(Béarla thíos/English below)

Thar dhá lá ar an 12 agus 13 Aibreán 2025, beidh 50 Gael as gach cearn den tír ag bailiú le chéile le tabhairt faoi dhúshlán snámha atá á eagrú ag Conradh na Gaeilge chun airgead a thiomsú do ACLAÍ Palestine, croí-thionscadal den Lajee Centre i gcampa teifeach Aida, sa Bhruach Thiar i gCríocha Gafa na Palaistíne: ag tosnú go moch ar maidin i mBaile Brigín, Baile Átha Cliath, rachaidh an grúpa tuathal timpeall na tíre ag snámh san fharraige i ngach contae in Éirinn atá suite ar an gcósta.

Tacaigh linn!

Is féidir tacaíocht a thabhairt don fheachtas ar an iomlán trí shíntiús a thabhairt ar an mbunleathanach seo, nó trí shíntiús a thabhairt do dhuine ar bith a bhfuil a leathanach tiomsaithe airgid féin acu mar chuid den fheachtas seo.

Rachaidh an t-airgead ar fad a thiomsaítear ón bhfeachtas seo chuig ACLAÍ Palestine sa Lajee Center.

Lajee Center agus ACLAÍ Palestine

Is ionad cruthaitheach cultúrtha pobalbhunaithe é an Lajee Center a chuireann tacaíocht agus tearmann ar fáil do mhuintir champa Aida, agus do na campaí agus na ceantair máguaird. Tá an Lajee Center faoi stiúir agus ar son teifeach. Is í aidhm an ionaid ná deiseanna cultúrtha, oideachais, sóisialta agus forbartha a chur ar fáil don phobal - agus tá cearta na bPalaistíneach i gcroílár na hoibre san ionad. I measc na seirbhísí agus na gclár a bhíonn á soláthar ag an Lajee Center, tá: cúram sláinte pobail, ranganna ceoil, ranganna dabke, oideachas polaitiúil, naíonra, seirbhís leabharlainne, campaí samhraidh, gáirdín pobail agus go leor eile.

Tá sealanna caite ag daoine éagsúla ó phobal na Gaeilge i mbun obair dheonach san ionad le blianta beaga anuas agus i mí na Nollag 2024, cláraíodh craobh de Chonradh na Gaeilge in ionad Lajee - an chéad chraobh riamh sa Phalaistín.

In 2020 oscaíodh ACLAÍ Palestine mar chroí-aonad sa Lajee Centre mar thoradh ar obair dhíograiseach dream beag Gael. Cuireann ACLAÍ spás agus seirbhísí riachtanacha ar fáil don phobal: ranganna aclaíochta d’fhir agus do mhná, ranganna dornálaíochta, ranganna ióga, agus seirbhísí sainiúla do dhaoine faoi mhíchumas agus le fadhbanna sláinte.

Inniú tá seachtar oiliúnóirí ó champa Aida ag obair san ionad, agus breis is 300 duine ó phobal an champa ag glacadh páirt in imeachtaí agus seirbhisí atá á soláthar saor in aisce ag an bhfoireann gach seachtain. Tá dul chun cinn mór á dhéanamh ag ACLAÍ in ainneoin na gcoinníollacha deacra atá á bhfulaingt ag pobal an champa atá faoi fhorghabháil: méadú ar an bhfoireann oiliúna, seomra aclaíochta nua oscailte ag deireadh 2024, agus méadú mór ar an líon rannpháirithe atá ag baint leas as na seirbhísí atá á gcur ar fáil.

Tá ACLAÍ Palestine ag brath go hiomlán ar mhaoiniú neamhspléach a thiomsaítear trí shlua-mhaoiniú, ócáidí ceoil agus siamsa, agus síntiúis aonaracha ar fad lonnaithe in Éirinn. Beidh an t-airgead a bhaileofar mar chuid den fheachtas seo ag dul i dtreo na seirbhisí riachtanacha atá á gcur ar fáil ag foireann ACLAÍ agus Lajee, chomh maith le feachtais nua, cheannródaíocha a bheidh á bhforbairt agus á gcur i gcrích in 2025.

Taobh amuigh den obair atá ar siúl i gcampa teifeach Aida, le bliain anuas tá ACLAÍ Palestine ag gníomhú i nGaza freisin. Ag eascairt ón bhfeachtas Ride for Gaza, a raibh tacaíocht fhorleathan aige ó phobal na Gaeilge, tá ceardlanna sorcais, scéalaíochta, damhsa, agus ealaíne á gcur ar fáil d’os cionn 4,000 páiste i nGaza agus tá beartáin bhídh á gcur le chéile agus á seachadadh do mhuintir Gaza mar chuid den chomhoibriú leanúnach le Beit Lahia Development Association, the Gaza Stars Circus School, agus Glór na Móna.

LEAGAN BÉARLA

Over two days on the 12th and 13th of April 2025, 50 people from the Irish-language community all over the country will be coming together to undertake a swimming challenge organised by Conradh na Gaeilge to raise money for ACLAÍ Palestine, a core project of the Lajee Centre in Aida refugee camp, in the West Bank in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: starting early in the morning in Baile Brigín, Baile Átha Cliath, the group will travel around the country swimming in the sea in every coastal county in Ireland.

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You can support the campaign by donating on the homepage here, or by donating to anyone who has their own fundraising page as part of this campaign.

All of the funds raised from this campaign will go to ACLAÍ Palestine in the Lajee Center.

Lajee Center and ACLAÍ Palestine

The Lajee Center is a community-based grassroots creative cultural center that provides support and refuge for the people of the Aida camp, and from the camps and surrounding areas. The Lajee Centre is run by and for refugees. The aim of the centre is to provide cultural, educational, social and developmental opportunities for the community - and the rights of Palestinians are at the heart of the centre's work. Among the services and programmes provided by the Lajee Center are: community healthcare, music classes, dabke classes, political education, a nursery, a library service, summer camps, a community garden and much more.

Various people from the Irish-language community have spent time volunteering at the Center in recent years and in December 2024, a branch of Conradh na Gaeilge was registered at the Lajee Center - the first branch ever in Palestine.

In 2020, ACLAÍ Palestine opened as a central unit in the Lajee Center as a result of the enthusiastic work of a small group of Irish people. ACLAÍ provides essential space and services to the community: exercise classes for men and women, boxing classes, yoga classes, and specific services for people with disabilities and health problems.

Today, seven trainers from Aida camp work at the centre, with over 300 people from the camp community taking part in the events and services provided free of charge by the team each week. ACLAÍ is making great progress despite the difficult conditions endured by the occupied camp community: an increase in the training staff, a new gym opening at the end of 2024, and a significant increase in the number of participants benefiting from the services provided.

ACLAÍ Palestine is entirely independently funded through crowdfunding, music and entertainment events, and individual donations, all based in Ireland. The money raised as part of this campaign will go towards the essential services being provided by the ACLAÍ and Lajee team, as well as new, groundbreaking campaigns that will be developed and implemented in 2025.

In addition to the work taking place in the Aida refugee camp, over the past year ACLAÍ Palestine has also been active in Gaza. Thanks to the Ride for Gaza campaign, which had widespread support from the Irish-language community, circus, storytelling, dance, and art workshops are being provided to over 4,000 children in Gaza and food parcels are being put together and delivered to the people of Gaza as part of the ongoing collaboration with Beit Lahia Development Association, the Gaza Stars Circus School, and Glór na Móna.

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