In 2004, the village of At-Tuwani and its Israeli partner, Ta'ayush, approached CPT's Hebron team and the Italian peace group, Operation Dove, asking if they could provide accompaniment for the children of the village, whom settlers regularly attacked as they walked to and from school.  Although CPT had made regular visits to the South Hebron Hills villages over the years, the team on the ground and the organization as a whole deemed it important to respond to the villagers' request for a permanent presence in At-Tuwani.

Seven years later, CPT-Palestine is closing its At-Tuwani project, because the growth of the South Hebron Hills nonviolent organizing work has made the presence of CPT less critical.  The shepherds of At-Tuwani and surrounding villages now are part of a large nonviolent resistance network encompassing various regions of Palestine.  They belong to the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, and South Hebron Hills leaders regularly plan nonviolent actions to which they invite Israeli and international groups.  They also offer nonviolence trainings to men and women in the region.