tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81304809484860843622024-03-13T08:47:05.168-07:00Studio SyriaStudio Syria provides art, craft and educational supplies to Syrians living as refugees in Jordan. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130480948486084362.post-34961526770741872182016-12-31T10:38:00.000-08:002016-12-31T11:02:55.247-08:00What We Achieved in 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Studio Syria delivered supplies and held workshops in Zaatari Syrian Refugee Camp in Jordan this Autumn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We were delighted to see our young friend Yazan after a year. <span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: left;">Yazan lives at the opposite side of the camp but walked the long distance when he heard that Jean would be visiting that day. He brought her an apple - a rare treat in the camp.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He showed Jean a tin of colored pencils she had given him last year. He was so proud of them. Poignantly they were too precious to use and remained in pristine condition.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The photo below shows Jean and Wai Chum, the project leader of Refugee Story Circle, a group that raises awareness of refugee issues in association with the University of Washington. Wai and the group produced a magazine called "Hurriyah" - Freedom - using many of the works of art created in Studio Syria classes at Zaatari Refguee Camp. Jean gave copies to the artists in the camp including Yazan who found his own painting in the magazine. </span></div>
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Jean, Laurie and Bev visited the new art building in the camp. It's an actual concrete structure and beautiful. It is filled with art made by camp residents - many using supplies provided by Studio Syria. Most of the paintings and sculptures commemorate iconic Syrian sites that have been damaged and destroyed in the war. For the artists this provides some solace and allows them to educate the younger generation about their heritage. The art works are also for sale.</div>
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The famous and historic water wheels at Hama several of which have been destroyed. </div>
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The Roman city of Palmyra part of which has been destroyed. </div>
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Jean says hi to a donkey as children walk to school.</div>
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Studio Syria's mission is to provide education and art supplies as well as to teach workshops. This year Jean focussed on teaching the teachers and worked with various groups of men and women introducing creative ideas that they can pass along to their own students. Art supplies were divided into 10 portions to be used in 10 different areas of the camp. </div>
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Below is our dear friend and amazing art teacher Ismail, a sculptor. </div>
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Many of the art teachers had special requests for supplies both for their own use and for their classes. We were able to shop specially for them and deliver the requested supplies on our last day in the camp. There was great excitement when donated cameras were distributed allowing the teachers to record work created in the camp and to assist with their teaching. Thank you to Doerte Peters of Seattle and her neighbors for giving us the cameras.</div>
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Studio Syria also understands the importance of supporting Jordan's host communities who are struggling with the influx of refugees. We donated art supplies and toys to a local school for mentally challenged students in the Ghor al Safi, one of Jordan's poverty pockets. Many of the supplies were donated by Australian archeologists Penny and Peter Edwell. Thanks you guys! </div>
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Though not funded by Studio Syria, Laurie worked closely this year with Miami University's architecture department connecting students with camp residents and facilitating the design of shade shelters and new modes of transportation. Here Laurie examines a new pedicab, similar to one from her project. Bicycles are more and more popular in the camp but are not considered proper for women to ride so other ways of getting around will give women more freedom. </div>
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This year Studio Syria was joined by teacher Beverly Heiman who worked with Laurie for a couple of amazing days in the large IRD hanger full of excited children. They played games, taught art, read stories and spread joy. Art supplies were donated as well as some warm clothing. The photo below shows Bev and Laurie at the NGO coffee shop at the end of an exhausting and successful day. </div>
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NGO workers still travel for two hours each way from Amman to the camp daily. Below we pause at a truck stop for delicious egg and zatar sandwich breakfasts. </div>
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Security in the camp has changed over the years. There is now a concrete building for Jordanian police where we were required to apply for security papers each morning </div>
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If you supported Studio Syria in 2016 you made all this possible! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. You can support us again by donating on the website. studiosyria.org</div>
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Many people in Canada and Seattle donated hand knit clothing which Jean passed along to the Salaam Cultural Museum and Medical Missions. They have been shipped to Greece and Jordan and are being used with gratitude. Thanks for the love we know goes into every stitch. </div>
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A special thank you to Tracy and Roberto Bonacorso, and Christine Stickler who donate automatically to us each month. You can do the same. Five or ten dollars a month goes a long way and buys a lot of happy moments for children living as refugees. And thank you to the women of the Seattle craft group who donate to us each year with matching funds from the Gates Foundation. </div>
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What's ahead in 2017? Studio Syria is small by design. We work as volunteers and and have found a balance that allows us to continue our efforts without becoming overwhelmed by the tragic situation in Syria. We accept many small donations with enormous gratitude. This is truly an intimate and hands on way for us - and for you - to help with the Syrian crisis that might otherwise seem too big to address. Why not join us by donating or following along on Facebook. Thank you so much. </div>
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Jean Bradburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06559041990947045660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130480948486084362.post-71222442852585237312016-07-07T09:55:00.001-07:002016-07-07T09:55:17.617-07:00Update - Summer 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello to Studio Syria supporters! Jean here. I am in Seattle for the summer with my children but will return to Jordan in the Autumn to continue my work with Studio Syria. Thank you for your continued donations and help. (Elizabeth I see a donation from you this morning but no email to thank you) In fact I usually cannot keep up with emails and thank you's for Studio Syria so please know that your contribution is greatly appreciated and will be spent scrupulously on school su<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">pplies and art supplies for refugees and underserved students in Jordan.</span></div>
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Please scroll down for our 2015 report. There are images of such joy and beauty. A nice change from the grief that fills the news this summer.</div>
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Check back here in October or November for new reports and photos. And thank you for keeping the people of Syria in your thoughts.</div>
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Jean Bradburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06559041990947045660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130480948486084362.post-54377328963573432062015-12-31T06:01:00.000-08:002016-01-01T17:32:34.423-08:00Fifteen Things Accomplished by Studio Syria in 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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1) Studio Syria donated art and education supplies to the Malki Children's Center in Amman Jordan and Jean taught an art workshop. The center assists children suffering from emotional trauma due to their experiences in the Syrian war and was established by Seattle based Salaam Cultural Museum.<br />
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2) Studio Syria played with children in Zaatari Syrian Refugee Camp, Jordan. Laurie Balbo crocheted bracelets and distributed education and art kits to the children.<br />
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3) Partnering with IRD, Jean Bradbury taught drawing workshops to adults and youth in Zaatari Syrian Refugee Camp.<br />
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4) Workshops were held to teach artists in Zaatari Camp to draw comics expressing their experiences and memories of Syria.<br />
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5) More than 200 education and art activity kits were distributed with the assistance of a grant from Portland based Dreaming Zebra.<br />
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6) Art workshops were held in Zaatari Camp to teach botanical illustration and to remind camp residents of some of the plants and flowers left behind in Syria. <br />
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7) More activity kits were donated and distributed. Each kit contains paper and pencils, a notebook, coloured pencils, coloured markers, a sharpener and Studio Syria's activity booklet, shown above. 50 kits were donated to needy Jordanian families as Studio Syria knows it is important to support citizens of host countries as well as refugees. 100 kits were donated to Syrian families working as itinerant farm labourers in the Southern Jordan Valley in a partnership with Save the Children Jordan in the Ghor al Safi area.<br />
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8) Jean taught a plein air oil painting class - outside in the fresh air of Zaatari Camp. And classes in portrait painting in oils.<br />
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9) Studio Syria taught a workshop for the community activity leaders working with IRD in Zaatari Camp. Supplies were donated to each district in the camp so that art and craft activities can be held throughout the year. These two fun guys are activity counsellors showing the hats they plan to teach their students to make in 2016. All supplies donated by Studio Syria.<br />
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10) Partnering with both IRD (International Relief and Development) and IRC (International Rescue Committee) Studio Syria donated art supplies to orphans and unaccompanied minors in Zaatari Syrian Refugee Camp.<br />
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11) Students and Rye Middle School in New York State, USA, sent art supplies, homemade sketchbooks and notecards written in Arabic to students in Zaatari Syrian Refugee Camp. Studio Syria coordinated and distributed the supplies and will deliver thank you notes to the American kids.<br />
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12) As part of Studio Syria's mandate to support underserved host communities in Jordan as well as Syrian refugees, we donated education supplies to a school for developmentally challenged children in the Ghor al Safi, Jordan. Items donated included paper and notebooks, coloured markers, toys and children's books. <br />
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13) Studio Syria donated more children's books to the libraries run by IRD in Zaatari Syrian Refugee Camp. We found some of the books we donated three years ago that had obviously been well loved. </div>
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14) Art supplies including paint and paper and craft supplies were donated to the IRD art trailer . </div>
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15) We all had a lot of fun and made some dear friends. Hearts were touched. Art was made. Hope was kindled and love was shared. Studio Syria wishes a happy new year to all and a brighter future in 2016 for all whose hearts are in Syria.<br />
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Studio Syria partnered with Rye Middle School in New York State this December to bring art supplies to Syrian children in Zaatari Refugee Camp. With inspiration and supervision by teacher extraordinaire Kim Tamalonis, American children made note cards with drawings and notes of encouragement, written in Arabic. They also made sketchbooks by hand. Many makers and colored pencils were collected and donated too along with paper and pencils. The kids at the school also raised $100 to pay for shipping of their donation - an important part of this exciting project.<br />
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The donation was a big success. The Syrian children were thrilled with the touching notes of encouragement and each note was carried home with care like a treasure. The notebooks, colored pencils and markers were greatly appreciated.<br />
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In return the Syrian children made their own notes of thanks. This young girl copied the pair of houses sent to her by an American child.<br />
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Students of all abilities were pleased to participate in our distribution. This young guy struggles with verbal communication but makes beautiful art. We were pleased to be able to give him plenty of art supplies including a hand made notebook.<br />
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On the right is a note card from America. On the left the reply message from this young Syrian girl.<br />
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The messsages of encouragement written in Arabic and sent from American school kids were read with great care and interest.<br />
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This notebook is so beautiful! Is it really mine to keep? Yes! We love this young girls expression of surprise. </div>
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Studio Syria has just finished a week at Zaatari Syrian Refugee Camp in Jordan. On the first day Jean took fresh flowers to the camp for a botanical illustration class. Here you can see Ziad with his painting. </div>
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A beautiful flower painting for his new bride of three weeks! What a lovely gift and a lovely painting. </div>
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Zaatari is located in a desert about five kilometres from the Syrian border. It is a bleak and dusty place where plants struggle to survive. Desolate.<br />
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Studio Syria partnered with American based IRD and Jean was hosted by wonderful Mays Abu Laila who translated, made art and made us feel welcome.<br />
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IRD employs a Syrian art teacher at the camp, Ismael, with whom we worked all week. We had the pleasure of visiting his house for lunch and meeting his family, including his youngest daughter Jo Jo who was making do with a stand in teddy bear while her preferred bear dried on the washing line. She is standing in front of the toilet area, screened for privacy by a blanket. After the family fled to Jordan two missiles destroyed their house. They showed me pictures on the phone. There is a brother missing for two years...in prison still...who knows? </div>
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The homes in Zaatari send their raw sewage into the street though the camp is currently digging a sewer system. </div>
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There are shops in the camp lining the streets - and even restaurants. Most of the residents come from farming communities in Deraa and are missing their olive trees and fresh produce. Olives are available in the camp for purchase so that people can bottle them just like they used to back home.<br />
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Ismael, the IRD art teacher with whom it was a great pleasure to work with this week and see his kindness and patience with the children. He is a sculptor by trade but is now turning his hand to painting, drawing and teaching too.<br />
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Jean helps with a painting of a face which will be glazed with color later.<br />
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Faces tell many stories. These paintings will be colored once the brown and white paint dries.<br />
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Laurie attracts large groups of enthusiastic followers. <br />
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We passed out our popular activity booklets along with markers and colored pencils.<br />
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Jean led oil painting classes in landscape.<br />
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The next day Jean led the class outside for a plein air painting class. It was such a beautiful day! And the clouds were behaving in a very picturesque way. We all had fun.<br />
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The peaceful setting was disturbed by a very loud backhoe. One of the artists made the most of the distraction by painting the machine.<br />
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The painting below shows the swing set and IRD flag.<br />
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This young guy's dad is the Syrian caretaker in the compound where we teach. He diligently helped us with bags and brought us cups of tea - all the while peeking shyly at the art activities. When we invited him to join us he said that of course this wasn't for him. But after everyone had left we persuaded him to paint a pink lily from life. And he did a beautiful painting.<br />
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Here it is - hung with pride on the wall where most of the students chose to put their work rather than taking it home. Our trailer became a kind of gallery.<br />
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As well as teaching art workshops with IRD Jean led a workshop with the International Rescue Committee who are caring for unaccompanied minors in the camp. These are children under 18 years old who seemingly have no immediate family or who crossed the border without them. We made some great art and had fun singing and eating snacks. It was a very moving afternoon.<br />
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"This will be hard to write and hard to read. But if you are wondering why people are fleeing Syria and risking their lives... I had lunch with one of my art students yesterday at Zaatari Camp. She won't let me take her picture - I assumed out of modesty but now I suspect that she is afraid. She is from Homs and lives in the camp with her husband and four children including a baby born in the camp. We asked about her extended family and she told us how, one day in Syria, she a<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">nd her husband left the house as they were warned that Assad's police were looking for them. She left her husband's whole family in the home, mother, father, brothers and sisters, nephews and a four year old niece. When they returned to the house they found that all had been executed. The little girl with a bullet in her head. The grandmother with a bullet in her heart. Punishment for what ever transgression my friend's husband had made against the government. They fled to across the border to Jordan. My friend's sisters fled with them and one became engaged to a boy back home in Syria. The day before the wedding he was killed by government forces.</span></div>
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My friend's husband is not coping well. Who could? He is having difficulty dealing with his grief and is lashing out at her. The camp is providing him with psychological counselling.</div>
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My friend sits painting with us every day with a smile on her face and great focus. I hope it is a small moment of pleasure for her.</div>
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This is a random conversation. I think that most of the people I meet in the camp have similar - or worse - tales to tell.</div>
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I know we are all swamped with tragic stories in the news but it is important to remember what these people are running from. They are certainly not "migrants" looking for a better economic situation. And the answer to the Syrian war is definitely NOT to buddy up to Assad in our panic over ISIS. All the people I meet in Zaatari are fleeing his brutal regime.</div>
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Thanks everyone."</div>
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A rainbow in Zaatari seems symbolic.<br />
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The lesson in watercolor painting was well received but this artist added a symbol of the despair all the refugees feel- the young refugee boy who drowned while feeing with his family. They are fully aware of the news and the dangers facing families in boats on the Mediterranean - but they see few or no options. Three years is a long time to live in limbo.<br />
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Studio Syria would like to thank our partners International Relief and Development for making us feel so welcome in Zaatari Camp. The hard work and devotion of all the young members was inspiring. </div>
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Because Studio Syria keeps returning to the camp we are getting to know the residents a little. Jean bought some supplies in the US for a camp artist who could not find specialized inks in Jordan through his NGO contacts. When he received the gifts he began to cry. We tell this story to share how much the support of Studio Syria means to people trapped in a desert for three years. And how much your support means to Studio Syria. People in the camp need to be creative and to be educated. And above all else they need to know that the world has not forgotten them. Thank you for helping us to help them. </div>
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Laurie and Jean volunteered at Zaatari Syrian Refugee Camp in Jordan during their spring visit in 2015. While Jean taught young adults Laurie shared arts and crafts with the children. The visit was facilitated by IRD and sponsored by Jean and Laurie's own fundraising efforts through Studio Syria. Money donated by friends and family paid for art supplies. </div>
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Life in Zaatari has become more orderly in the past two years but it still a grim home for 85,000 people. Many still live in tents and electricity was not available while we were there. </div>
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One of our art students graciously invited us for lunch at his home.</div>
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Laurie loves to work with children and her crocheted bracelets were as popular as ever. </div>
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At the end of the week Studio Syria handed out "fun packs" which contain paper, notebooks, activity booklets, colored pencils, sharpeners, pencils and markers.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">The IRD library needs more children's books and Studio Syria donated some generously provided by Karen Asfour. Here we found one of our donations made a couple of years ago. It has been well used! </span></div>
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Iyad Fanan stands outside the art trailer that Studio Syria helped to stock with art supplies. If you have donated to Studio Syria you have helped to make all this possible. If you would like to donate please visit our website at <a href="http://studiosyria.org/">studiosyria.org</a> All donations are spent on educational supplies. We take no overhead or any other expenses (except 7% for book keeping) so if you give a dollar we will spend 93 cents on pencils, paper, paints and other educational supplies. Thank you for supporting us.<br />
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To see the results of our comic book workshops at Zaatari please scroll down.<br />
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This spring Jean led a workshop at the Malki Children's Center in Amman. She donated children's books and art supplies including Studio Syria's education and fun packs.</div>
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The Malki Center was founded by the Salaam Cultural Museum out of Seattle and offers psychological counselling to Syrian children who are recovering from trauma from their war experience. It is a wonderfully uplifting place that shares classes in yoga as well as dancing, story time and meals. There is even a whole room full of sand. A trained psychologist is on hand to work with parents and children. </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">In May Jean and Laurie returned to Zaatari Refugee Camp near the Syrian border in Jordan. While Laurie taught crochet, played with the children and handed out education kits Jean taught art workshops to young men. One of the workshops focussed on comics. Here are the amazing results.</span></div>
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In August 2014 Jean taught several graphic novel/cartooning workshops in Zaatari Camp near the Syrian border in Jordan. She worked with a young men's English language group. And a young women's cosmetology class. As a first experiment teaching this age group and this subject the workshops were excitingly successful.<br />
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Participants were encouraged to write and draw small moments from their daily lives in the refugee camp - but sometimes deeper messages were also written.<br />
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I feel so lonely. I wish I could see my family.</div>
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I am back home. I can meet my family now."<br />
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Translation for these drawings was generously donated by the wonderful people at <a href="http://translation4all.com/">Translation4All </a>in Bellevue, Washington. </div>
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Jean will return to Zaatari Camp in April and continue these workshops. It is hoped that with more instruction and time to explore story lines the resulting comics will give a voice to those in the camp who feel they don't have one. It will be a way to express grief - and a way to imagine a happier future.<br />
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As always, Studio Syria distributes as many art and educational supplies as possible during these workshops. Participants go home with enough supplies to continue their artworks and to share with friends and family. There can never be too many pencils in the homes of refugees! Studio Syria will continue to distribute pencils, pens, paper and books in 2015. Thank you for your support. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130480948486084362.post-70795053229144606162014-12-31T10:18:00.001-08:002015-01-01T12:32:02.710-08:00Happy New Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Happy New Year from Studio Syria. We send best wishes for a brighter future to all refugees living far from home. Thank you to all who donated to our programs. Here is a quick recap of what we achieved in 2014.<br />
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Jean and Laurie taught graphic novel workshops in Zaatari Camp near the Syrian border in Jordan. Young adults received training and art supplies to take home after the workshops. We partnered with IRD for this program and want to send a big thank you to Julie Whittaker. Earlier in the year we taught children in Zaatari with the help of Save the Children Jordan.<br />
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Studio Syria worked with many generous knitters and crocheters from all over the world to donate hand made hats and clothing to refugee families. We partnered with our neighbours in Seattle, the Salaam Cultural Musuem, who shipped hundreds of hats for us and distributed at their amazing free medical clinics in Jordan. Thank you crafters for sending us such tangible love to pass along to those who need it most. See pictures of all the hats on our Facebook album here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.739508169399253.1073741834.665325273484210&type=3<br />
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Laurie Balbo man handled thousands of balls of yarn (donated in Seattle) and held workshops in partnership with Collateral Repair in Amman sending proceeds from sales back to refugee families. Thanks to Karen Fardel and Tracy Bonaccorso (with her trusty van) for wrangling the yarn on the Seattle end.<br />
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We spent a day teaching art with the Salaam Cultural Museum and their medical team in the Jordanian town of Salt.<br />
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When Jean posted on Facebook that she was teaching kids in freezing weather who had cold feet, Studio Syria supporter Christine Tappert in Duvall, Washington, stepped in to raise money for socks which Jean was able to purchase and distribute in Amman - all with a turn around of a couple of weeks. One of the joys of being a small and lean organization!<br />
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And Jean spent a wonderful day teaching in a vacant lot in the border town of Zaatari Village, partnering with Samantha Robison and AptArt.</div>
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From Studio Syria to our wonderful supporters we send a huge thank you and 'shukran'. And from the many people we had the joy of working with this year, whether in Zaatari Camp, a dusty farm field or in an empty city parking lot - thank you for your resilience, your patience and the creativity you shared with us this year. We send heartfelt wishes for a speedy end to the violence in Syria and a return home in 2015. </div>
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Studio Syria has returned to Zaatari Syrian Refugee Camp in Jordan. We partnered with IRD who provided transportation and access to their amazing big tent. Jean and Laurie taught a couple of workshops to young adults about how to write and draw comics and graphic novels. </div>
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Laurie Balbo, with Studio Syria, is a child magnet. Here she shares her camera with some children at Zaatari Camp.<br />
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Jean had the pleasure of teaching a young man's English class how to write comics and graphic novels. We all had a wonderful time with much laughter and English spoken. Everyone was given art supply packs to take home including good quality paper, ink, brushes, pencils, erasers, rulers, pencil sharpeners and blank booklets.<br />
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Jean used this book as an example of a graphic novel as well as many others via a slide show.<br />
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"I dream to be a war man to protect my country". When we asked him who he wanted to fight against he said "ISIL".<br />
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This woman is a medic. She drew her hospital coat in the lower right corner with her head removed from it - showing that she can no longer wear it.<br />
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Thank you to all who donated to Studio Syria this year and made this mission possible. We continue to raise money and plan further art workshops and education supply distributions in the spring. Please donate at www.studiosyria.org. </div>
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In January Jean visited the artists at AptArt as they worked on murals in the communities near the Syrian border in Jordan. This one addresses the issue of Jordanians sharing their country with more than half a million of their Syrian neighbours.<br />
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"<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Using some Spanish flair and the idiom “my house is your house” Ruben Sanchez and the team taught children about respect, hospitality and sharing. Inside the circles of colour children from Syria and Jordan drew pictures of what their house meant to them. The extended arms represent the relationship of generosity and gratitude between two people of different nations during this difficult time."</span><br />
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A group of young men gathered to watch the fun as the mural developed. The young guy on the left is Jordanian and his best friend is Syrian. He was happy to point out that about half his group of friends were Jordanian and half Syrian - a perfect embodiment of the sentiments expressed by Ruben's mural. Here the symbolic becomes tangible in the handshake of two friends from different countries.<br />
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Meanwhile Jean led an art workshop in the parking lot with some younger kids. (images below photographed by Samantha Robison)<br />
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The finished mural reads "My Home is Your Home".</div>
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Great work AptArt and a nod also to ACTED who sponsored their wonderful work. </div>
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There are nearly 2 million displaced Syrian children struggling with life away from their homes. About three quarters of these kids don't go to school full time - if at all. Studio Syria wants to help these children to remember the joys of learning so we have begun distributing education kits after we teach workshops. The kits contain pencils, paper, pencil sharpeners, notebooks and colored pencils. Recently we have added our specially designed activity booklets which contain coloring pages, alphabet and reading lessons, basic math problems and a specially written and illustrated story complete with creative writing prompts. </div>
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Laurie and Ghadeer stuff education kits at a medical clinic in Salt, Jordan.<br />
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Jean distributes Studio Syria education kits to Jordanian kids too since it is increasingly important to assist host communities who are straining under the influx of refugees. These kids live in the Ghor al Safi.</div>
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Seattle based children's book author Anna Witte wrote and illustrated a story specially for our booklet. The adventurous tale of children's empowerment ends with a message of hope - and some creative writing prompts. Studio Syria is grateful to volunteers like Dave and Anna - and to Kutaieba Alsamman who translated the whole booklet into Arabic - a huge contribution.<br />
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Small distributions like this one in Zaatari Village work best so that we can make sure each child gets a kit and no one feels left out.<br />
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Seattle based artist Chris Rollins sent us original drawings that we turned into writing prompts urging the children to imagine and write about strange and friendly creatures.<br />
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Studio Syria partnered with IRD to develop appropriate materials including this map of Zaatari Camp illustrated by New York based David Badders who shows the four schools in the camp with pencil icons. The message tells children how to register for school and the map is surrounded by math questions encouraging counting and critical thinking. Only the booklets distributed inside Zaatari contain this map.<br />
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We worked with four new partners this January as well as spending a day with our wonderful old friends from Save the Children Jordan in Zaatari Camp.<br />
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As always Save's staff were helpful and hard working as we welcomed kids to their trailer on the edge of the camp for a pastel drawing workshop. We had an open door policy and saw a lot of mothers and toddlers - some of whom stayed with us all day. Unlike our last visit though, boys were not allowed into the trailer so we made sure they had a little art space outside. Too bad our drawing boards were back at base camp - but our paper was thick enough to allow for some artistic fun on a very rocky surface.<br />
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Zaatari Camp is situated in the desert and miles and miles of rough grade gravel has been laid down in an effort to reduce dust storms.<br />
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Studio Syria also spent a day with a pop up medical clinic visiting the ancient town of Salt. The clinics are organized by Seattle's Salaam Cultural Museum and doctors from all over the United States and Jordan who bring staff and medicines to locations where refugees are living in "host communities". The clinics last for a day and then move on to other locations since there are about half a million Syrian refugees living outside the main camp throughout the country. Here you can see women registering for medical examinations.<br />
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While the parents were being treated their children enjoyed a hat making workshop hosted by Studio Syria's Jean Bradbury and Laurie Balbo. </div>
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Below you can see Dr Hugh providing psychological counseling to refugee children through the SCM program. </div>
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Some Jordanian girls like to wear bunched ribbons under their hijab to be fashionable. It made a fun place to attach a paper hat. </div>
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Studio Syria handed out education kits and activity booklets that we made specially. The kits contained pencils, sharpeners, colored pencils, notebooks and paper. </div>
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A highlight of our time in Jordan was the chance to work with the team from AptArt who are partnering with ACTED outside Zaatari Camp in the towns of Mafraq, Irbid and Zaatari Village. Samantha Robison and Luc van der Wal<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">t </span></span>wrangle guest artists and swarms of children to produce extraordinary murals with messages of hope and guidance. Jean hung out and held an impromptu pastel workshop in the adjacent parking lot. She also handed out education kits to the participating children, half of whom were Jordanian and half Syrian. </div>
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Another wonderful group of people we worked with this month is Dar al Yasmin who travel from Amman to Zaatari Village every couple of weeks to bring children's activities, support and supplies to a group of Syrian refugees living outside the camp. Jean joined them and led a book making workshop on a very cold day up in that northern border town. Seeing so many bare feet in the bitter cold prompted friends of Studio Syria to raise extra money to buy socks which Jean distributed later in the month. As you can see the cold didn't stop these girls from having fun with their books.<br />
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Our final method of outreach this month took the least amount of organization. There are thousands of Syrian refugees camped informally throughout the country of Jordan, including the farming town of Safi where Jean was teaching for UNESCO. It was easy to walk over to one of the small encampments after work and join the families for tea. Jean and her friends handed out education kits since the children were not attending school. They heard stories of the destruction of Hama, where this family is from. <br />
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Studio Syria will do more outreach like this in the future - as well as partnering with aid organizations to continue to bring creative education opportunities to displaced Syrian's and their host communities.<br />
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In September Studio Syria started a yarn club in Zaatari Refugee Camp. It was fun and successful with many women and kids making their own warm clothing and enjoying the therapy of creating, learning and teaching. Hats, gloves and sweaters were made and worn proudly.<br />
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It soon became clear, however, that the need in the camp for warm clothing was dire, so with winter approaching Studio Syria's Laurie Balbo decided to keep as many children warm as she could. Partnering with her friend in Ireland, Virginia Nitz, the women collected 4000 donated hats! With shipping donated by DHL and a hefty customs duty fee paid by Laurie's fundraising effort, the hats were delivered to Zaatari Camp on Wednesday. The American organization International Relief and Developement coordianted. The next day the camp was hit with snow that became the worst storm Jordan has seen in many years.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/SavethebabiesSyria"> You can see Virginia's Facebook about her hat collecting adventures here</a>. <a href="http://www.greenprophet.com/2013/12/cautionary-tale-when-saving-refugees-and-the-world/">And read about Laurie's customs adventures here</a>.<br />
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Studio Syria, based in Seattle, served as a collection point for American hat makers involved in the project. We collected over 500 hats and gave some to our local friends the Salaam Cultural Museum who have already distributed them to refugees in Jordan. We also sent a selection to refugees in Turkey with Play4 Syria. The rest will be hand carried by Jean to Jordan in December. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.739508169399253.1073741834.665325273484210&type=1">See photos of all the American hats on the Studio Syria Facebook. </a><br />
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Meanwhile Canadian knitters did not want to be left out and have <a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Daphne+Bramham+Helping+Syrian+refugees+stitch+time/9266048/story.html">been adding to the mix.</a><br />
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What a crazy wonderful scheme Laurie and Virginia. And what glorious results! Laurie's next plan is to raise cash for shoes and socks. Having warmed the heads and hearts of 4000 kids already she is taking care of cold and wet feet too. Donations of money for shoes can be made to <a href="http://www.studiosyria.org/">Studio Syria</a> or directly to Laurie's Paypal. If you don't think kids should have bare feet and sandals in freezing weather please donate. We'll buy new socks and used shoes in Amman.<br />
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And if you are in the Seattle area you can drop off donations of new socks, pajamas and underwear - as well as clean blankets and warm clothing (used is fine) at the Salaam Cultural Museum. Rita will ship them to Jordan for refugees there. She also needs vitamins and children's cold medicine. Containers leave from Seattle regularly. <a href="http://salaamculturalmuseum.wordpress.com/blog/">Read about Rita's efforts on her blog.</a><br />
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Opal looks at an aerial photograph of Zaatari camp and guards some of the Seattle hat collection.<br />
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Jean is back from her September visit to Zaatari refugee camp. She taught art workshops for four days with an open door policy for children of all ages and genders. Studio Syria partners with the amazingly devoted staff of Save the Children Jordan to facilitate this. Jean also held an afternoon art workshop in a facility provided by United Nations Women and donated supplies to them.<br />
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We'd like to thank Bernadette Ward of PanPastels for donating such amazing supplies that let the kids "paint" without water.<br />
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Under the guidance of expert knitter Laurie Balbo the Studio Syria yarn club was launched using yarn donated by people in Seattle and British Columbia. Laurie also cleared out much of her personal collection for the crafters at Zaatari. The club became so popular that we moved it outside to make room for more women and girls.<br />
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Studio Syria purchased and donated hair dressing supplies for the hair dressing school at the UN Women facility. We'd like to thank Jonathan Flint and the staff at Seattle's Salon Joseph for their support of this.<br />
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Studio Syria purchased $140 worth of Arabic children's books and delivered these along with 150 donated children's books to the new Zaatari Library. We'd like to thank Beatrice Cross at publisher Pan MacMillan and author Karen Asfour for their generosity.<br />
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We will supply International Relief and Development with more books, pencils and notebooks to assist with their literacy campaign and the opening of two more libraries. We think this library is one of the most heart warming things we have ever seen.<br />
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Studio Syria distributed a couple of thousand pencils, markers, colored pencils and notebooks to children along with 200 copies of our specially designed activity booklet.<br />
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This young girl holds a typical Studio Syria gift of an activity notebook, pencil, markers and a pencil sharpener. She has also been given bottled water and a nutrition enriched cookie from Save the Children.<br />
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With funds from Studio Syria Jean donated $700 worth of art supplies to the Child Friendly Spaces soon to be opened at Azraq Camp.<br />
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We also met with the psychologists of Save the Children Jordan to discuss future art therapy workshops. And with the staff of Save the Children International's team who runs the 21 Child Friendly Spaces in Zaatari to discuss how to help them provide creativity to children in the camp.<br />
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It was a very busy and productive week. We have much clearer ideas about how to avoid the inevitable distribution problems and are delighted to have made so many contacts with agencies happy to receive our help.<br />
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Most of all we will never forget the smiles on the faces of the children who made art with us and the loud and joyful scenes of children having fun and using their imaginations.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130480948486084362.post-82946722727367447982013-09-28T00:43:00.002-07:002013-09-28T00:46:56.828-07:00Finding Houssam<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After six months Jean returned to Zaatari camp again and found some old friends. Houssam looked so much older - but is still the happy, funny little kid she remembers. </div>
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He took part in our hat making workshop and looked so handsome in his creation. </div>
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This guys hat was made by his sister who didn't want to pose for a photograph. She was happy to dress up her little brother though.<br />
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A lot of mothers and grandmothers took part in the hat workshop - helping with the glue and staplers. Some of them modeled their kids' creations with pride.<br />
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Days after the workshop Jean could see kids in the camp still wearing their hats.</div>
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Jean is looking forward to meeting up with Houssam again - the happiest and funniest kid she has every met. She painted these olives for him after he had a rough day and was upset. He kept insisting that the bushes were olive trees - so she made them so. Stay tuned to see if she can find Houssam. And to see how the mural has weathered after six months.<br />
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The yarn drive is finished. We can't fit any more in our studio! Thank you Seattle and British Columbia for donating so much color and joy to the people of Zaatari refugee camp. We are very touched and had a wonderful and silly time today sorting through the beautiful things your gave us. </div>
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Our fabulous volunteers worked hard today. Karen sorted yarn while Virgie wrote and designed a children's booklet for the kids at Zaatari camp. Yes we are a creative bunch here at Studio Syria.<br />
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