Partners and Friends

unrwa

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions from UN Member States. UNRWA also receives some funding from the Regular Budget of the United Nations, which is used mostly for international staffing costs.The Agency’s services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, micro finance and emergency assistance, including in times of armed conflict.

http://www.unrwa.org

The Welfare Association (WA) is an independent non-profit organization established in 1983 by a group of Palestinian business and intellectual figures to provide development and humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in the West Bank including Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, 1948 Areas, and the Palestinian communities in Lebanon.

http://www.welfareassociation.org

The A.M. Qattan Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit developmental organisation founded in 1993. It is registered in the UK as a charity (no 1029450), and as a charitable company limited by guarantee. A branch of the Foundation is also registered in Palestine as a non-profit organization. The foundation Vision is: A just, free, enlightened and tolerant society with a global presence; one that embraces dialogue and is a producer of knowledge, art and literature.

http://www.qattanfoundation.org/

UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. We have the global authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality. That makes us unique among world organizations, and unique among those working with the young.

http://www.unicef.org/

wfd

Weltfriedensdienst e.V. (WFD) was founded in 1959 in Berlin, Germany, as a politically and confessionally open working group. The formation of the society was a response to the horrendous experiences of the Second World War and also to Germany’s decision to re-arm. In accordance with the vision of the sociologist and philosopher Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, who penned the name WFD, people were to be given an opportunity to make a contribution to overcoming conflict and poverty in the world through cooperative work.

Palestine Development Foundation (PsDF) is a national non-profit Company, founded by Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) in 2014 as its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm.

PsDF aims at playing a role in improving the economic and social conditions of Palestinian citizens in general and Palestinian Youth in particular. In addition, PsDF aims at strengthening youth’s skills and capacities and support them to fully participate in employment and social life, through managing and implementing innovative projects and programs in different areas such as leadership, economic empowerment, mentoring and coaching. Nonetheless, PsDF also supports various activities and projects which aim at achieving and fostering economic, social and cultural development in the Palestinian society.

ANERA (American Near East Refugee Aid) is a leading development organization improving the lives of Palestinian refugees and poor families in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. We reach the region’s most vulnerable people with our health, education and economic development programs and provide humanitarian and emergency relief in times of crisis. With offices in the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon and Jordan, ANERA employs more than 80 full-time staff in the Middle East who are locally hired and work with local partners. – See more at: http://www.anera.org/about-us/#sthash.EM0VnRAa.dpuf

http://www.anera.org/

Palestinian Happy Child centre

The Palestinian Happy Child Center – PHCC was established in 1994 as a community-based non-governmental organization operated by a group of dedicated professionals and volunteers that includes physicians, educational psychologists, counselors, special educators, speech therapists, social workers, art and music teachers and community leaders. The mission of the PHCC is “to promote the well being of Palestinian children, including but not limited to children suffering from trauma, neurological disorders, learning disabilities and other educational problems”.

http://www.phcc-pal.org/

The East Jerusalem YMCA is a vibrant and integral part of the Palestinian social movement. As a member of the World Alliance of YMCAs , the EJ-YMCA is committed to a unique vision of community based on the universal values of human dignity, peace, and justice.

http://www.ej-ymca.org/

The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) is one of the world’s leading women’s organizations; with 25 million members in 110 countries.

http://www.ywca.ps/