We are excited to announce our new partnership:
Maysoon's Kids/Friends' Inclusive Scholarship
Program. Program. Friends' is currently the only school in Palestine that mainstreams disabled kids.
It is our goal to provide scholarships that cover K-12 education for disabled children with no other financial means to attend. We need $25,000 per student. Our dream is for schools all over Palestine to have mainstream programs. But for now we just want to get as many kids into Friends' as possible and are focusing fundraising efforts on this goal.
Yallah donate. It's simple. And it's also non-profit 501c3 (Tax ID: # 35-0877573). And they're in Indiana U.S.A.
Here's how. Go to:
http://tinyurl.com/maysoonskidsfriends
Original link:
https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/RamallahFriendsSchools/
OnlineDonation.html
Click on "gift designation", select "other" and type in "Maysoon's Kids". Then donate away.
Don't trust computers? Send us a check:
Friends United Meeting
101 Quaker Hill Drive
Richmond, IN 47374-1926
Make checks payable to: "Ramallah Friends School" and write "Maysoon's Kids" in the memo.
Playgrounds for Palestine:
Playgrounds for Palestine was established as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization
in 2001.
Maysoon’s Kids partnered with Playgrounds for Palestine, an incredible organization that builds playgrounds in the occupied territories for children who would have absolutely
nowhere else to play. It was our goal to build not only a playground but one that was accessible to differently-
abled children. We found an amazingly local builder to build Maysoon’s Kids PFP accessible playground outside of the Sildwad Disabled Center. Sildwad was chosen by Maysoon’s
Kids because it excelled in teaching and challenging its student population.
The students also cross-stitched me a Pokemon Squirtle, but that in no way swayed my opinion.
We are hoping to build a second accessible playground in Yutta, an impoverished suburb of Hebron that has another exceptional disabled center. Each playground is made in Palestine and costs $10,000.00 with land-prep and labor.
If you would like to help us build our second playground, please donate to Playgrounds for Palestine and type “Maysoon’s Kids” into the “Other” box.
http://www.playgroundsforpalestine.org/homepage.php
Adoption:
Listen up, folks. I am going to adopt from the orphanage in Bethlehem in Palestine. Once I succeed, I will add a page here that is a step-by-step explanation of how to achieve this monumental feat with the least stress possible.
Basically, I am walking through fire to make it easier for you guys. I will keep you posted. Wish me luck. FYI – Our first stumbling block has been the fact that the country we are adopting from technically does not exist…but I am hopeful.
We are also continuing our search for families for differently-abled orphans in Bethelem. If you are interested, please email me at mailto:maysoon@arabcomedy.org
Maysoon's Kids was founded in April 2001 by comedian/actress Maysoon Zayid to
address the needs of the growing population of disabled children in Palestine. Past programs include:
- art and wellness programs
- summer camp lunch programs
- playground building
- eye exams and glasses
- mommy classes
- outfitting physical therapy centers
- providing shoes, clothes and milk, (locally made), for orphans
- tutoring for seniors in high schools
We were proud to have our first Maysoon's Kids University Scholarship recipient graduate from Bethlehem University June 4, 2011.
If you have any questions about Maysoon’s Kids or any of our affiliated charities, please contact me, and I will be happy to be answer them.