Participating in building the palestinian society through creating learning environment for the children, youth and teachers through focusing on developing cultural, spiritual and social attitudes needed to achieve the social human growth.

Vision

"Towards a free and safe learning environment in Palestine"

Mission

To Encourage and deepen opportunities of learning and literacy among children, young adults and groups which work with them.

(100 Hammeh w Lammeh):

In the last quarter of 2014, Tamer Institute for Community Education supported the  Youth to empower their role through project for initiatives called  (100 Hammeh w Lammeh). The project started in October in Jerusalem and the West Bank and Gaza.

Nakhleh Al Shiber (Palm, the Short)

A character, much admired by Palestinian children despite the many contradictions in its name. Nakhleh Al Shiber, toured different Palestinian towns and villages and refugee camps, doing a theatric puppet show to tell stories and encourage children to interact with the concurrent issues in the Palestinian society. Discussion and dialogue were mainly raised through humor presented in the contradiction that Nakhleh Al Shiber put on stage: the Palm being tall, and his body being short. The shows organized by Nakhleh Al Shiber aimed at enhancing the opportunities of expression and learning among children. Nakhleh Al Shiber held the slogan “I Read” to encourage children to read with him.

My Reading Passport

My Reading Passport is a Prominent Palestinian Initiative launched in 1990 by Tamer Institute. Through this initiative, Tamer has distributed enormous amounts of Reading Passports to schools and organizations to encourage children to read. The reading passport contributed to enhance the sense of belonging among children when official documents of identity were lacking. Children were encouraged to document the books they have read as visas in each page. Seven passports were used to filled in and were distributed according to variant age groups. By the end of the seven passports, children would have read 147 books and were ready to join the reading club of the school or library they visit. The school or the library would then supports their community initiatives.

The Little Continent

The Little Continent is a voluntary community initiative that joins youth in groups to explore the Palestinian society; its natural and historical scapes. The name “Little continent” was given to Palestine by two German scholars. Having all the geographical aspects forming a continent, groups of youth were encouraged to explore those aspects and reflect on them. After hiking and exploring, the ideas, reflections and thoughts the children have in realtion ot hte place were published in a book. This initiative reconnects youth with the natural and historical aspects of Palestine. Unfortunately, the initiative was interrupted by the many curfews, blockades, and siege put in practice against the Palestinian right for existence. Books published through the span of this initiative were: “ The Palestinian Oral History”, “Yalo”, “ Jericho, A Ten Thousand Years Journey”, “A Palestinian On The Road”, “ Palestine: History for Young Adults”, “ Cities Telling their Tales”, “ From Jerusalem the Story Begins”.

From Ebal to the Shore We Sing Our Songs

In efforts to promote cultural integration in education Tamer launched the initiative “From Ebal to the Palestinian Shores: We Sing Our Songs”. The initiative aims at encouraging the search of the memories of the ancestors by reading the oral history of Palestine; this is achieved through visits to different areas in Palestine, and by supporting young talents in singing and music. This initiative encourages a production of knowledge by collecting readings and writings of children, these writings emerge around the monuments they visit and stories they hear in their villages, in addition to collecting a vast material of pictures, song and material related to the folklore.