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Delegations and solidarity programs let you see the reality of occupation with your own eyes, stand with the communities living under it, and come home with first-hand experiences you can share. Below are trips and volunteer programs in Palestine, Western Sahara and Kurdistan that you can join.
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Photo: Följeslagarprogrammet24 Oct 2026 – 20 Jan 2027
Ecumenical Accompaniers – Group 106
Organized by Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme (EAPPI) – Sweden
Swedish accompaniers serving three months as international observers. This group is in the field now.
Where: Palestine – West Bank & East Jerusalem
Cost: Paid assignment
Year-round · min. 3 weeks
Volunteer with ISM in the West Bank
Organized by International Solidarity Movement (ISM) – Palestine
Join Palestinian-led nonviolent actions and provide protective presence for communities threatened by settlers and soldiers.
Where: Palestine – West Bank
Cost: Own travel + ~40 NIS/day
Photo: Faz3aOngoing
Faz3a Protective Presence Campaign
Organized by Faz3a – Palestine
Stay with threatened West Bank communities, including overnight, to deter settler and army violence under Palestinian guidance.
Where: Palestine – West Bank
Cost: Contact organizer
Photo: Nonviolence InternationalRotating cohorts · ongoing
Unarmed Civilian Protector Teams
Organized by Unarmed Civilian Protection in Palestine (UCPiP) – Palestine
For experienced unarmed civilian protectors and accompaniers: join teams providing 24/7 presence in Bedouin communities.
Where: Palestine – South Jordan Valley (Ras al-Auja)
Cost: Contact organizer
Ongoing
Protective Presence with Herd of Justice
Organized by Herd of Justice / Torat Tzedek – Israel
Join Israeli and international volunteers accompanying Palestinian shepherds and herding communities facing settler attacks.
Where: Palestine – Jordan Valley & central West Bank
Cost: Contact organizer
Every year, Oct – Nov
UAWC Olive Harvest Campaign
Organized by Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) – Palestine
Volunteer with Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest, providing a protective presence in communities targeted by settlers.
Where: Palestine – West Bank (Area C villages)
Cost: Contact organizer
Photo: ZaytounOlive harvest (Oct – Nov)
Zaytoun Olive Harvest Protective Presence
Organized by Zaytoun – UK
Teams of up to 30 volunteers stay in villages to support farmers bringing in the olive harvest. Not taking applications at the moment.
Where: Palestine – Salfit & Nablus areas (Madama, Burin)
Cost: Contact organizer
Photo: Friends of Sabeel North America12–22 Nov 2026
More Light Presbyterians Delegation
Organized by Friends of Sabeel North America – USA
A delegation on solidarity, intersectionality and mutual liberation, open to people of any faith or none.
Where: Palestine – Jerusalem & West Bank
Cost: approx. $3,400 total
Photo: Friends of Sabeel North America16–27 Nov 2026
November Pilgrimage
Organized by Friends of Sabeel North America – USA
A FOSNA witness and solidarity delegation to Palestine, travelling with Sabeel staff and meeting Palestinian communities and organizations.
Where: Palestine – Jerusalem & West Bank
Cost: Contact organizer
December 2026
Winter Open Delegation
Organized by Eyewitness Palestine – USA
Eyewitness Palestine’s open in-person delegation, listed as accepting applications. Scholarships available.
Where: Palestine
Cost: See organizer
Photo: Friends of Sabeel North America7–16 Dec 2026
African American Delegation with Rev. Dr. Willie Jennings
Organized by Friends of Sabeel North America – USA
A FOSNA delegation led by theologian Rev. Dr. Willie Jennings.
Where: Palestine – Jerusalem & West Bank
Cost: Contact organizer
Photo: Friends of Sabeel North America26 Dec 2026 – 7 Jan 2027
Christians for Peace in the Holy Land
Organized by Friends of Sabeel North America – USA
A FOSNA witness and solidarity delegation to Palestine, travelling with Sabeel staff and meeting Palestinian communities and organizations.
Where: Palestine – Jerusalem & West Bank
Cost: Contact organizer
Photo: Meta Peace TeamJanuary 2027 · 5 weeks
Meta Peace Team: West Bank Team
Organized by Meta Peace Team (MPT) – USA
A five-week nonviolent peace team working alongside the International Solidarity Movement in the West Bank. Applications have closed.
Where: Palestine – West Bank (with ISM)
Cost: Contact organizer
4 Jan – 2 Apr 2027
Hineinu: Sustained Solidarity in Masafer Yatta
Organized by Center for Jewish Nonviolence (CJNV) – USA
For Jewish activists: live in Palestinian communities in the South Hebron Hills for the shepherding season, doing accompaniment and documentation.
Where: Palestine – Masafer Yatta, South Hebron Hills
Cost: Sliding scale $2,400–$5,550 + flights
Photo: Följeslagarprogrammet6 Jan – 3 Apr 2027
Ecumenical Accompaniers – Group 107
Organized by Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme (EAPPI) – Sweden
Three months as an international observer: protective presence, documentation and reporting. Recruitment for this group is complete.
Where: Palestine – West Bank & East Jerusalem
Cost: Paid assignment
Photo: Quakers in BritainRecruitment early 2027
Ecumenical Accompaniers (UK & Ireland)
Organized by Quakers in Britain (EAPPI UK & Ireland) – UK
Three months as a human-rights monitor in Palestine. Recruitment for 2028 placements is expected to open early in 2027.
Where: Palestine – West Bank & East Jerusalem
Cost: Expenses paid + allowance
20–29 Jan 2027
Witness Delegation – January 2027
Organized by Sabeel – Palestine with the UCC Movement for Palestinian Solidarity
A ten-day witness delegation hosted by Sabeel, the Palestinian Christian liberation theology centre in Jerusalem. Registration is open; ask whether non-UCC members can join.
Where: Palestine
Cost: about US$2,100 (US$1,700 shared room), excl. flights
Photo: JAI & Alternative Tourism GroupFebruary 2027 (dates TBC)
Olive Planting Program 2027
Organized by JAI (East Jerusalem YMCA & YWCA) & Alternative Tourism Group – Palestine
Ten days planting olive trees with Palestinian farmers on land threatened by settlements and the Wall, with tours and meetings.
Where: Palestine – Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Hebron & West Bank villages
Cost: Contact organizer
Photo: Sandblast13–20 Mar 2027
Team Sandblast at the Sahara Marathon
Organized by Sandblast – UK
Travel with Sandblast to run the Sahara Marathon and spend a week with a Saharawi host family. Fundraise to cover your costs.
Where: Saharawi refugee camps, Tindouf (Algeria)
Cost: €850 package (or £100 if you fundraise)
16 Mar 2027
Sahara Marathon 2027
Organized by SaharaMarathon – Western Sahara
The only international race held inside a refugee camp: 5 km to full marathon between the Saharawi camps, with a week of cultural exchange.
Where: Smara, Auserd & El Aaiún camps, Tindouf (Algeria)
Cost: See organizer
21 Mar 2027
Newroz 2027 in Amed
Organized by Kurdistan Solidarity Network (KSN) – UK
The Kurdish New Year in Amed, the largest Newroz gathering in Kurdistan. International solidarity delegations attend and meet Kurdish organizations.
Where: Newroz Park, Amed (Diyarbakır)
Cost: Own travel
9–11 Apr 2027 (arrive 8 Apr)
Saharawi Solidarity Summit 2027
Organized by Solidarity Rising – Sweden
The second international summit in the camps: activists, politicians, students and the global solidarity movement meet with the Saharawi community.
Where: Saharawi refugee camps, Tindouf (Algeria)
Cost: Own travel; host-family stay
Photo: FiSaharaSpring 2027 (dates TBC)
FiSahara Film Festival 2027 – XX Edition
Organized by FiSahara – Western Sahara / Spain
The annual film festival in the Saharawi camps. The 2027 dates have not been announced yet; it usually takes place in late April or early May.
Where: Saharawi refugee camps, Tindouf (Algeria)
Cost: 2026: €755 + host fee
Photo: Community Peacemaker Teams2027 (dates TBC)
CPT Delegation to Kurdistan – Bashur 2027
Organized by Community Peacemaker Teams – USA
CPT’s yearly delegation: meet families displaced by Turkish and Iranian cross-border bombing, activists and human rights defenders. 2027 dates not yet announced.
Where: Silêmanî (Sulaimani), Hewlêr (Erbil) & Duhok
Cost: 2026: $1,100
Photo: FöljeslagarprogrammetLater in 2027 (dates TBC)
Ecumenical Accompaniers – Groups 108–109
Organized by Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme (EAPPI) – Sweden
Upcoming 2027 groups. The programme usually recruits once or twice a year, subject to funding and a security assessment.
Where: Palestine – West Bank & East Jerusalem
Cost: Paid assignment
Photo: Lajee CenterSummer 2027 (2026: 1–14 Aug)
International Summer Camp in Solidarity with Palestine
Organized by Lajee Center – Palestine
Two weeks volunteering in Aida refugee camp: community work projects, Arabic and dabke lessons, meetings with activists and trips to other refugee camps. Held every August.
Where: Palestine – Aida refugee camp, Bethlehem
Cost: 2026: €650 students / €750 others, excl. flights
Past delegations Show
Photo: ARTifariti30 Oct – 8 Nov 2026
ARTifariti 2026: Sahrawi Utopias
Organized by ARTifariti – Western Sahara / Spain
The 19th International Meeting on Art and Human Rights of Western Sahara: artists from around the world create work with the Saharawi community.
Where: Saharawi School of Arts, Bojador camp, Tindouf (Algeria)
Cost: Contact organizer
Photo: Community Peacemaker Teams27 Oct – 5 Nov 2026
Olives and Origins
Organized by Community Peacemaker Teams – USA
An olive-harvest delegation with CPT’s Palestine team. This delegation was full.
Where: Palestine
Cost: $1,600
Photo: BADIL26 Oct – 4 Nov 2026
International Mobilization Course 2026
Organized by BADIL Resource Center – Palestine
BADIL’s annual ten-day course in Bethlehem for international solidarity activists: lectures, workshops and field visits on Palestinian refugee rights. Runs every autumn.
Where: Palestine – Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Hebron
Cost: US$500 (excl. travel)
16–26 Oct 2026
Amos Trust Olive Harvest 2026
Organized by Amos Trust – UK
An olive-harvest trip to meet Amos Trust’s Palestinian partners and see the situation on the ground.
Where: Palestine – Bethlehem, Birzeit & Ramallah
Cost: £970 + flights
Photo: Friends of Sabeel North America16–26 Oct 2026
Unitarian Universalist Religious Professionals
Organized by Friends of Sabeel North America – USA
A FOSNA witness and solidarity delegation to Palestine, travelling with Sabeel staff and meeting Palestinian communities and organizations.
Where: Palestine – Jerusalem & West Bank
Cost: Contact organizer
Photo: Friends of Sabeel North America12–23 Oct 2026
Olive Harvest Delegation
Organized by Friends of Sabeel North America – USA
A FOSNA witness and solidarity delegation to Palestine, travelling with Sabeel staff and meeting Palestinian communities and organizations.
Where: Palestine – Jerusalem & West Bank
Cost: Contact organizer
Photo: Community Peacemaker Teams8–19 Oct 2026
Delegation to Iraqi Kurdistan: Weaving Hope and Resistance
Organized by Community Peacemaker Teams – USA
Joined CPT’s Iraqi Kurdistan team to meet communities affected by Turkish and Iranian cross-border attacks.
Where: Sulaimani, Erbil & Duhok
Cost: $1,100
October–November 2026
Fall Olive Harvest Delegations
Organized by Eyewitness Palestine – USA
Delegates picked olives alongside Palestinian farming families facing settler and military violence.
Where: Palestine – West Bank
Cost: See organizer
Photo: Friends of Sabeel North America13–23 Sep 2026
Northern Irish Delegation of Concern for Palestine
Organized by Friends of Sabeel North America – USA
A FOSNA witness and solidarity delegation to Palestine, travelling with Sabeel staff and meeting Palestinian communities and organizations.
Where: Palestine – Jerusalem & West Bank
Cost: Contact organizer
Photo: Friends of Sabeel North America7–17 Sep 2026
Young Activists Delegation
Organized by Friends of Sabeel North America – USA
A FOSNA witness and solidarity delegation to Palestine, travelling with Sabeel staff and meeting Palestinian communities and organizations.
Where: Palestine – Jerusalem & West Bank
Cost: Contact organizer
Photo: Friends of Sabeel North America4–21 Sep 2026
The Spirit of Ahimsa Delegation
Organized by Friends of Sabeel North America – USA
A FOSNA witness and solidarity delegation to Palestine, travelling with Sabeel staff and meeting Palestinian communities and organizations.
Where: Palestine – Jerusalem & West Bank
Cost: Contact organizer
Photo: Friends of Sabeel North America13–21 Aug 2026
Witness and Solidarity Delegation
Organized by Friends of Sabeel North America – USA
A FOSNA witness and solidarity delegation to Palestine, travelling with Sabeel staff and meeting Palestinian communities and organizations.
Where: Palestine – Jerusalem & West Bank
Cost: Contact organizer
Photo: Friends of Sabeel North America5–14 Aug 2026
UCC Delegation
Organized by Friends of Sabeel North America – USA
A FOSNA witness and solidarity delegation to Palestine, travelling with Sabeel staff and meeting Palestinian communities and organizations.
Where: Palestine – Jerusalem & West Bank
Cost: Contact organizer
May 2026
Spring Delegation
Organized by Eyewitness Palestine – USA
Eyewitness Palestine’s open in-person spring delegation.
Where: Palestine
Cost: See organizer
Photo: FiSahara26 Apr – 2 May 2026
FiSahara Film Festival – XIX Edition
Organized by FiSahara – Western Sahara / Spain
Travel to the Saharawi refugee camps for the film festival and stay with a Saharawi family.
Where: Ausserd camp, Tindouf (Algeria)
Cost: €755 + host fee
January 2026
Delegation 78
Organized by Eyewitness Palestine – USA
Eyewitness Palestine’s 78th delegation to Palestine.
Where: Palestine
Cost: See organizer
Before you go
A delegation is not a holiday. Here is what to know before you contact an organizer. Each organizer gives its own briefing, so treat this as a starting point.
Who can join
- Most short delegations are open to adults (18+) with no prior experience.
- Protective-presence and accompaniment programmes (EAPPI, ISM, CPT teams, Meta Peace Team, UCPiP) ask for training, references and a minimum stay, from two weeks to three months.
- Some are for particular groups: faith communities, Jewish activists (CJNV), or people living in a certain country (EAPPI Sweden recruits in Sweden).
- Check language requirements – most run in English.
What to expect
- Long, physical days: early starts, walking on rough or hilly ground, heat in summer and cold in winter, standing for hours at checkpoints or in fields.
- Simple, shared living: guesthouses, host families or shared rooms, and a group schedule that can change at short notice.
- An emotional load: you may witness home demolitions, settler or army violence, and hear hard testimonies. Good organizers hold daily debriefs.
- Plan time to rest and talk it through after you come home.
What it usually costs
- Short delegations (7–14 days): roughly US$1,100–3,400, from CPT Kurdistan ($1,100 for in-country costs) to some FOSNA trips (about $3,400 in total).
- Packages incl. flights exist, e.g. Team Sandblast at the Sahara Marathon: €850.
- Long-term accompaniment is sometimes covered or paid (e.g. EAPPI Sweden).
- Usually not included: international flights, travel insurance, visas.
- Many organizers offer scholarships, sliding-scale prices or fundraising help – always ask.
Safety and entry risks
- Palestine: Israel controls entry to the West Bank. Delegation members and solidarity activists have been refused entry or deported, including a FOSNA delegation in August 2026. Settler and army violence also reaches international accompaniers. Trips can be cancelled at short notice. Gaza is closed to almost all visitors.
- Western Sahara: Morocco regularly expels foreign observers and journalists from the occupied territory. Trips to the Saharawi refugee camps go via Tindouf, Algeria; organizers arrange the visa and transport.
- Kurdistan – Bakur (Turkey): foreign delegates have been detained and deported, especially around Newroz and elections.
- Kurdistan – Bashur (Iraq): Turkish and Iranian cross-border strikes hit border areas.
- Everywhere: read your foreign ministry’s travel advice, check that your insurance covers the area, think about what is on your phone at the border, and remember that your hosts carry risks long after you leave.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need experience or special skills?
Not for most short delegations – curiosity, openness and willingness to listen matter most. Longer protective-presence programmes include training before you start.
How do I apply?
Contact the organizer directly using the links on each card. Solidarity Rising lists these opportunities but does not run them, apart from our own Saharawi Solidarity Summit.
Can I get help paying for a trip?
Often, yes. Many organizers have scholarships or sliding-scale fees, and most can give you tips and materials for fundraising among friends, unions or congregations.
What if the trip is cancelled?
Cancellations and changes happen when the situation on the ground shifts. Ask the organizer about their refund and credit policy, and book flights you can change.
What happens after I come home?
Sharing what you saw is part of the work: talks in your community, articles, meetings with politicians and media. Many organizers – and we at Solidarity Rising – can help you plan this.
Last reviewed November 2026.
The organizers
Lajee Center
Grassroots community centre in Aida refugee camp, Bethlehem. Hosts an International Summer Camp for solidarity volunteers every August.
Sabeel
Palestinian Christian liberation theology centre in Jerusalem. Hosts witness delegations and international conferences with Friends of Sabeel groups.
BADIL Resource Center
Independent Palestinian human rights organization in Bethlehem defending the rights of Palestinian refugees and displaced people. Runs an annual International Mobilization Course.
Kurdistan Solidarity Network (KSN)
The Kurdistan Solidarity Network is an internationalist network supporting the Kurdish freedom movement. It has sent delegations to Bakur (North Kurdistan) for Newroz and local elections at the invitation of the DEM Party, including a women’s (Jin) delegation, meeting political, women’s and media organizations in Amed and elsewhere.
JAI (East Jerusalem YMCA & YWCA) & Alternative Tourism Group
The Joint Advocacy Initiative (JAI) of the East Jerusalem YMCA and YWCA of Palestine runs the "Keep Hope Alive" Olive Tree Campaign, which sponsors and plants olive trees on Palestinian land threatened with confiscation. With the Alternative Tourism Group (ATG), a Palestinian justice-tourism NGO in Beit Sahour, it has hosted international olive planting (February) and olive picking (October) programmes for over 20 years.
jai-pal.org
jawad@atg.ps (programme coordinator)
+970 2 277 2151
Center for Jewish Nonviolence (CJNV)
CJNV brings Jewish activists from around the world to Israel/Palestine to join Palestinian-led nonviolent civil resistance to occupation, apartheid and displacement. Its Hineinu programme places small cohorts in Palestinian communities for months of accompaniment and documentation, and it also runs olive-harvest protective-presence trips. It is a fiscally sponsored project of Nonviolence International.
Meta Peace Team (MPT)
Meta Peace Team, based in Lansing, Michigan, has trained and deployed nonviolent peace teams in the US and abroad since 1993. Its international teams currently go to the West Bank, where they work with the Palestinian-led International Solidarity Movement.
metapeaceteam.org
+1 517 489 2607
Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC)
UAWC is a Palestinian farmers’ organisation working for food sovereignty and the right of farmers to their land. Its international volunteer campaigns provide a nonviolent protective presence in communities targeted by settlers and the army, especially during the olive harvest.
Zaytoun
Zaytoun is a UK community interest company that imports Palestinian olive oil and produce. With the Friends of Madama and Burin it coordinates teams of up to 30 volunteers who stay in villages in the Salfit and Nablus areas during the olive harvest.
Quakers in Britain – EAPPI UK & Ireland
Quakers in Britain manage recruitment for the UK and Ireland branch of the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). Accompaniers spend three months providing protective presence and monitoring human-rights violations.
Amos Trust
Amos Trust is a UK human-rights charity working with partners in Palestine and elsewhere. It runs group trips such as its annual olive-harvest visit, where participants meet Palestinian partners and see the situation on the ground.
ARTifariti
ARTifariti, the International Meetings of Art and Human Rights of Western Sahara, was created in 2007 by the Saharawi Ministry of Culture and the Seville friendship association with the Saharawi people (AAPSS). Every year it brings artists from around the world to the Saharawi refugee camps to create work with the community, using art to claim the right of peoples to their land, culture and freedom. Based in Seville; phone +34 954 28 22 05.
Solidarity Rising
Solidarity Rising connects activists, organizations and the wider solidarity movement with people living under occupation. The Saharawi Solidarity Summit, organised with the Saharawi community in the refugee camps, brings activists, politicians, journalists, researchers and students together to strengthen the movement for the liberation of Western Sahara.
SaharaMarathon Association
The Sahara Marathon is an international solidarity race held every year since 2001 in the Saharawi refugee camps near Tindouf, organised with the Secretary of State for Sport of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and volunteers worldwide. Entry fees fund humanitarian projects and sport for young Saharawis.
Sandblast
Sandblast is a UK-based arts and human-rights charity that works with Saharawi refugees, especially children and women, through education, culture and solidarity. It organises group trips to the Sahara Marathon and FiSahara.
International Solidarity Movement (ISM)
A Palestinian-led movement founded in 2001 that brings international volunteers to support the Palestinian popular struggle through nonviolent direct action and documentation. ISM has no leaders, works by consensus and is committed to anti-oppression. Other contacts: ism_uk@proton.me (UK), ismpalestine@proton.me and palreports@gmail.com (general).
Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme (EAPPI) – Sweden
Ekumeniska följeslagarprogrammet i Palestina och Israel is the Swedish branch of the World Council of Churches’ accompaniment programme, run by the Christian Council of Sweden (Sveriges kristna råd) in Bromma, Stockholm. Accompaniers are impartial international observers but not neutral about violations of international law, and work with Jewish, Christian, Muslim and secular peace groups. General email: info@skr.org.
Eyewitness Palestine
Founded in 2001 as a program of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (formerly Interfaith Peace-Builders), Eyewitness Palestine runs several delegations a year centred on Palestinian voices and grassroots organizing, aiming to turn participants into lifelong advocates. Scholarships of $500–1,500 are offered on a first-come basis.
Faz3a – Defend Palestine
Faz3a (“reinforcement” – coming to someone’s aid en masse) is a Palestinian-led campaign by a nonpartisan coalition of veteran activists, youth and students across the West Bank. It mobilises internationals to provide on-the-ground civil protection from settler and army violence under local Palestinian guidance, and to help communities hold on to their land (sumud).
Unarmed Civilian Protection in Palestine (UCPiP)
A Palestinian and international co-led project using proven unarmed civilian protection methods to protect civilians and prevent violence. It aims to deploy 100 experienced protectors to Palestine for at least a year, strengthen cooperation among the 22+ groups already providing protective presence, and began with a pilot in Ras al-Auja in the Jordan Valley.
Herd of Justice / Torat Tzedek
Herd of Justice recruits volunteers for the protective-presence work of Torat Tzedek (Torah of Justice), the Israeli human-rights organisation founded in 2017 by Rabbi Arik Ascherman. Volunteers stay with Palestinian herding communities in the Jordan Valley and villages such as Mukhmas, accompanying shepherds and documenting settler violence.
Friends of Sabeel North America
FOSNA organizes witness and solidarity visits to Jerusalem and the West Bank with its Jerusalem partner Sabeel. Trips include worship with Palestinian Christians and meetings with Palestinians, Israelis and human-rights workers, followed by “Go and Tell” events back home. Some scholarships are available.
Community Peacemaker Teams
Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT) is a nonviolence organization working alongside communities in Palestine, Iraqi Kurdistan, Lesvos, Colombia and Turtle Island. Its delegations let participants learn first-hand from its teams on the ground.
FiSahara
FiSahara is the international film festival held in the Saharawi refugee camps near Tindouf, Algeria. Visitors stay with Saharawi families and take part in screenings, workshops and the festival’s film school. It is run with Fundación Concordia 21 in Madrid.
About these listings
Solidarity Rising does not organize these trips. Details come from each organizer’s own website and can change, so always confirm dates, costs and availability directly with the organizer.