UPA connect Fall 2019
Read about UPA’s Solar Energy initiatives, hear from Palestinian students, and more!
UPA Connect
GAZA: 2019 Spring UPA Connect
See how UPA is helping Gazans and the Gaza economy.
Psychology in Palestine
UPA sponsored the Bethlehem University’s Sixth Social Sciences Conference titled “Psychology in Palestine: Reality and Future.”
UPA Spring Benefit Concert
Join us for an evening of music featuring selected works by Palestinian composer, Amin Nasser, who will be in attendance. And a performance by world-renowned pianist Fadi Deeb, with vocalist Nour Darwish, a rising opera star from the Nazareth area.
Supporting Gaza Fishermen
The fishing sector in Gaza does not require much electricity, but fishermen are facing their own daunting challenges as a result of Israeli restrictions.
Surviving the Winter in Gaza Camp, Jordan
For refugee families living in Gaza Camp, finding sufficient clothes, heating fuel, and shelter during the harsh winter season is a constant struggle. Gaza Camp is the poorest among the 10 Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan.
UPA Supports Music Education
The majority of Palestinian children UPA supports live in refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, West Bank, Lebanon or Jordan, or other marginalized areas. They face a multitude of challenges depending on their location including siege, military occupation, curfews, poverty, and malnutrition.
Bringing Music to Refugee Camps
Underneath dangling electrical wires mingled with sagging plastic hoses that distribute water to residents, a typical sight in refugee camps, the alley led us to a small secluded courtyard.