Author Archives: Khaled Hibri

Hassan Ayoub is a 15-year-old boy, who enrolled in the PACES program in Ein Al Hilwe refugee camp three years ago. Hassan caught our attention very quickly with his outstanding technique, leadership skill and his ability to control games. In 2012, he was one of the best players and was chosen to represent PACES in…

A team of 6 dedicated individuals had just completed a 9 day trek to the Annapurna Base Camp in Nepal to Support the PACES Gaza Appeal. Deema, Amr, Zeina, Tarek, Alaa and Leila climbed up to 4100m in the Himalayas. A 9-day trek to the Annapurna Base Camp in Nepal was one of the most…

“PACES helped me kick-start my journey in Basketball, and I will forever be thankful to the team and coaches

Ghazat Hashem’s one of PACES teams in Jordan, started its adventure two years ago in the Jordanian Basketball League for the juniors U13 division. In their first year they didn’t have any chance in competing with the other teams. While last year they managed to shine and qualify for the Elite Cup and got fourth…

After the success of PACES girls with Palestine national team at the Arab U-17 Women’s Cup, Jordan’s U-14 girls team has just achieved an astonishing result at the AFC U-14 Girls’ Regional Championship for the West Zone that was held in Manama – Bahrain. The Nashama girls of Jordan were crowned champions on Friday ahead of UAE…

As part of the preparations for the West Asian Football Cup and the qualifying rounds for the U16 Asia Football Cup, the Palestinian Football Association called up 33 boys to take part in the preparation camp that was held at the Jericho International Stadium between the 22nd and the 27th of June 2015. As with…

Ziad became an orphan when his entire family was killed when an indiscriminate Israeli bomb killed his entire family last year. The fear and shock of that trauma and its horrible consequences cannot be over-stated on a child. Ziad was placed in an SOS village in Gaza where PACES has had an active and successful…