Past Projects

Building Bridges

Creating Space for trust, dialogue and partnership!

Building Bridges is an educational exchange which facilitated the visit of nine British and Irish young people at the beginning of their careers to spend 12 days in the West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), in April 2013.

They were hosted by Palestinian emerging civil society leaders who had taken part in BAX’s leadership training programme in November 2011, and who accompanied them on a programme which took them the length and breadth of the West Bank, meeting a wide variety of people.

It was a unique opportunity to understand what daily life is like in the West Bank, build relationships with their counterparts, and explore shared ethical and cultural values.

Click here for the participants’header impressions of a visit to Palestine’s West Bank.

  • An encounter with music in Palestinian Territories during a BAX visit in May 2013

  • BAX's visit to Palestinian Territories in May 2013 increases dialogue

Building Bridges was a two week programme.  If you would like more information about this or any other exchanges, please contact us on info@bax.org.uk.