When the education system closed during the first COVID-19 lockdown, screens at home lit up and children switched to remote learning.
But how could a student in a Bedouin village in the South participate in this new normal? And what could a student in the Arab village in the North without internet do?
MAOZ’s Situation Room received many calls from Network members regarding children who lacked computer and/or internet access. This gave rise to a unique partnership: coming together to create, print and distribute an educational content textbook in Arabic throughout the country.
Eight Network members and eco-system members participated in the project: Nizar Sarhan, Eli Meiri, Gamil Sharqiya, Adoreh Eless, Foad Zeadna, Yousef Alamour, Kawther Sarsour, and Ali Al-Hawashila. They had never met before and did not know each other previously.
Together with Noor Abed El-Hadi, an additional Network member, the partners put together and edited nine textbooks for children aged six to 12. The finished products included worksheets gathered from different schools around the country, and two of them were intended for children with special needs and/or disabilities. The textbooks were then passed on to a team of volunteers who distributed them in Arab and Bedouin towns from North to South.