I remarked the other day to a friend about how independent the children in Palestine are. Unlike in the US, kids here roam the streets in unsupervised packs which, in combination with the sometimes erratic and dangerous driving that goes on, is enough to make my heart catch.
When I walk through the city I sometimes watch the kids at play and am impressed with their ingenuity. As the roads of Nablus are torn up for reconstruction, I see children hop over newly carved ditches in the pavement. I have seen kids race dropped plastic bags from balconies like parachutes. Today two boys shared a pair of rollerblades between them, one left footed, the other right.
Children are remarkably resilient everywhere in the world, able to find recreation wherever they happen to land. Nonetheless, seeing this reinforces to me why organizations like TYO are so important. Simply, every kid deserves a childhood.
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