BEYOND WALLS
ACTIVITIES
Beyond Walls includes 2 workshop in Tel Aviv for Israeli HRD realized by Active Vision and 2 in West Bank realized by PSCC, which involves directly more than 40 participants, who will be multipliers of the action able to reproduce the workshop and disseminate the results.
Two levels of workshop on audio productions, and one on increasing media outreach, take place in three villages of the West Bank, with the aim of fostering a grassroot production of audio reportages, information and creations. From Beyond Walls radio studios we will produce a weekly programme which will be available on the internet and spread on a network of FM stations in Palestine, as Radio AlShabab, and other Arab countries.
Reports with detailed updated information about Human Rights Defenders work are an effective tool of advocacy. Reports on Human Rights Defenders' condition and work will be a reference for the entire region, they will offer relevant information and data regarding people arrested, injured, threats against defenders, casualties, but also regarding the work in the field of local partners (initiatives, actions, new developments).
In order to enhance the support to the HRD in Israel and West Bank, the visibility of the struggle and to enforce networking, 6 delegation from Italy take part to the project.Each delegation is characterized by different angles and approach to the issue.
In 10 villages of the West Bank a team of psychologist from Najah university in Nablus carries out and intervention on “Critical Incident Strees Debriefing under constant traumatic situation”.Main target are community groups in villages subjected to collective repression (curfews, demonstration violently repressed with casualties).
Two cycles of workshops on security issues and protection for Human Rights Defenders, providing necessary tools to integrate protection on the ground into work plans and programs, carried out by Protection International, an organization with a world wide experience in security and protection for HRDs.
10 days Training and Seminar on Alternative Media, involving media activists and journalists from the mediterrannea.