Heart 2 Heart!

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On July 25, 2018, Regent Park Focus welcomed 20 summer campers along with the chaperones and staff from Heart to Heart, a joint project of Givat Haviva and Hashomer Hatzair - Camp Shomria Canada.

The youth, half of whom are Jewish citizens of Israel and half of whom are Palestinian citizens of Israel, created video and audio resources to support themes of intercultural communication and peace.

The screening of the final work is to follow later this season, and the resources will also air on Regent Park TV and Radio Regent.

To learn more about this innovative peace-building effort, please check out a short radio interview with the youth participants at the link below.

You can also learn more about the summer program at http://www.heart-to-heart.ca

- Tyrone

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