RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Sustainable Educational Far'un Park project submitted by student Hoda Jarrar was one of five projects to reach the finals in the international Social Action Project competition organized by the British Council’s Active Citizens program.

Jarrar, an urban planning student at An-Najah National University in Nablus, carried out the project in cooperation with the Ma’an Development Center. This is the first project to establish a sustainable environmental park in a remote village in the province of Tulkarm, located in the northern West Bank.

The park is scheduled to open this summer. “The idea of the park aims to achieve ​​environmental sustainability and involve the community through children who can spread the idea to all members of the community,” Jarrar told Al-Monitor. “An existing park will be developed into the Sustainable Educational Far'un Park in a bid to develop the environmental awareness of children.”

Asked about the location, Jarrar said, “I examined several sites in Nablus, Jenin and Tulkarm, and I chose the latter based on specific criteria. I wanted an existing park located on a government land, not on a private one. I wanted it to have basic services such as water, electricity and other facilities, hence the Far’un choice.”