Trivia with a Cause

Friends of Hebron began fundraising efforts in 2009 through the Festival of Friendship Refugee week event, where we successfully fundraised to rehabilitate the Al Huda kindergarten in the South Hebron Hills. For a few years Friends of Hebron ran this event in conjunction with trivia nights, however in 2012 the decision was made that an annual trivia night would be our main source of fundraising for projects. Since then, we have wowed audiences with mind bending questions, mouth watering food and some high-tech plane throwing over the apartheid wall. Additional funds are raised through our sales of handmade Hebron ceramics and Keffiyehs.

Trivia Night 2024

In the midst of the horrors unfolding in Gaza and the annexation of the West Bank, Friends of Hebron held their trivia night. Our hearts went out to the communities in Palestine suffering unjustly through Israeli military and settler aggression.

Funds raised supported the Dkaika School Access Project, where 25 students are able to access safe transport to school and university daily. Our wonderful supporters also responded to the request to raise money for the Dream Centre, a school for children with autism, which was to close due to lack of funding.

We are grateful to our supporters and community who gave generously to keep these two projects going for the 24/25 school year.

Trivia Night 2022

Our inaugural trivia night, post COVID lockdowns, had the community returning in numbers to support our programs. We were also fortunate to have a live presentation from people on the ground, in Hebron, to talk about the impacts of the projects we support.

Funds raised supported the Dkaika School Access Project and provided much needed repairs for a leaking roof at one of the girl’s schools in South Hebron.

Trivia Night 2021

Due to the COVID restrictions the 2021 Trivia Night had to be cancelled. However, we still continued our commitment to provide the remuneration of two teachers at the Al Huda kindergarten in the South Hebron Hills and the Dkaika School Access Project across the school year. Please assist us to keep these projects going by making a donation.

In response to the attack on Gaza in May 2021, our partner organisation HIRN requested funds to employ a Gazan woman for a period of six months as to provide updated information about the very basic humanitarian needs of some of the affected families there, and to provide psycho-social support. We are proud to support part of the wages for this critical role.

Trivia Night 2020

Funds raised supported the remuneration of two teachers at the Al Huda kindergarten in the South Hebron Hills and the Dkaika School Access Project across the school year.

Trivia Night 2019

The Hebron municipality committed to supporting ongoing salaries for teachers in Tel Rumeida, which allowed Friends of Hebron to support a new project. We returned to the first school supported, our much loved Al Huda kindergarten, where we commenced the remuneration of two teachers. We also continued to fund the Dkaika School Access Project across the school year.

In conjunction to the two ongoing projects, Friends of Hebron provided funds to build a school that had been demolished three times in one of Hebron’s outlying villages.

Trivia Night 2018

Funds raised supported the remuneration of three teachers at Tel Rumeida and the Dkaika Schools Access Project across the school year.

Trivia Night 2017

Funds raised supported the remuneration of three teachers at Tel Rumeida and the Dkaika Schools Access Project across the school year.

Trivia Night 2016

Funds raised supported the remuneration of three teachers at Tel Rumeida and the Dkaika Schools Access project across the school year.

Trivia Night 2015

Funds raised supported the remuneration of three teachers at Tel Rumeida and the Dkaika Schools Access project across the school year. .

Trivia Night 2014

In 2014 Friends of Hebron ran the Festival of Friendship and the annual trivia night. supported the remuneration of teachers at Tel Rumeida and we commenced supporting the Dkaika School Access Project.

Trivia Night 2013

With two kindergartens already successfully operating in the South Hebron Hills, we set our sights on the Old City of Hebron – to rehabilitate a building for an early childhood centre. This area is under Israeli military security and around 1500 soldiers are stationed in this enclosed part of the city to protect around 500 settlers who live in the four settlements in this part of the Old City. Another estimated 7000 settlers are in the settlement of Kiryat Arba, only 10 minutes walk away from the Old City.

Trivia Night 2012

Funds raised supplemented the contribution from 2011 to build a new learning centre in the South Hebron Hills, in the village of Khasam Al Daraj.

Festival of Friendship 2011

Funds raised contributed to the building of a a new learning centre in the South Hebron Hills, in the village of Khasam Al Daraj.

Festival of Friendship Refugee Week Event 2010

Where it all started! Our first project was to raise funds to rehabilitate a structure in the village of Umm Al Khair to open an early learning centre for this highly vulnerable community.