BounceBack4Syria - giving kids a chance to be kids again.
BounceBack4Syria has local educators in Northwestern Syria facilitate a 6-week program to teach children creative ways to build resilience.
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BounceBack4Syria is a program that partners with local educators on the ground in Syria to deliver educational resources and sporting equipment to children in Northwestern Syria. We work with local educators who facilitate 6-week programs to teach the children creative ways to use their new resources, build healthy habits, and grow their self-confidence.
BounceBack4Syria is about more than just play. We believe that education is multidimensional and that children, no matter the circumstance, deserve the opportunity to be children. The games and activities learned throughout our 6-week program foster creativity and resilience, as well as providing crucial opportunities for social, physical, and emotional development.
BounceBack4Syria is run by ReliefAid, a New Zealand based humanitarian organization dedicated to providing life-changing and life-saving supplies to families affected by war and natural disasters. As of March 2024, ReliefAid has delivered live-saving aid to over 500,000 people. We have the expertise and experience needed to provide humanitarian assistance and have been doing so in Syria since 2015.
The demand for this program is massive and only limited by funding. ReliefAid relies solely on private donations- school fundraising efforts, donations from speaking engagements, and individual donations such as those possible through GiveALittle. By choosing BounceBack4Syria as your fundraising cause, you are giving children in displacement camps the opportunity to laugh, learn, and play again.
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Tugging on our heart strings.! 5 July 2024
Stage 10 and 11 saw more than 400 children receive materials to build resilience and participate in amazing play program delivered to their camps. The positive impact once again has been striking on an individual level and community wide. Here is Noreen’s story as told by one of our team.
“A girl named Nisreen, from the first visit, every time she lost, she became angry and sad if one of her friends won over her during the competitions that were held.
We always talked about the necessity of accepting loss and being happy when our friends won and attempts to make the impossible possible.
Today, Nisreen has come to accept loss and tries again and challenges until she begins to win and overcome her friends”.
The place Noreen started from is understandable – years without schooling, a lack of meaningful activities and a social environment that is not conducive to building positive relationships.
The parents in the community noticed these changes too. “Before the project, the children did not have the ability to establish social relationships. During the project, I found a change in them. They started to like to meet with friends”.
We welcomed new members to our education team who quickly made an important contribution to the project. Of note was the gift of a skill set enabling positive and beneficial play with children with serious physical and intellectual disabilities. Seeing these loving interactions certainly tugged on our heart strings.
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Many thanks for supporting our Bounce Back 4 Syria programme Luke and bringing joy to children who deserve some happiness. This project has been operating now for 3 years and we have changed the lives of so many children and their families. We are constantly amazed by the impact we are having and the way this programme is promoting not only resilience but also peace within communities. Thank you for your humanity! Check out more regarding Bounce Back on our social media pages and website
Many thanks for supporting our Bounce Back 4 Syria programme Claire and bringing joy to children who deserve some happiness. This project has been operating now for 3 years and we have changed the lives of so many children and their families. I am constantly amazed by the impact we are having and the way this programme is promoting not only resilience but also peace within communities.
Many thanks for supporting our Bounce Back 4 Syria programme Luke and bringing joy to children who deserve some happiness. This project has been operating now for 3 years and we have changed the lives of so many children and their families. I am constantly amazed by the impact we are having and the way this programme is promoting not only resilience but also peace within communities.
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