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10. Internationales Caritas Friedenslager
10th International Caritas Peace Camp
From July 14 to August 4, 2010, in
Alexandria/Egypt
Vom 14. Juli bis 4. August 2010 in
Alexandria/Ägypten
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Since 1999 Caritas Austria has been organising
an International Peace Camp (almost) every year
for needy children from different countries of
the Middle East. These camps are organised in
close collaboration with local partners in the
region and take place in another country each
year. The aims of these camps are ?to
contribute to the understanding among peoples ?
to eliminate preconceived ideas ? to strengthen
mutual respect and tolerance ? to arouse interest
in different religions and cultures ? and to
enable socially deprived children to benefit
from real vacations
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This year 98 children aged between 10 and 14 from
eight Arabic countries were participating, namely
Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt,
Sudan and Yemen. These children belonged to 10
different religious denominations.All of them
live in poverty and are marginalised due to their
situation as orphans or refugees, because they
live in a slum near Cairo or because they are
street children.30 team counsellors from 10
different countries, among them Sisters from four
different congregations, took care of the
children at the camp.
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The participants of the peace camp were
hospitably welcomed at the Tito convent of the
Daughters of Charity in Alexandria
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During the camp the 98 children from eight
nations were split in 10 groups
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Five Sisters of four different religious
congregations were part of the camp team
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From left to right Asrar (Yemen), Mirna (Egypt),
Jessica (Syria), Victoria (Sudan), Nour-Mariam
(Lebanon), Hadil (Palestine), Marwa (Iraq) and
Rahaf (Jordan)
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8 girls from 8 nations peacefully united
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From left to right Gai (Sudan), Ibrahim
(Palestine), Ibrahim (Iraq), Charbel (Lebanon),
Rowes (Egypt), Osama (Yemen), Nasser (Syria) and
Hossam (Jordan)
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Handcrafts are a very popular activitiy at the
camp...
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and the children proudly present the result of
their efforts
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Group leader Rosy from Lebanon working with her
group
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A workshop as part of the peace training with
Ghaida Rahil, a trainer from CRS
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The result of the group work is documented on
posters and presented in front of the whole group
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The Sudanese children rehearsing for their
national evening
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The children enthusiastically participate in the
sports contests
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The effort is worthwhile - cups and medals are
waiting for the best ones
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Warde from Iraq proving her singing skills at the
talent show that was organised one evening
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Nada from Egypt impresses by her dancing skills
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A big birthday party is given for alle the kids
whose birthday is during the camp
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The children are also involved in cleaning
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...or drying the dishes probably a new
experience for many of the oriental boys
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Facepainting at the funfair
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Our nurse was always quite busy
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Getting acquainted with the host country is one
important programme element Here the children
visit the citadel of Alexandria
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Having dinner at a restaurant is a first time
experience for many of the children
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Sponsored by the Austrian ambassador to Egypt a
visit to Aquapark
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Also the exclusive Sporting Club in Alexandria
opened its gates for the peace camp participants
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Even some Egyptian children are swimming in the
sea for the first time in their lives
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Of course there is no visit to Egypt without
visitig the pyramids and the sphinx
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At the foot of the pyramids...
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Sponsored by the Swiss ambassador A one hour
boat trip on the Nile
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New friends Sandra from Lebanon (left) and Rama
from Syria (right)
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At the end of the camp an international evening
is organised and all friends and sponsors of the
project are invited
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At the international evening the best
performances of the various national evenings are
presented - here the Yemeni children singing
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A traditional dance of the Jordanian group
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The Egyptian children come from the slum of
Haggana on the outskirts of Cairo
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Bataya and Rahaf from Jordan
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Osama from Yemen and Mohammad from Egypt
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The main objective of the camp cross-border
friendships was definitely achieved
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It is hard to say good bye after three weeks
together and a lot of tears are being shed on the
last evening
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This camp was organised by Caritas
Salzburg/Austria in close collaboration with
Caritas Egypt. We would like to thank the
following organisations of the international
Caritas network for their financial
contributions ?Caritas Germany ?CORDAID
(Caritas Holland) ?Caritas Italy ?Caritas
Luxemburg ?Caritas Sweden ?CRS (Catholic
Relief Services Caritas USA)