One hot day in June, Mohammed Faraj and two internationals took 11 boys and girls from Balata Refugee Camp on an art adventure. After a falafel sandwich breakfast, the children were bundled into shared taxis and whisked off to a leafy green playground - a very different environment from the dry, cramped camp.

The children took part in an art class in the play ground, and then spread out across the area to draw and paint pictures of their daily lives.

This is their work:

Amal says:
The soldiers killed someone who is sitting in front of his building. And some helicopters were shooting the building.” She wrote: “We will return to our homeland and our original life.”

Asil says:
“I drew houses very close to each other. There are some soldiers who killed a martyr and soldiers who would not let the ambulance take the martyr away. People in the building are crying.”

Dalia says:
“I drew my house, a tree, a Palestinian flag, Israelis, jeeps, two people, a martyr and a sun.” She wrote: “The sweetest flag is the Palestine flag, we hope the situation is fixed soon, inshallah. My mother, don’t cry, the days will come back to Balata camp.”

Noor says:
“I drew my cousin who was killed by the Israelis. Some men are carrying the Palestinian flag.”