On June 30, the Clinton Global Initiative awarded Inspire Dreams with a monetary grant for Lead Palestine.

Lead Palestine is a college preparatory program designed to assist refugee youth in all aspects of the college process: testing preparation, personal statement, admissions, identifying scholarships, and matriculation. The program aims to transform young men and women into educated professionals contributing to Palestine's educational and economic development.

Inspire Dreams is indebted to the kindness and generosity of the Clinton Foundation, who has also funded our first program, "Camp I Have a Dream." In addition, we look forward to maintaining and strengthening our partnership with the Clinton Foundation.

This summer Inspire Dreams launched our 2010 Summer Public Service program, seeking to send American university and graduate students to Palestine to participate in our Camp "I Have a Dream" program, where they would participate in, create, and direct workshops in their specific field of interest.

Now, we're pleased to introduce those we've selected as our 2010 Summer Public Service Volunteers!

Click here to meet them!

Inspire Dreams is excited to launch our 2010 Summer Public Service Program. Starting in June, seven American college and graduate students will be placed at cultural centers in Bethlehem and Nablus to teach English, lead college preparatory courses, and help run Camp "I Have a Dream" in six different refugee camps. The interns hail from diverse backgrounds and represent institutions including the University of Utah, NYU, Brown, UC-Santa Barbara, Georgetown, and the American University in Cairo.

Each volunteer will also help create and direct workshops in their specific fields of interest, ranging from photojournalism to public health. We are excited to have them on board for what will be a great summer.

This December, Inspire Dreams ran after-school follow-up workshops in the Dheisheh and Jalazon refugee camps reaching 80 students this winter. The program targeted the students who completed the "I Have a Dream" summer camp in 2008, but was open to new students as well.