at promoting physical activity, skill development, and intercultural dialogue among participants aged 9-12. The day camp has a dynamic schedule including fitness and tennis training as well as a diverse array of workshops with professional facilitators covering topics such as team building, conflict resolution, body image, gender roles, dance/yoga, healthy eating, traditional cooking and ethnic dancing, expressive skills, leadership training, and community social responsibility projects (such as green day and recycling education). https://fkf-tennis.org