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This campaign will collect all funds raised by July 17, 2018 at 4:45 AM EDT
Zeki Learning is part of Child's Cup Full, a 501(c)3 non-profit based in Palestine and the US. This campaign is endorsed as Zakat eligible by Al-Sheikh Ebad Al-Hamid Atah of Bethlehem, Palestine.
At Zeki Learning, our mission is to create sustainable jobs for refugee and low-income moms in the northern West Bank. At our artisan center in Zababdeh, we train and employ skilled artisans to make fabric educational materials for preschoolers, focusing on the US marketplace. All of our products are designed to support cognitive development and language learning in Arabic, English and Spanish. We believe Zeki Learning has the potential to reach preschool classrooms across the United States, but we need your help to grow! The more the Zeki Learning brand grows in the US, the more jobs we can create in Palestine!
We're the FIRST fair trade certified educational brand in the US!
When we bring our handmade learning materials from Palestine to American classrooms, not only to we enhance the learning environment, we help children become global citizens through the story of our handmade products.
Right now, we're training more artisans to work with us part-time as we grow the Zeki Learning brand in the US, but we need your help to make those jobs sustainable for years to come. Our goal this year is to sell our products to at least 500 classrooms across federal and state funded preschools, as well as private Montessori schools across the US.
We need to hire a preschool education specialist and designer to further develop learning materials that meet state requirements for these education programs. If we can sell our handmade learning materials to at least 500 classrooms in 2018, we can provide sustainable, full-time jobs to at least 10 refugee and low-income artisans in Palestine for the next year so they can support their families and their communities in the West Bank.
Plush turtles (set of two)
*ADD $12 for shipping outside the US* Role play with plush animals encourages children's development of critical cognitive skills, developed through tactile stimulation, imagination, and exploration with this material. This multi-textile and colorful material promotes brain stimulation along with comfort. Includes domestic US shipping. Please add $12 for international shipping outside the US.
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Arabic mail carrier bag
*ADD $12 for shipping outside the US* Through dramatic play, children can learn and develop important language and social skills. They learn how to communicate and express themselves with one another effectively while promoting creativity. The mail bag additionally is an excellent resource for developing essential skills in sorting, classifying and planning. For older children the mail bag provides an opportunity to explore the use and purpose of different communication technologies. Includes domestic US shipping. Please add $12 for international shipping outside the US.
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Emotions memory game
*ADD $12 for shipping outside the US* Through the ability to match, a child is learning pre-reading skills by identifying how to visually discriminate between images. Matching is also an essential math skill, focusing the child’s thinking on a range of cognitively rich and fun tasks such as sorting and measuring, comparing and contrasting, and counting. Our matching memory games are also an excellent resource for developing important relational concepts such as sharing – great for play with parents and peers alike. The matching emotions games are also an excellent resource for emotional development and to promote child’s awareness of their feelings. Each set comes with eight pairs of animals (16 patches total) and a carrying case. Includes shipping in the US. Please add $12 for international shipping outside the US.
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Transportation memory game
*ADD $12 for shipping outside the US* Through the ability to match, a child is learning pre-reading skills by identifying how to visually discriminate between images. Matching is also an essential math skill, focusing the child’s thinking on a range of cognitively rich and fun tasks such as sorting and measuring, comparing and contrasting, and counting. Our matching memory games are also an excellent resource for developing important relational concepts such as sharing – great for play with parents and peers alike. The matching transportation games are also an excellent resource to promote child’s awareness of modes of transportation. Each set comes with eight pairs of transportation methods (16 patches total) and a carrying case. Please add $12 for international shipping outside the US.
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Tatreez totebag
*ADD $12 for shipping outside the US* Support Zeki Learning and receive a wonderful shopping bag for yourself or a loved one! Hand-embroidered with a traditional "frogs in the pond" tatreez motif. Handmade at our artisan center in Palestine. For shipping outside the US, please add $12 for shipping costs.
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Arabic alphabet bag
*ADD $12 for shipping outside the US* For children to gain tactile experiences with the fabric letters for memory retention. The alphabet bag makes learning to read and write fun, encouraging a love of letters and a developing understanding of their functions. The child’s creative use of letters provides rich opportunities for cognitive development encouraging open ended experimentation with the properties of language. The child’s reading skills are developed through this play, identifying how to visually recognize and differentiate between letters. Includes domestic shipping. For kids ages 3+. Please add $12 for international shipping outside the US.
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Flying insect assembly set (with ladybug mat)
*ADD $12 for shipping outside the US* Children tap into their imagination to match insect body pieces and to create their own story about the insects, exploring with tactile fabrics to stimulate their brain and senses. Children explore spatial relationships, nomenclature and discovery of the insect body parts through play either independent play or as guided nomenclature activity with a teacher. Pieces fit inside leaf set. Includes domestic US shipping. Please add $12 for international shipping outside the US.
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Family story board
*ADD $12 for shipping outside the US* Children tap into their imagination to create their own story about a family, exploring with tactile fabrics to stimulate their brain and senses. Children explore spatial relationships, nomenclature and discovery of the home and family relationships through play either independent play or as guided nomenclature activity with a teacher. Play mat rolls up and comes with cotton carrying case for small pieces. Please add $12 for international shipping outside the US.
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Crawling insect assembly set (with leaf mat)
*ADD $12 for shipping outside the US* Children tap into their imagination to match insect body pieces and to create their own story about the insects, exploring with tactile fabrics to stimulate their brain and senses. Children explore spatial relationships, nomenclature and discovery of the insect body parts through play either independent play or as guided nomenclature activity with a teacher. Pieces fit inside leaf set. Includes domestic US shipping. Please add $12 for international shipping outside the US.
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Arabic-English animal book
*ADD $12 for shipping outside the US* An engaging educational tool in which children learn to distinguish two languages (English and Arabic) in relations to specific animal images. With this educational tool children develop their skills in letter recognition and in matching symbols and sounds – all key activities in the development of reading and writing. Through the ability to match, a child is learning reading skills by identifying how to visually discriminate between two languages. Please add $12 for international shipping outside the US.
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Solar system book
*ADD $12 for shipping outside the US* With this educational tool, children learn the planets and develop their skills in letter recognition and in matching symbols and sounds – all key activities in the development of reading and writing. The astronaut allows the child to create their own story as well, and stimulates imaginative play. Please add $12 for international shipping outside the US.
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Arabic spelling mat
*ADD $17 for shipping outside the US* The Arabic spelling mat makes learning to read and write fun, encouraging a love of letters and a developing understanding of their functions. The child’s spelling skills are developed through this play, identifying how to visually recognize and differentiate between letters, the three forms and between each letter as each letter changes shape depending on its position in the word. The child’s creative use of letters provides rich opportunities for cognitive development encouraging open ended experimentation with the properties of language. For kids ages 3+. Please add $17 for international shipping outside the US.
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Arabic calendar (Hijri or Western calendar available)
*ADD $25 for shipping outside the US* This handmade Arabic calendar is an interactive tool perfect for kids practicing to learn days of the week, dates, seasons and weather! Please add $25 for international shipping outside the US.
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Marketing for the Zeki Learning brand
Help us market our learning materials to state-funded, federally-funded and private preschools across the US so we can reach our goal of selling our handmade products from Palestine to over 500 classrooms this year! This will ensure we can provide full-time, sustainable jobs for 10 artisans with this business and the growth of the Zeki Learning brand. Receive a hand written thank you card from our artisans.
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Fabric cutting tools for 8 new products
Our artisans need a fabric cutting machine to make our production process more efficient. These customized cutting tools will improve efficiency by roughly 60% on several new products, significantly cutting down on labor costs. Receive a hand written thank you card from our artisans.
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Commercial grade sewing machine
Help our artisans' production process by sponsoring the purchase of an efficient, commercial grade sewing machine to produce the Zeki Learning products for preschool classrooms. Receive a hand written thank you card from our artisans.
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Hire an education specialist to develop 12 new products
Cover part of the cost of hiring an education specialist to work with our artisan team to develop up to 12 new learning materials for the Zeki Learning product line. We need at least $6,000 to cover the entire cost of this comprehensive training and product development for 12 learning materials. Receive a hand written thank you card from our artisans.
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ONE WEEK LEFT! Share your good deeds and support refugee moms in Palestine!
Salam!
We're so happy to share we've reached 30% of our goal, thanks to YOU! With just one week left during the Ramadan Challenge, we ask you to help us spread the word about our non-profit's work in Palestine with your friends, your co-workers, your family members and your loved ones!
To learn more about our non-profit's work, check out this article on MuslimGirl.com!
Thank you so much for believing in the potential of Zeki Learning and helping us to create lasting economic opportunities in Palestine.
In solidarity,
Janette & the Zeki Learning team
Giving is better together! Your share could raise over $77.
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— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
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Giving is better together! Your share could raise over $77.
https://www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/from_palestine_to_american_preschools__zeki_learning
“Whoever guides someone to goodness will have a reward like the one who did it.”
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
