Schools: Student Quotes 2007/2008

"The project helped us to understand peoples' lives in other countries and to not be ignorant of them."

"It lets the Palestinian and Israeli students know we care. It lets them know we listen to both sides."

"They know we are thinking of them."

"We heard their personal life experiences and stories."

"We have a better understanding of their hardship. This fact gave some of them hope for the future."


"The project gave us understanding not only about the conflict but the lives of actual people. We all feel more confident now about speaking out and expressing ourselves."

"SAB helped to benefit my confidence and writing skills. SAB also helped me to open my eyes not only to conflict but what people go through in a conflict."

"I would like to take the knowledge I learned and use it in my later life."

"It helps us realize that there are things going on in the world that we know nothing about, and that are important to know about. It helps us express ourselves and what we are feeling about the conflict in a positive way."


"We got to meet and get to know students from areas of conflict. We got to hear first hand the stories of what it's like to live where they do."

"They helped us to understand what other teenagers go through. It was good to get a more personal insight of the conflict rather than just on the News. When we hear the conflict on the News now, it means more to us."

"We learned about how the conflict affects people and families. We know how conflict affects people on both sides."

"It broadens our horizons by meeting people from other countries. It also helped us to learn about the realities of conflict."

"We learned to understand what daily life is like for young people in Israel and Palestine. We made connections with the students. We had fun! We gave hope to the students."

"It allows you to think about an issue that otherwise you might never have noticed before." "We had a once in a lifetime opportunity to speak first-hand with victims of the conflict."

"I think they were positive as they seemed to get a new sense of hope from them. They know that girls from Mount Anville will always be there for them in every way they can."


"It allows us to give support and hope."

"It helped us to be more understanding of each other and our problems. It helped us to express our opinions freely."

"It keeps the hope alive for those we are trying to help. It makes us more aware of global issues around the world and plugs us in to what is going on around the world."

"We met new people with inspiring stories and we showed them that we have homes and hearts and minds open to new people."

"We met new people from the conflict and this made the whole situation more understandable. We got to form our opinions on the situation."

"It's important to realise what is happening outside our everyday life in different countries and to think that by taking part in this project that we may be helping."

"We came to realise that the Israeli and a Palestinian students are like us in many ways. We learned to see both sides of the conflict."


"We see from a real life perspective on their life. We see the two sides of the story."

"I made two friends. I learned a lot about both sides."

"It opened our eyes to a lot of injustices. We learned to go out of our way to make connections with people."

"It lets you get involved with the Israeli/Palestinian conflict; Getting to see people-of-our-own-ages’ point of view."

"You learn how the children feel there. You learn that they are not very different than us."

"It gives us the chance to meet and talk with students who live in conflict; It taught us not to take things at face value and that conflicts have two different sides to it."

"I think it was important for the students to see that we Irish understand the difficulties they are going through. They seem to like the positive messages that each poster gives."


"We were able to understand Israeli and Palestinian views on the conflict. It was important to get to meet Israeli and Palestinian students and get their views."