Wi’am Conflict Resolution Centre

Wi'am Conflict Resolution Centre, Bethlehem

Situated right by one of Bethlehem's main checkpoints and the Separation Wall, the Wi'am Centre has a community garden complete with children's play area, which is overlooked by a military watchtower.

Reconciliation by the Wall

Wi’am Conflict Resolution Centre is our oldest partner in Palestine and provides an oasis for Palestinian communities in and around Bethlehem.

Situated next to a main checkpoint, and overlooked by a military watchtower and the Separation Wall, the centre provides a joyful act of peaceful resistance through its cultivation of community gardens complete with children’s play area.

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The centre aims to strengthen local communities and to support them in tackling increased family breakdowns and community tensions created by the occupation and lack of freedom. Wi'am is rooted in the belief that helping people resolve their personal conflicts helps to preserve Palestinian society and people's faith in non-violent possibilities.

It offers counselling, mediation and reconciliation, helping to address the needs of all community groups including women, young people, couples, older people, neighbours and children.

To find out more about the work and theology that lies behind Wi'am and their long-standing relationship with Amos, please watch this short film.

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