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 The
International Youth Camp
Communication without Words
Beit Sahour
5 – 15 August 1999
Three Organizations with
around thirty participants are coming together in the first international camp that
Rapprochement organizes. RAI from Spain, ARCI from Italy, and PCR from Palestine.
Ten days of shared life in the nature of
the beautiful Palestine in the fields of Beit Sahour the land of the Shepherds.
The campsite is in The Shepherds Valley Tourist Village
The Daily program of the camp was as the following:
August
4th 1999 Wednesday
Arrival of the Spanish Group
Day
1: August 5th 1999 Thursday
Arrival of the Italian
Ice Breaking
Day
2: August 6th 1999 Friday
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 3:00 Orientation to Bethlehem and Beit Sahour, (guided tour)
5:00 – 6:30 Introduction about the Palestinian – Conflict (Lecture by Mr.
Ghassan Andoni)
7:00 – 8:00 Dinner
Night: Socialization at the camp and meeting young people from Beit Sahour
Day
3: August 7th 1999 Saturday
8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 1:00 Prepare Decorations for the camp, with paints and colors.
1:00 – 2:00 Lunch
2:00 – 4:00 Siesta
4:00 – 7:00 Football at the Lutheran School
7:00 – 8:00 Dinner
8:30 Walk in Beit Sahour at night.
Day
4: August 8th 1999 Sunday
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Departure to Wadi Qelt, Dead Sea and Jericho. (Hiking and swimming at the
dead sea and visit to Jericho)
6:00 Back to the camp.
7:00 – 8:00 Dinner
8:30 Free Evening
Day
5: August 9th 1999 Monday
8:30 – 9:30 Breakfast
9:30 – 12:30 Visit to Deheisheh Refugee Camp, and meeting with Ibda'a Cultural
Center. Tour in the Camp and meeting with people in the streets.
12:30 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 Siesta
3:00 – 6:00 Work continues until finishing the decoration.
6:00 – 7:00 Visit to Hebron, The Abrahimi Mosque (Tomb of the Patriarchs) and
the H2 zone and the old city of Hebron and see traditional glass products.
7:00 – 12:00 Bethlehem
International Folklore Festival, watching Mawwal dancing group from Nazareth and
AL- Andalus Spanish group for Flamingo dancing.
Day
6: August 10th 1999 Tuesday
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Free Morning
3:00 Work for the closing ceremony, every group should prepare a traditional
cultural thing.
7:00 – 8:00 Dinner
8:30 Activities. Dancing group of the Lutheran School at the camp site.
Day
7: August 11th 1999 Wednesday
The Participants will spend the day indoors because of the Solar Eclipse.
So, they will go to the houses of the Palestinian participants and have lunch
with their families.
8:00
- 9:00 Dinner
9:00 Activities. To be decided upon at the moment
Day
8: August 12th 1999 Thursday
8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 – Ramallah Tour.
Visit Birzeit University, Mount Gerziem, Jacob’s Well, Old City of Nablus and
the Turkish Bath.
6:15 – 8:15 Dialogue at the PCR
8:30 Activities. Free Evening
Day
9: August 13th 1999 Friday
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Bus leaving to Jerusalem then to Tel Aviv and Jafa in the afternoon.
going to the Beach in Tel Aviv.
8:00 – 9:00 Dinner
9:00 Activities. To be decided upon at the moment
Day
10: August 14th 1999 Saturday
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Bus leaves to Haifa, meeting with Reut Sadaka (Israeli Youth
Organization) a possible visit to the Golan Heights.
6:30 – 7:30 Dinner (cultural dinner with typical dishes form the four
countries)
8:00 Closing ceremony
August 15th 1999 Sunday
Departure
of the Italian Group
August 16th 1999 Monday
Departure
of the Spanish Group
Look at some of the pictures taken in the Camp. 
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