NIMALA KHAROUFEH

Learn more about Nimala Kharoufeh, one of the five scholarship recipients for this year's Circlework training at Light on the Hill.  With your help we sponsored three Middle Eastern women and partially funded 2 American women to attend the training!!

Nimala at Light on the Hill

Nimala Kharoufeh is a Palestinian Christian living in Bethlehem (West Bank). She works as a Program Coordinator at the Holy Land Trust, which focuses on nonviolence training for Palestinians. Nimala graduated with a BA in Social Work and Psychology from Bethlehem University. Her work focuses on empowering youth and women. Nimala is a nonviolence trainer, a facilitator of women's circles, and a peace activist.

"[Attending the Circlework training] has been an incredible opportunity for me. There are no such healing circles in the West Bank, and the circle I am initiating after my return will be the first such healing circle for women."

 After attending the Circlework Leadership Training in September 2009, Nimala organized the first healing retreat for Palestinian women in January 2010, which was facilitated by Jalaja Bonheim. Now, she is continuing to offer circles for the women in her community.

To help another woman like Nimala attend the Circlework training, please make a donation.