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Education4Gaza

Providing schools for kids in Gaza


13/01/2026

The Education4Gaza initiative was started by a group of Palestinians from Khan Younès who have been known since the 2000s to activists, especially in France, who traveled to Gaza on civilian solidarity missions.

Faced with the deliberate and systematic destruction of all educational facilities in Gaza, our friends have been running makeshift schools in tents amid the ruins since last fall, because for them education is as vital as bread and water. Starting with around 50 students, this initiative now brings together, thanks to the support of donors, more than a thousand children aged 5 to 15, with around 30 teachers who teach the Palestinian school curriculum every day from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., to groups of 20 or 30 children.

As the situation worsens and displaced people arrive from all over, many other children are waiting to join them. The day begins with a meal so that the children can satisfy their hunger and concentrate on their studies. The students and children also receive psychological support to help them cope with the trauma they experience on a daily basis.

The group has just been forcibly displaced for the umpteenth time from Khan Younès to be crammed into a camp in Mawassi by the sea, many of them without even a tent, while bombs continue to rain down, claiming more and more lives every day.

But come what may, our friends are continuing to hold classes, as this is a way for them to keep going!

There will be a Benefit Event for Education4Gaza in Berlin on Saturday, January 17th 2026

Berlin Obdachlosenhilfe e.V.

We help those in need


06/01/2026

Every year, more people are living on the streets in Berlin. Very rarely is there someone who takes care of them, talks to them or cooks for them. We, the Berliner Obdachlosenhilfe e.V., are a nonprofit organisation that wants to render our services for the sake of social cooperation.

Since 2013, we have been organising several weekly tours, in order to make the lives of the homeless and people in need somewhat easier.

On our tours, we drive to different locations in Berlin and supply people there with warm meals, coffee, tea, fruit, sandwiches, clothing, sleeping bags, and camping mats.

The food is cooked by us out of donated groceries or also cooked by restaurants or hotels for our guests. The clothing, sleeping bags and camping mats come from donations or we purchase them with donated money.

Moreover, we collect information about free doctors, emergency shelters, soup kitchens, detoxification centres, psychiatric clinics, and other helping institutions, so that we can also support in an advisory capacity.

According to our principle “helping is easy”, everybody can support us. With our tours as well as in our team.

Oury Jalloh Family Campaign

That was murder


30/12/2025

January 7, 2026, marks the 21st anniversary of the murder of Oury Jalloh in cell no. 5 at the Dessau police station. Commemoration without clarification and change is used by the state as appeasement and theater. We refuse to go along with this and will continue to fight.

That is why we are traveling to Dessau on January 7, 2026. For 21 years, this day has been a tradition of remembrance and resistance. People are mobilizing nationwide. Come to Dessau and join the calls for action.

The Oury Jalloh Family Campaign remembers Oury Jalloh and all those who lost their lives through police violence and in state custody. On January 7, we will be on the streets of Dessau for Oury Jalloh. We insist on the truth, not as a favor, but as a duty. Where institutions fail, public pressure builds: in solidarity, informed, persistent.

Support and solidarity are needed for the relatives. A full investigation and consequences are needed. There must be no impunity. There must be acknowledgment of guilt, an official apology, and compensation. De-escalation is needed instead of armament, and clear limits on police force and powers.
Redress and reparations now.

Come to Dessau in large numbers. Bring flowers and banners. Carry the names and photos. Also bring empty lighters as a sign against lies and manipulated evidence. We stand together, walk together, stick together, and leave no one behind.

If you can’t travel to Dessau, join us online, light a candle, and share the official material. Please do not organize any parallel demonstrations on this day.

Let’s come together in Dessau in 2026, strengthen the family, and make this day visible. Dessau remains the central place of remembrance and resistance.

Share facts, research, voices of those affected, and experiences. Talk to the people around you. Every city can be an echo, every square a space for remembrance, every voice a piece of pressure against the wall of silence. No closing the book.

For Oury Jalloh.
For truth, justice, and consequences.

January 7, 2026 · 2:00 p.m. · Dessau Central Station
See you on the streets.
No Justice No Peace

Follow @ouryjallohfamilycampaign and the official fundraising campaign.

In addition to Dessau, other actions are taking place.

Art Prints for Gaza

Organised by pass_on_print


16/12/2025

In conversation with our friend Ibrahim in Deir al Balah, Gaza, we’ve created this new series of risoprinted art prints to support his family and his mutual aid work. 100% of the proceeds from these prints are donated to Ibrahim and his family to purchase daily necessities for themselves and their neighbours.

The price of these art prints reflects the current price of the illustrated item in Gaza.

€10 1 kg fresh vegetables (A6)
€10 2 L of cooking oil (A6)
€20 A whole chicken (A6)
€20 5 kg of rice (A6)
€100 A food parcel for one family (A4)
€350 A water truck delivery (A4)

Drawings by UK based illustrator @harrymaltdrawing and Berlin based illustrator Amanda Priebe, printed by @coloramaprint .

All risoprints are printed on heavyweight archival paper and come in a sealed plastic folder with a certificate explaining that this represents a donation to a mutual aid project in Gaza.

You can find the prints at @casinoooooooooooo (Sonnenallee 100, Berlin-Neukölln) from 17/12/2025.

How to order online

Please select the prints you would like to buy and send the total amount plus €3.50 to cover shipping and handling by PayPal to: wiederstands@gmail.com

Put the full shipping address and your print selection in the note. Thank you

Activestills

Documenting Israeli colonial violence and Palestinian resistance


09/12/2025

Activestills was formed by activist photographers who wanted to document and support Palestinian popular resistance. What started as a small group has grown into a larger collective of Palestinian and international photographers, as well as Israelis who reject Israeli settler colonialism, while understanding their position as being part of it. The collective sees its work as part of the struggle against all forms of oppression, racism, and violations of the basic right to freedom.  Activestills’ constantly evolving online archive consists of more than 60,000 photos documenting life and death under Israeli settler colonialism and apartheid.

Since 2005, the Activestills collective has been documenting Israeli colonial violence and Palestinian resistance. The exhibition Documenting Life, Death, and Resistance in Palestine presents a visual narrative that spans two decades of struggle, shedding light on continuities of violence culminating in Israel’s present-day genocidal war on Gaza – while also portraying moments of Palestinian resistance and everyday resilience amidst incessant oppression and dehumanisation. 

The exhibition, last shown in the Finnish Museum of Photography and now coming to Berlin, includes documentation of attacks on Gaza and the current genocide, the ongoing ethnic cleansing across Palestine, as well as the remains of villages depopulated by Zionist forces in 1948.

Activestills’ work strives to portray Palestinians not only as victims but also as individuals and a diverse people with political agency in their struggle. The collective perceives its continuous practice of documentation and archiving as a form of counter-narrative, as well as decolonial memory and knowledge production. Hence actively challenging dominant media representations and hegemonic historiographies, while resisting the delegitimisation, silencing, and erasure of Palestinian lives and heritage. 

In the German context, Activestills – Documenting Life, Death, and Resistance in Palestine plays a vital role in destabilising the often tendentious discourse within the dominant political and media landscape by centering Palestinian perspectives and experiences.

The exhibition further seeks to pay tribute to and demand justice for the ever-increasing number of Palestinian journalists, photographers, and media workers killed since October 2023, honouring their vital role in documenting and disseminating truth in the face of targeted assaults. 

An extensive event programme will accompany the exhibition, including panel discussions, artist talks, a film screening and guided tours.