Hope Flowers in Bethlehem

Let me introduce you to a soul-friend, Ibrahim Issa, director of the Hope Flowers School and Centre in Bethlehem, Palestine. I worked at this school for some years, helping them with outreach and hassle-busting.His talk is about the school and its world-leading work in dealing with war-trauma, peace-building and the reconstruction of communities.Palestinians have experience in this that few other nations have, since their war experiences have stretched over 70-100 years. The school now trains teachers from all over the West Bank in trauma-recovery and front-line handling of the social consequences of conflict.Ibrahim also talks about the situation today in the West Bank - very different from that of Gaza, but equally painful and destructive. Whatever happens, even if its own campus is taken over by Israeli settlers, the school's work will continue - as it has done through two intifadas and many years of obstacles and horrors.They live by an exemplary philosophy of hope, and it's well worth listening to Ibrahim's talk, in Gloucester, UK, on 3rd May 2025.https://hopeflowers.org