Visit to beach and sinalong with mayor make it a day to remember
Visit to beach and sinalong with mayor make it a day to remember
Children from a battle scarred region saw the beach for the first time on trip organized by a charity.Twelve young people from Palestine visited Brighton beach, Palace Pier and the Royal Pavilion last week.Their visit to England was arranged by the Oxford-Ramallah Friendship Group and they were welcomed to Brighton by the Brighton & Hove Muslim Forum ( BHMF).The children normally live in the Rammallh refugee camp in Palestine.
On Brighton beach they ate a lunch provided by the BHMF Women's group. At the Royal Pavilion the group spent an hour with Brighton and Hove mayor Bob Carden.Later they were given twenty pounds each by BHMF and taken to the pier, where they enjoyed the rides.
Tariq Jung, community consultant for BHMF, said: this project gave these children the opportunity to broaden their horizons, move without barriers and break their sense of isolation.The children met many people who were sympathetic to the needs of the Palestinian cause and felt encouraged by many comments they heard."One of the girls was celebrating her birthday and the mayor very kindly led a sing along. This made everyone join in and also join hands."Afterwards we were offered drinks, biscuit and chocolates".
"The children will never forget this visit as long as they live".Set up a year ago the BHMF has founded and Arabic Saturday school for children and works closely with representatives of other faiths in Brighton and Hove.
Children from a battle scarred region saw the beach for the first time on trip organized by a charity.Twelve young people from Palestine visited Brighton beach, Palace Pier and the Royal Pavilion last week.Their visit to England was arranged by the Oxford-Ramallah Friendship Group and they were welcomed to Brighton by the Brighton & Hove Muslim Forum ( BHMF).The children normally live in the Rammallh refugee camp in Palestine.
On Brighton beach they ate a lunch provided by the BHMF Women's group. At the Royal Pavilion the group spent an hour with Brighton and Hove mayor Bob Carden.Later they were given twenty pounds each by BHMF and taken to the pier, where they enjoyed the rides.
Tariq Jung, community consultant for BHMF, said: this project gave these children the opportunity to broaden their horizons, move without barriers and break their sense of isolation.The children met many people who were sympathetic to the needs of the Palestinian cause and felt encouraged by many comments they heard."One of the girls was celebrating her birthday and the mayor very kindly led a sing along. This made everyone join in and also join hands."Afterwards we were offered drinks, biscuit and chocolates".
"The children will never forget this visit as long as they live".Set up a year ago the BHMF has founded and Arabic Saturday school for children and works closely with representatives of other faiths in Brighton and Hove.
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