Quaker charity wins national award
Life in Palestine wins Plain English Award
by The Friend Newsdesk
16th December 2011
A Quaker charity has won a national Plain English Award. The charity, Life in Palestine, is run by six Quaker trustees from across the South Lakes region and received the award, from the Plain English Campaign, for their booklet Children of War.
Life in Palestine tries to help the children of Gaza, many of whom are psychologically traumatised as a result of the violence and uncertainties in their day to day lives. The charity was asked to provide a self-help booklet for parents and social workers in Gaza and thought the best starting point for translation into Arabic was to aim for the simplest and clearest language possible in the English version.
