By Elizabeth Cooper
On January 21st, 2010, the Conservative government announced that Canada would be withdrawing its financial support from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA). UNRWA has been assisting Palestinian Refugees gain access to food, education, health care and social services since 1950, when they numbered roughly 1 million. Today, [...]

[ February 7, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. ] The Canadian-Palestinian Educational Exchange will be holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Sunday, February 7th from 11am until 12:30pm EST.

Please click above for more information on how you can attend.

The 2010 CEPAL Calendar contains photos taken by volunteer Elizabeth Cooper during the 2009 Summer Program.

Each calendar costs $15, or you can buy 3 for $30.

Please email nzeitoun@yahoo.com for more information!

If you live in Toronto, Ottawa or Montreal and are interested in volunteering at CEPAL, please think about applying for a position on the Board of Directors for 2010.  Available Director positions include: Events; Communications; IT; and Finance.
Please click here or email info@cepal.ca for more information

Thanks to the hard work and help of many volunteers and donors, CEPAL is delighted to announce that we successfully ran our 11th summer program in Lebanon!
Last summer’s Needs Assessment has helped us to reaffirm that yes, our summer program in the camps is as important as ever and that yes, CEPAL’s summer program plays a [...]

By: Elizabeth Cooper
Summer 2009 Volunteer
“This past summer, I worked for the Women’s Humanitarian Organization (WHO) in Bourj and the Children and Youth Centre (CYC) in Shatila.  These organizations promote fun, informal activities for large groups of children.  The result is rather chaotic, energy filled sessions of running, screaming, and having fun.  Always interesting and productive, my time [...]