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Meeting in Paris
Program of our stay in
Paris, July 2nd to July 9th 2004
Friday July 2nd
Arrival
Short welcome activity.
Saturday July 3rd
9:30 - Welcome party with
the President of the European Blind Union, Mr. Colin Low and the President
of Valentin Haüy
Association, who were our hosts in Paris.
11:00 - Visit of the
Eiffel Tower
14:00 - Lunch at Mac
Donald’s
16:00 - Boat
trip on the river Seine
18:00 – Participation in
the ceremony at the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier at
theTriumph Arch.
Sunday July 4th
9:00-22:00 :
Euro Disney under the rain.
Monday July 5th
9:00-11:00 – Workshop:
Getting to know each other, our “strength box”, our
common difficulties as visually impaired children
11:00-16:00 – Manual
activities: making baskets and clay sculptures
17:00-19:00 - Reception
at the Paris City Hall
Tuesday July 6th
10:00-12:00 - Visit of the
guide dog school in Paris
12:00-13:00 -
Joint game activity in the park
14:00-18:00 - Visit
to
the Zoo in Vincennes
19:00-21:00 - Cooking
workshop: preparation of vegetable and fruit salads
Wednesday July 7th
9:00-12:00 - Visit of the
open air museum « France-Miniature » and amusement park
14:00-18:00 - Visit of the
Versailles Castle
20:00-21:30 -
Drama workshop about our common difficulties as visually impaired
children.
Thursday July 8th
9:00-12:00 -
Shopping
15:00-17: 00 -
Visit of the science museum La Villette
18:30 :
Press conference and cocktail.
Friday July 9th
Departure
VISITING PARIS...
Mr. Bertrand Delanoé, Mayor of Paris, welcomes the
children at the beautiful City Hall on July 5th 2004.
His Excellence the Ambassador of Israel in France
with a group of children of the EBU PEACE Project (Paris)
We have here Mr. Bertrand DELANOE, Mayor of Paris
with at his right his adviser for people with disabilities, at his left,
Mrs. Guila Seidel, President of Israel National Association of Visually
Impaired Children, and next to him some of the children: Haneen, Shahar and
Muhannad.
Mme Françoise Madrey Lesigne, Secretary General of
the Valentin Haüy Association (AVH), our hosts in Paris and the children
(from left to right), Muhannad, Haneen, Malek and Ayyoub.
Mme Madrey Lesigne and Christiane (AVH Secretary)
with some of the Israeli children: (from left to right): Shahar, Stav, Ori,
Alon.
We plyed many games all together; HERE, Intisar is
giving a show
Now, it was Ayoub and Malek who's performance had
a big success...:
One day, it rained so much that Doris and Samira
bought for some of us shiny yellow raincoats
Playing together, again.
And again, with the help of Doris
Our trip in Paris was marvelous; we visited so
many places and played so much A real friendship developed between us,
Israeli and Palestinians.
France...we all love you!
Letter of the "Al Shurooq" School childs
Dear Yvonne
How are you? I hope when you receive our letter to be all right and in a
good health. We want to thank you about what you did for us when we were in
Paris. We never thought we would visit Paris.
On Friday the second of July we reached Paris airport at seven o'clock in
the evening, and when we saw you and Paula waiting for us, we were very
happy. After we met we took the bus around the city, we saw the house of the
president of France and a lot of other beautiful things. We arrived at the
Valentin Hauy Institute later in the evening; we had dinner, settled in our
rooms and went to bed early in order to wake up early for an exciting next
day.
The next day we walked a long way till we reached the Eiffel Tower. Once we
got there it started to rain! We took the lift up and saw many shops in the
tower. We looked down and saw the people very small. Then we had our lunch
at the Champs-ֹlysיes. In the afternoon, we took the boat on the river
Seine. On our way, we saw the tunnel where Princess Diana had died in that
horrible car crash a few years ago.
The boat trip lasted for about one hour; it was interesting to see the
various monuments from a different angle. After that we went to visit the
monument of the Unknown Soldier.
One child of each group was given the honor to rekindle the flame of the
Unknown Soldier, it was wonderful to participate in such an event.
On Sunday, we were fortunate to be taken to Euro-Disney. It was great fun,
something we had never expected to experience. Although it was pouring all
day, we particularly enjoyed the mountain train and star wars.
On Monday, we were invited to visit the mayor of Paris at the City Hall. He
warmly received us and hoped for a better future for all. He also told us
many interesting stories about the history of the City Hall.
On Tuesday, we visited the zoo and a school for guide dogs. In the last
afternoon each group prepared a dish for supper, we made a fruit salad and a
vegetable salad. It was great fun. It was also special day for us
particularly because Rosanna joined us from Milan and we all love her very
much.
Wednesday morning we went to visit Miniature France and the Chateau de
Versailles. We were very impressed with what we saw. Sadly we did not have
enough time to visit the beautiful gardens, which are supposed to be the
best part of the Chateau.
On our last evening in Paris, a press conference had been organized and some
reporters interviewed us about the project and what we thought about being
together with Israeli children.
Lots of love from the children at Al-Shurooq
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