A love letter to Gaza, painted by its own artists.
£11.70 from every £14 calendar goes straight to our partners in Gaza.
Our 2027 calendar brings together twelve paintings and drawings, most of them by the amazing members of the Shababeek collective in Gaza. Since March 2024 these artist heroes have run workshops with us for nearly 20,000 displaced and traumatised children. They've created havens of creativity where children can come to terms with what they're living through and dream of better. And have fun.
This year's theme is "A Homage to Gaza". It's a tribute in art for Gaza's streets, her port, her palm trees and the homes of over 2 million Palestinians, in a land which has now been bombed into ruins. And it's a reminder of what Palestinians in Gaza will rebuild with their sumoud, ingenuity and your support for them and their children.
The artwork
- January: Path, Walaa Shublaq (ink on paper)
- February: Letters and City, Shareef Sarhan (mixed media on paper)
- March: Gaza, Majed Shala (acrylic on canvas)
- April: You Are Beautiful Like Spring, Fadwa Al Qasem (mixed media)
- May: A Bicycle at the Port of Gaza, Baeean Abed (acrylic on canvas)
- June: Gaza Port: The Large Boat, Mona Jouda (pastel on paper)
- July: Kites over Gaza, Jackie Canavan (mixed media)
- August: Deir Al-Balah, Basel El-Maqosui (acrylic on canvas)
- September: My House, Maysa Yousef (acrylic on canvas)
- October: Gaza Welcomes You, Diana Al-Hosary (pencil on paper)
- November: Fisherman, Taimaa Salama (mixed media)
- December: Gaza Port, Mohammad El-Kurd (acrylic on canvas)
Fadwa and Jackie are Hope & Play volunteers. Jackie is our house artist behind many of our previous calendars, and Fadwa is a Palestinian artist and poet.
We also use this calendar to honour Dergham Quraiqi, one of our artists, who was killed with most of his family in an Israeli airstrike in March 2025. His last message to the team was one of pure delight, as he'd finally found paints for his next children's workshop.
Where your money goes
We're run entirely by volunteers and our trustees cover our admin costs. This means that after printing and shop costs, everything from your calendar goes to our partners in Gaza. That's about £11.70 of a £14 calendar that funds tent schools, art and play, alongside the food, water and sanitation children also need. With the so-called "ceasefire", Gaza has slipped out of the news and donations have dropped dramatically. But the harsh winter and floods are still causing death and extreme hardship, quite aside from the continued attacks on Gaza's Palestinians. So your calendar is essential to help us keep the work going.
Each calendar is 3 gifts in one. The money goes to support children in extreme need in Gaza. Putting it on your wall is recognition for the artists who are giving more than any artist ever should. And it's a beautiful gift for whoever receives it. Buy one for yourself and a few for the people on your list who'd appreciate it.
Details
- Wall calendar, A4 pages, 170gsm silk inside, 250gsm cover.
- Month-to-view grid with space for notes. Drilled hole for hanging, portrait format.
- Printed in the UK.
