As part of the Aseerat Project, the Palestinian Center for Counseling (PCC) held a fun day for the families of female prisoners. The event took place on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2008, in Popeye’s Park in Jericho and gathered for the first time children, mothers, fathers and siblings of prisoners originating from the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Families got to know each other and exchange stories and experiences through various arts activities organized by PCC psychologists and volunteers. They chatted, sung and danced the traditional dabke together in the shade of Jericho’s palm trees; children drew postcards for their sisters and mothers in prison, watched shows and played. Above all, the one-day event in Jericho gave the families a platform to express their grief, a sense of belonging to a community. The postcards made by the families reached all prisoners with the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

To view the pictures of the event, please click here.