Hope Flowers School | Volunteer

<BODY> <H1><A HREF="community1.html">The Hope Flowers Community Outreach Centre</A></H1> <P>The Hope Flowers Community Outreach Centre has been founded as a means for:</P> <UL><LI>Promoting the growth and development of the community by giving it access to the experience, expertise, facilities and services available at the Hope Flowers School;</LI> <LI>Strengthening and expanding the Hope Flowers School through its involvement with the community.</LI></UL> <H3>Reaching its Goals</H3> <P>The Hope Flowers Community Outreach Centre seeks to attain its goals by providing the following four sets of services:</P> <UL><LI>Centre for Professional Development (CPD)</LI> <LI>Centre for Youth Development (CYD)</LI> <LI>Centre for Spirituality and Interfaith Studies (CSIS)</LI> <LI>Centre for Psychological Support (CPS).</LI></UL> <P>By providing these services, the Outreach Centre helps to develop and support the strengths of all sectors of the community. The Outreach Centre also serves as a bridge between the community and the Hope Flowers School, which provides a forum for peace and democracy education.</P> <H3>The Hope Flowers Mission</H3> <P>The Hope Flowers School was founded to develop attitudes and skills that foster peaceful resolution of conflict. At the same time, the school seeks to cultivate positive values within Palestinian society and build relationships between Palestinian children and other cultures as a basis for creating understanding and peaceful relations among the peoples of the world.</P> <P>At the heart of the Hope Flower School is Peace and Democracy education. Peace and Democracy education strives to:</P> <UL><LI>Provide skills to resolve conflicts constructively</LI> <LI>Inform and implement international human rights standards</LI> <LI>Promote gender and racial equality</LI> <LI>Encourage the appreciation of cultural diversity.</LI></UL> <P>Such learning cannot be achieved without intentional, sustained and systematic education for peace. The Outreach Centre plays a central role in this system, in that it provides a solid foundation on which these values can be taught.</P> <H3>Centre for Professional Development </H3> <P><B>Why it is needed.</B> Hope Flowers School (established in 1984 by Hussein Ibrahim Issa) was the first and only school in Palestine to adopt a philosophy of democratic or progressive education. It promotes the principles of peace, teaching its students tolerance, respect for human rights and developing a culture of empathy that encourages mutual respect and peaceful co-existence.</P> </BODY>