Donate to our new fundraising campaign: Bikes for Gaza’s Music Teachers

Brighton & Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign is facilitating this campaign in partnership with PalMusic UK.

Bringing Music and Joy to Gaza’s Children

In Gaza, music teachers have worked with children and young people for many years, creating happiness, healing, and hope through music.

The Edward Said National Conservatory of Music (ESNCM) in Gaza is central to this work. In 2016, BHPSC was honoured to host ESNCM oud teacher Ismail and four of his students in our city. The five performed a series of beautiful concerts, building bridges with local young people through several school performances.

Gaza was under blockade in 2016, but now, after three years of unrelenting Israeli bombardment, the situation is incomparably worse. The need is even greater now for the music lessons, which provide psychological support and a sense of normality for traumatised children facing impossibly hard conditions.

Why Bicycles are Desperately Needed

Bicycles are a lifeline. Roads in Gaza are mostly impassable by cars or buses because of debris and destruction. Bikes allow riders to navigate safely around obstacles and reach areas that are otherwise cut off.

For the dedicated music teachers, walking long distances from one refugee camp to another and often carrying heavy instruments on their backs, having a bicycle would make a HUGE difference. It would protect their well-being, save time and energy, and help them reach many more children each day.

For Gaza’s children and young people, this initiative will help more of them enjoy activities which instill hope for the future. It will also help them connect more deeply with their own cultural heritage.

The campaign will run until the end of January 2027, so there’s plenty of time to donate. If you’re able to do so, either scan the QR code in the poster – or visit the Chuffed fundraising page!

Thanks so much for your generosity!