AL-KHALIL (HEBRON): UNICEF Ambassador visits Hebron

Facebook
Twitter
Email
WhatsApp
Print

CPTnet
6 November 2012

AL-KHALIL (HEBRON): UNICEF Ambassador visits Hebron

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Agnes Chan visited the old city
of Hebron and
the CPT office November 6 together with a UNICEF delegation to see first hand effects
of the occupation on children and their education. The delegation also wanted to verify how money donated by UNICEF was being
put to work in the area. Chan thanked EAPPI and CPT for their work in Hebron,
ensuring that children can access school with more dignity. “EAPPI and CPT act
as a checkpoint,” she said, holding soldiers accountable to their mandate, deterring
abuses and documenting those that occur for the world to see.

 
  UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Agnes Chan
speaks with Palestinian children in Hebron.

Chan spoke with many children, and heard of the daily bag
searches and detentions as well as having soldiers carry out practice routines,
pretending to shoot as the children are on their way to school. Seeing flowers
Palestinians had planted in their homes near checkpoint 56 to keep beauty
around them and maintain pride in the face of great hardship nearly brought her
to tears. The delegation also came across a boy doing his homework in the street
as school was closed due to a teachers’ strike.

CPT thanked Agnes Chan for her visit and for UNICEF’s support
of the Hebron team’s
work.

Subscribe to the Friday Bulletin

Get Hannah’s thoughts and the entire bulletin every Friday in your inbox, and don’t miss out on news from the teams, a list of what we’re reading and information on ways to take action.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Read More Stories

migrants wearing orange life jackets disembark off a boat in the aegean sea

Farewell Lesvos

This week’s Friday Bulletin falls on Valentine’s Day, and in the spirit of our 2025 guiding theme, Strength in Solidarity, we would like to invite

A group gathered at a memorial for migrant victims and deaths

Why do we commemorate?

This week in Lesvos, Greece, a group of us are holding a commemoration in our city’s public square for those who have lost their lives

Skip to content