Projects in 2005 / 2006

Projects in Palestine
Emergency Support for Hospitals in East Jerusalem / funded by EC	£158,157
Gaza Community-Based Rehabilitation Programme	£60,668
Monitoring & Co-ordination Unit for East Jerusalem Multi-Sector Development Plan / EC	£54,222
Replanting Community Orchards & Olive Groves	£17,500
Jabalia Emergency Appeal	£5,028
Ramallah Kindergarten Project	£11,507
Projects in Lebanon
Inclusive Education for Young Disabled Children in Refugee Camps / Big Lottery Fund	£76,386
Grant to UNRWA for Resources for Blind Children	£17,000
Grant to Nabil Badran Centre for Disabled Children - for Mini Bus	£6,509
The Ghassan Kanafani Foundation - Pre-school services	£10,000
Books for Refugee Camp Libraries / Book Aid International	£13,990
National Institute for Social Care & Vocational Training (Beit Atfal Al-Summoud), grant for Kindergarten Services	£5,000
Inaash Al-Mukhayam, Grant for Kindergarten Services	£5,000
Total	£440,967

Projects in 2004 / 2005

Projects in Palestine
Replanting Destroyed Community Orchards and Olive Groves	£11,500
Emergency Support for East Jerusalem Hospitals (EJH)	£165,788
Emergency Support for EJH Specialised Services	£412,958
Monitoring and Co-ordination Unit for East Jerusalem Multi-Sector Development Plan	£93,338
Gaza Community-Based Rehabilitation Programme	£70,050
Gaza Emergency Food and Medical Supplies (appeal)	£12,850
Projects in Lebanon
Inclusive Education for Young Disabled Children in the Refugee Camps in Lebanon	£128,163
Books and CDs for Refugee Camp Libraries	£22,000
Nabil Badran Centre for Handicapped Children	£5,000
Social Association for Rehabilitation	£5,000
Total	£926,647

Projects in 2002 / 2003

West Bank and Gaza

1. Gaza Children’s Club, Deit al Balah, (Middle Gaza region)
This benefits more than 100 children in desperate need of a central club, funds covered furniture, allowances for teachers, animators, trainers of various activities such as: music and folkloric dancing, handicrafts, theatre, computer lab, painting, also lessons in English language skills. These activities supplement school based learning and provide a release from the strain of the daily psychological pressure of living in this high conflict zone.

2. Gaza Community Based Rehabilitation Programme
The project is targeting children and adults disabled in the recent conflict it is co-financed with the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund. A holistic programme beginning with home visits, medical checks and physical therapy is closely followed by home adaptations to return the individual’s independence and then trying to get them back to school or work. Also incorporates family counseling to enable the family to adapt and cope with the needs of the disabled family member.

3. Tree Replanting Programme
More than 4,000,000 m² of cultivated Palestinian land has been destroyed since the outbreak of the current conflict, in late September 2000. These fruit bearing trees, an integral part of the Palestinian landscape, have provided livelihoods for local families for generations. In addition, throughout this turbulent period, unemployment has soared to a current high of 75% as the population is under siege and not allowed to pass through checkpoints to get to work. Food supplies have also been severely disrupted and are in short supply. The World Bank has stated that 70% of Palestinians in Gaza and 50% in the West Bank now live in poverty (defined as less than US $2 per day, person) and the U.N. has stated that 62% of the Palestinian population is currently at risk.

This reforestation project aims to restore agricultural produce-generated incomes and important sources of nutrition, it will also increase self-reliance by providing job opportunities for young Palestinians. This project is initially focussed on replanting severely damaged orchards in Bethlehem, Nablus, Ramallah and the Gaza Strip.

Results by June 2002

	Projected	Actual
Trees Planted	26,000	42,701
Dunums Planted	800	1,603
Villages	14	19
Governorates	7	8
Locations	228	600
Beneficiary Families	175	631

4. Emergency Projects – West Bank and Gaza

   4.1 Development of Al Razi Charitable Medical Center-Gaza
WA is establishing a small operating theatre, a physical therapy room, and a mini pharmacy for Al Razi hospital in order to provide much needed medical care for the injured at Al Nuseirat Refugee camp.

   4.2 AROURA Charitable society West Bank
Funds are allocated to support the development of the Kindergarten for the society as part of the school playground was destroyed.

Lebanon

1. Dalal and Future Kids Kindergartens provide early childhood education to girls and boys aged 3-5 years in the Palestinian refugee camps of Shatilla and Bourj El-Barajneh, in Beirut. Future Child KG has 100 children in four classes and Dalal KG has 125 children in 5 classes. Without these classes there is no pre-school education available for all of these children.

2. ‘Creation of a Social Model Toward Inclusion of Disabled Palestinian Refugee Children in Primary Schools in Camps in Lebanon’ (Planned for June 03 – June 06.) This project aims to include disabled Palestinian children in primary school education in the refugee camps in Lebanon

Three new programmes are planned for 2003 in Lebanon:

3. Vocational Training – offering programmes to all the refugee camps in areas where vacancies do exist and with relevant qualifications graduates of these courses will have real possibilities of bringing an income to their families.
4. Pre-School Education, those completing pre-school and learning basic skills continue on to primary school, otherwise they begin primary school without the skills of most of their peers, gradually lose their confidence, drop out of the education system with no hope of securing future work.
5. Improving Services for the Disabled - in the refugee camps. Including physical therapy, family counselling, home adaptations and community awareness raising and capacity building training for local NGOs serving this sector, this programme is urgently needed.

• Annual Review 2004-05 [PDF file] File size 855 MB

Projects supported by Welfare Association (UK) in 2001

West Bank and Gaza
Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Therapy for Children
Establishing and equipping four emergency outreach medical centres, (Districts of Tulkarem, Ramallah, Jenin and Gaza)	£22,867
Emergency Centre at Shifa Hospital, Jabalia, Gaza	£4,573
Trauma Counselling for children in Jerusalem and Gaza	£11,434
Artificial Eyes, St Johns Hospital, Jerusalem	£13,879
Children’s Workshops, Palestinian National Theatre, Jerusalem	£14,000
Childrens Club, Gaza	£24,800
Therapy for disabled children, Ramallah	£4,858
Transferring acutely injured patients for treatment in Jordan	£2,120
Community Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation Programmes for disabled people in Jenin	£16,961
Disability Equipment Loans Centre, Hebron	£15,000
Rehabilitation Training and Psychological services for children in Gaza	£35,826
Vocational Training for disabled adults in Khan Younis	£20,818
Vocational Training Courses for disabled people at Birzeit University	£17,348
Pre-School Education and Children’s Programmes
Upgrading Kindergartens in Hebron	£5,000
Community Garden for a Kindergarten in Khan Younis, Gaza	£500
IT Labs in West Bank Schools	£16,539
Environmental Restoration
Restoring Community Orchards	£7,692
Projects in Lebanon
Vocational Training
Nursing and IT Training Programmes, Beqa’a Valley	£19,241
Community Centres for Disabled Children
New centre for children with special needs in Mar Elias Camp, Beirut	£18,661
Special needs school for children, Beddawi	£3,000
Pre-School Education
Kindergarten in Shatilla Camp, Beirut	£3,000
Cultural Activities
Palestinian Folkloric Singing Group’ Jafra, performing in refugee camps	£1,000
Air conditioning unit for Theatre, Library and computer room, Bourj Al Barajneh, Beirut	£1,000
Total project expenditure 2001	£280,117

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