"THE TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE HERITAGE THAT EXISTS FROM PREVIOUS GENERATIONS PROVIDES A LINK BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THEIR PAST"
Within the varius awareness programmes CCHP is implementing in the Bethlehem District, it was celebrated on the 8th of June the completion of the Community Mapping Project with students at Dar Makhlouf in Beit Jala, which was rehabilitated recently to serve as a headquarter for Women's Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling (WCLAC), which was implemented with the 8th grade students from the Evangelical Lutheran School in Beit Sahour, Beit Fajjar Secondary School for Girls and Hussan Secondary School for Girls, in cooperation with the Directorate of Education in Bethlehem and funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
Under the patronage of Dr. Kholoud Deibed, minister of Tourism and Antiquities, CCHP inaugurated Dar Khamis rehabilitation project in Al-Khas Village funded by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency "Sida" on Saturday 29th May to be used as a headquarter for youth by Al-Karma Cultural Forum.
CCHP hosted on Friday and Saturday a Sweden delegation from Sida specialized in the field of conservation and community outreach, where arch. Issam Juha, director of CCHP, welcomed them introducing the Bethlehem heritage and provides a detailed explanation of the centre's strategy and its role in the preservation of traditional buildings and historic centres adapting it for the benefit of the community.
The Centre for Cultural Heritage Preservation (CCHP), Hussan Village Council and the owners of the old building Dar Hammad signed the agreements to rehabilitate Dar Hammad in Hussan on the 22nd of April, 2010. The project is funded by the Swedish International Cooperation Development Agency "Sida", and will be used as headquarter for the Directorate of Social Affairs.
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