Best Volunteer & Internships in Palestine/Israel: The Excellence Center offers volunteer and internship programs in the area of Palestine/Israel which mainly focus on the topics of human rights, women rights, Palestinian refugees, Palestinian culture and politics, Palestinian laws and legal system, and the political history and present situation of Palestine and Israel. Our Programs are ideal for students and people who are looking for volunteer and internship programs in the summer located in the area of the West Bank, Palestine, Israel, or the Middle East.
Our programs are developed for graduate and undergraduate students of Middle Eastern studies, Arabic studies, political sciences, professionals, employees of human rights organizations, scholars conducting case studies on Palestine and Israel, human aid workers, social workers, teachers, English native speakers, non-native speakers and anyone interested in engaging in the Palestinian culture and daily life. Here you may find the list of our best volunteer and internship programs in Palestine/Israel:
Our Volunteer and Internship programs in the West Bank, Palestine are well researched, targeted, and suitable for anyone who wants to gain insights into daily Palestinian legal affairs and human rights. We aim to make a long term difference for the Palestinian local community through the exchange of ideas and “walking in each other’s shoes”. Volunteering and interning is a unique opportunity to genuinely make an impact on your life as well as others including Palestinian children, refugees, youth and community members in the West Bank, Palestine.
And finally, the Palestinian Excellence Center is an international language school partnered with the local Palestinian Educational Authority, and is subsquently able to provide university credit for its language courses, volunteer, and internship opportunities. Each program listed below (barring designated language courses) provides complimentary Arabic lessons to all participants (3 hours per week). The Center considers it part of its mission to immerse program participants linguistically and culturally into Palestine!
The Palestinian Excellence Center is welcoming to all peoples from around the world, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or by any other desrnable means of discrimnation. All that we ask of you is that you are positive, open minded, and enthusiastic to learn. If the Palestinian Excellence Center sounds like the orginization for you, look at our volunteer, educational, and internship programs bellow to find the one that is right for you!
Volunteer with Palestinian Refugees
The Volunteer with Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank: As one of our most popular programs, the volunteer with Palestinain refugees service is perfect for anyone who is interested in pursuing a carrer path working with refugees, as well as promoting displaced people’s rights across the globe. The volunteer with Palestinian refugees program is an excellent choice for students enrolled in a gap year or who are looking for a summer internship.
Volunteers working with Palestinian refugees will design, implement, and lead workshops intended to aid Palestinain refugees in the West Bank. These workshops include themes such as English language acquisition, resume writing, and online ethics and safety; the sky’s the limit when it comes to workshop ideas! In addition, as a volunteer working with Palestinian refugees, you will provide educatonal support within local refugee camps and schools. This service is intended to create greater educational equity within hebron, helping Palestinian youths recieve the educational assistance they need.
To learn more about the Volunteer with Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank program, please follow this link: (LINK)
Volunteer for Women and Children’s Rights
Women and Children’s Rights in the West Bank: As a volunteer in this program, you will work towards spreading awareness of women’s rights throughout Hebron, Palestine. This will entail working with local NGOs and women’s rights groups to design and lead workshops that will reach the women of Palestine. These workshops will focus on spreading awareness amongst Palestinian women about their inate rights and opportunities available to them.
In addition, when working with children in Palestine, volunteers will predominantly operate within local Palestinian schools to help fill the educational gap many Palestinian children face. These schools will be located in refugee camps in Hebron, all girls schools, and the classrooms of the Palestinian Excellence Center. This service is of the utmost importance because educating the children of today means better leaders for tomorrow.
To learn more about the Women and Children’s Rights in the West Bank program, please follow this link: (LINK)
Volunteer with Palestinian Children
Volunteer with Palestinian Children: This program is desinged for people interested in pursuing a career in early childhood education, and are looking for experience in the field and working within different cultures. As a volunteer working with children in Palestine, you will dedicate your time to two vital fields. The first of these being volunteering with local schools in Hebron. While serving in local children’s schools, volunteers will be responsible for assisting local teachers in English language courses, as well as being ambassadors for their own culture.
The second field of this program is designing workshops for children who visit the Palestinan Excellence Center. Workshops ideas include writing workshops, cultural movie night, arts & crafts, as well as so much more! Previous volunteers have held concerts and circus performances for Palestinian children. All ideas and creativity are welcome!
To learn more about volunteering with children in Palestine, please follow this link: (LINK)
Volunteer to Teach English
Volunteer to Teach English in the West Bank: Volunteering to teach English in the West bank is one of the most vital services the Palestinan Excellence Center provides. The Excellence Center sees it as part of its mission to help local Palestinians of all ages with language acquisition, and our English teaching volunteers are a core part of that resolve.
As a volunteer to teach English, you will teach colloquial English classes held at the Center, as well as visit local schools in Hebron and assist teachers with their students. For many Palestinian children, it is exciting to learn about someone from another culture, as well as the English language. So much of what is beautiful about language is not the words on a page, but rather the people who speak it and the history they carry with them. Volunteering as an English instructor in Palestine is one of the best ways to help local Palestinians learn English and connect with the outside world.
To learn more about teaching English in the West Bank, please follow this link: (LINK)
Volunteer in Medicine and Healthcare
Volunteer in Medicine and Healthcare in the West Bank: This program is perfect for aspiring medical and nursing students who are interested in gaining experience internationally. By taking part in our medicine and healthcare program, volunteers will work with local doctors in refugee camps and neighborhoods around Hebron, providing medical support for Palestinians in need.
Further, medical and healthcare volunteers will work with local NGOs to create workshops to spread awareness about healthcare issues. These workshops could range anywhere from diet heath, safety practices during the pandemic, as well as so much more. Becoming a medicine and healthcare volunteer in Palestine is one of the best ways to gain experience working in healthcare while also supporting a humanitarian cause.
To learn more about volunteering in Medicine and Healthcare, please follow this link: (LINK)
Volunteer in Media and Journalism
Volunteer in Media and Journalism in the West Bank: This volunteer program is perfect for people who are interested in studying journalism, active journalism students, or well trained professionals who are looking to gain experience working for a humanitarian cause. Volunteers in the media and journalism program will utilize their writing and recording skills to give voice to the people of Hebron.
Volunteers in the media and journalism program will be given assignments by the Center to document stories around the city of Hebron. This means conducting interviews with local Palestinains and refugees, as well as members of the Center about their daily lives and tasks. Volunteers will then create, design, and write articles to be published on the Center’s website for the world to see. This program is also perfect for aspiring photographers and videographers looking to gain experience. Come volunteer in media and journalism and spread awareness about Palestinians daily lives and experiences.
To learn more about volunteering in media and journalism in the West Bank, please follow this link: (LINK)
Volunteer in Music and Arts
Music and Arts in the West Bank: The volunteer in music and arts program in the West Bank is intended to be the ultimate form of cultural exchange. Participants from around the world will come to Hebron, bringing their skills and expertise in music and artistic fields, and then teach and perform for the people of Palestine! Music and arts program participants can come to Palestine and design workshops for Palestinian students at the Center, or visit local schools in Hebron to assist in music/artistic teaching!
Further, program participants will also have the option to host musical concerts for the people of Palestine, taking part in festivities and performing the music of their own culture. This program is perfect for any aspiring musicians/ art students who are looking for a once in a lifetime opportunity to give back to the people of Palestine. All musical and artistic talents are welcomed, from Piano to painters, to Hip/Hop artists to play writes, everyone with a heart for music and the arts is welcome!
To learn more about volunteering in music and the arts in the West Bank, please follow this link: (LINK)
Volunteer in Human Rights
Volunteer in Human Rights Program in the West Bank: This volunteer program is divided into 2 unique parts. The first of these being that program participants will spend their time learning about human rights, what are human rights, and their transgression in the West Bank. In order to understand human rights and how they relate to Palestine, volunteers will spend their first few weeks visiting refugee camps, forming dialogues with local university students and professors, as well as visiting local NGOs, charity organizations, law firms, and political actors.
After collecting sufficient information about human rights and their importance to Palestine, volunteers will work with local NGOs, law firms, and charity organizations to create workshops dedicated to spreading awareness about human rights. These workshops will be hosted by the Center and throughout Hebron, designed to inform the Palestinain people about their guaranteed rights under international law, as well as combating its transgressions.
To learn more about volunteering for human rights in the West Bank, please follow this link: (LINK)
Palestine and Israel in Context Internship
The Palestine and Israel in Context internship program is for students at the undergraduate and graduate level, professionals, retirees and anybody interested in the political history and present of Palestine and Israel. This internship program targets students of the humanities and social sciences, who are looking for ways to better understand the Israeli/Palestinian first hand. By taking part in this program, students of the humanities and social sciences will be able to better understand and grasp the effects of the conflict first hand, and witness the genuine opinions of everyday people apart from political headlines. We welcome all majors such as political sciences, international relations, non-profit management, as well as other disciplines of the humanities’ department.
Further, the Palestine and Israel in Context internship program is ideal for individuals studying political sciences, Middle Eastern studies, Palestine and Israel, Arabic studies and Islamic studies and are looking to frame that experience within a cultural context. Interns will receive the opportunity to explore the occupation in the West Bank as well as meet Palestinian civilians, local actors and families who are subject to the Israeli military law.
To learn more about Palestine and Israel in Context Internship, please follow this link: (LINK)
Palestinian Laws & Legal Practices Internship
Palestinian Laws & Legal Practices Internship: This internship program is ideal for students and scholars of law, social sciences, academics, human rights, and anyone who is interested in the Palestinian legal systems operating in the West Bank, Palestine. Interns can join our family from 1-12 weeks, year-round. The Palestinian Laws program aims to provide a full understanding of legislations applying to the West Bank and Gaza.
During the internship programs, interns will visit local Palestinian lawyers, law faculties, courts, human rights organizations, legal religious institutions as well as legal clinics to witness the enactment of laws, decision making processes, court rulings, legal negotiations, mediations and the variety of social spaces they concern.
The Excellence Center’s Palestinian Law and Legal Practices Internship is designed to create dialogue between participants and Palestinian legal experts, as well as introduce participants to one of the most complex legal systems offering them an opportunity to learn about Palestinian Law, Humanitarian Law, and the issues surrounding Palestine and Israel.
To learn more about Palestinian Laws & Legal Practices Internship, please click here.
Intensive Arabic Courses in Palestine
Arabic Courses in Palestine/Israel: The Palestinian Excellence Center prides itself on its Arabic language courses, in the area of Palestine and Israel, having received international recognition and appraisal for its Arabic immersion programs. The Center offers a plethora of ways to take an Arabic course in Palestine: either in a one-to-one format, in a small group, or online – each with its own benefits. There are also a variety of Arabic dialects on offer, such as: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), Classical Arabic (Fusha Arabic – formal literacy Arabic), Colloquial Arabic, Palestinian Colloquial Arabic, Colloquial Levantine Arabic (Ammiyya dialect), and a mixed program (MSA, Colloquial Levantine Arabic, and Palestinian Colloquial Arabic).
The Center offers the following Arabic courses:
| Study Arabic online (Levantine and Palestinian) | Summer Arabic immersion Arabic courses |
| Individual Arabic lessons | Colloquial Palestinian Arabic Classes |
| Mixed Arabic (Shami Arabic or Classical Arabic) | Modern Standard Arabic courses |
| Intensive Levantine Arabic (Shami Arabic) Programs | Beginners Palestinian Arabic Lessons |
| Online Arabic courses for Children | Intensive Arabic Programs for Quran |
In addition, each Arabic dialect is offered in varying course levels, all the way from Beginner 1 to Advanced 2 (6 levels in total). Further, each course level is offered in a varying intensity: Non-Intensive, Intensive, and Super-Intensive Arabic courses. Each course intensity varies in hours and workload. There are few better ways of learning a language than traveling to regions in which the language is spoken. If you are looking to embrace Arabic culture while you learn the Arabic language, there are few better places to do so than in Hebron, Palestine with the Palestinian Excellence Center.
Summary
Some of the best volunteer and internships in Palestine/Israel are with the Excellence Center in Hebron. With our volunteer and internship programs there is something for everyone who would like to come to travel to the Area of Palestine and Israel
Furthermore, everyone is welcomed to come give back and learn! These programs are perfect for graduate students studying political science, law, or any of the humanities fields, Palestinian and Israeli case. Coming to Palestine will provide for program participants a unique experience and introduce them to a plethora of unique perspectives. For example, in the Palestine/Israeli case program, interns will have the opportunity to form dialogues with people who have varying opinions on the Palestinian and Israeli conflict.
Further, the Palestinain Excellence Center has numerous programs focused towards education, and would be perfect for education majors looking for experience in the field. These programs include providing educational services for the children of Hebron, spreading awareness to different groups throughout Hebron on human rights and opportunities available to them, and further, even forming musical concerts and performances for the families of Hebron. The Palestinian Excellence Center has something for everyone interested in supporting Palestine!
Please, come and volunteer in Palestine to not only make a difference in your own life, but the lives of Palestinain children, refugees, youth and community members – a community you will become a part of during your time here in Palestine.
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