Each Child a Light

Each Child a Light is a participatory fabric-arts project honouring and remembering the children of Gaza murdered in Israel’s ongoing genocide. Multiple acts of solidarity, of bearing witness, of mourning. A collective promise never to forget Gaza’s children.

From across the UK and internationally, the project brings together hundreds of people of all ages, backgrounds and levels of experience, including artists, crafters, activists; community and faith groups; children and students, to stitch unique decorative squares, each one dedicated to  an individual child.

The project was formed in response to the persistent failure of UK institutions – media and government – to acknowledge the identities and stories of the individual children underlying the devastating death toll. In collaboration, and square by square, we are building a large-scale quilted artwork which honours each and every child and records their name – creating an essential record and lasting memorial to so many young lives ended in violence.