“One cold December morning in 2015, I started my day with the terrible news that yet another child had been shot dead in Arroub Camp by IDF forces in Palestine.” Sarah Baron writes about fundraising for Palestine.

Gaza is smaller than the Isle of Wight - 25 miles long by only 5 miles wide but with an astonishing 1.8 million people living there. It makes it one of the most densely populated places on the planet. Lindsey Sharpe picks up the story.

I had never been to the Middle East and very much wanted to go to Palestine so when I got the call from Amos Trust about the potential of a filming trip, I was on it like a hot knife on butter! Film maker Pip Piper shares his experiences of filming in Palestine with Amos Trust.

Ever since he was 16-years old, Bethlehem-born Sami Awad has been asking himself what is so powerful about non-violence. “Can I make a decision that is motivated by the future that I seek — not the past that I experience?” Megan Titley writes.

“I shall remain eternally grateful that I boarded that plane and took a leap of faith — that I had the opportunity to work alongside such an inspirational group of people and experienced the immense privilege of being a small part of something that really matters.” Cambridge-based writer Sarah Baron traveled to the West Bank in April 2015 on an Amos Trust Home Rebuild trip. Here she tells us her story.