A SHORT HISTORY OF THE HANDS UP PROJECT
Then, using simple video conferencing tools, Nick connected directly from the UK with the children in their classes in Palestine, and continued storytelling, playing games and other kinds of chat and conversation, all in English via the internet. Soon up to 500 kids from Gaza and the occupied West Bank, as well as Syrian refugee camps in Jordan were connecting to volunteers all over the world. The volunteers worked in collaboration with local teachers to tell stories, play games and to do other activities to help them bring the English that the children were learning to life.
And what happens when kids are motivated and bursting with energy to express themselves? They put their hands in the air, hence the Hands Up Project (HUP)!