Stalls at this year’s festival…

One of the main ways in which Hebron-Leichhardt Festival of Friendship raises money for the kindergartens we support is via the indoor market. As well as our very exciting sale of genuine Palestinian kuffiyehs, this year’s market offers a terrific variety of goods and information, including:

Berberosaharan, a Sydney business selling beautiful handmade Algerian and Moroccan ceramics, metalware, leatherwork and glass. You can get a sneak preview of the kind of items on offer next Saturday from their catalogue.

Permaculture Inner West. Permaculture is an ethical design system drawing together two words: permanent and culture. It was first developed by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, both academics in Tasmania in the late 1970s. They looked at what was happening in agriculture and recognised that it was neither permanent nor related to culture. Permaculture has three core values: earth care, people care, fair share. Aid work is fundamental to us, and so much of our aid work is based overseas – we at Permaculture Inner West have a link with the Marda Permaculture Project in the central West Bank. The Permaculture Inner West stall will be offering seed swaps, seedlings and information on local and international permaculture.

2011 Refugee Week Festival of Friendship

Photo courtesy of UNRWA

It’s on again and it’s on Saturday 18 June 2011!

The fabulous Hebron Leichhardt Refugee Week Festival of Friendship in Leichhardt Town Hall.

All the details are here

Leichhardt Friends of Hebron

Umm Al Kheir, denied permanent homes, running water and electricity by Israel's occupation, but villagers want a preschool for their children. We want to help.

MPs tell of Visit to Hebron

3 – 5 pm, Sunday 12th September
Annandale Neighbourhood Centre,
79 Johnston St, Annandale

Following the fabulously successful Festival of Friendship, Leichhardt Friends of Hebron will host  a general meeting to update our friends in the community about our pre-school project and  hear eye- witness accounts of their recent visit to Hebron from NSW Upper House members, Sylvia Hale  and Linda Voltz. Everyone is welcome to join us for conversation and light refreshments available.

A photography exhibition on Palestinian refugees, deemed too hot to handle a couple of years ago, will finally be shown at Leichhardt Town Hall during Refugee Week. http://www.altmedia.net.au/censored-exhibition-finally-sees-the-light-of-day/20748

Leichhardt Friends of Hebron is a community group in Leichhardt, a municipality in Sydney, Australia. Our aim is to build links of friendship with the people of Hebron on the West Bank of Palestine by promoting human rights as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and respect for international law in the occupied Palestinian lands. More about us…
Our organisation aims to raise money for vital community projects Hebron region. In 2010 we are supporting the Hathaleen Kindergarten Project in the small community of Umm Al Khair.

Festival of Friendship 25 & 26 June 2010,
a Refugee Week Event

The Leichhardt Friends of Hebron will host a cultural event to highlight the ongoing Palestinian refugee crisis. Featuring a photo exhibition, live music, stalls, a film, a forum on censorship and presentations from people returning from the West Bank. Fundraising for a much needed kindergarten in the South Hebron Hills.
Leichhardt Town Hall, cnr Marion and Norton Streets, Leichhardt. Entry by donation.
Come to the Festival of Friendship

7pm Friday 25 June: Formal opening of the Exhibition of Photographs, speakers, live music, more…

10am -2pm Saturday 25 June: Indoor market, cafe, view the exhibition… More details

3:30 pm Saturday 25 June: Indoor market, cafe, view the exhibition… More details

5:30 pm Saturday 25 June: Come to the Australian premiere of the new film Welcome to Hebron.  Details…

All in Leichhardt Town Hall, entrance in Marion Street, just around the corner of Norton St., Leichhardt