Anna Lindh Foundation

Youth Development and Voluntary Work Association

National Network

Palestine

Street address 2

Mobile Phone

00970 599 672062

Telephone

00970 2 296 35 93

Telephone (other)

00970 2 599 521 910

E-Mail

rulakhateeb@ydvwa.org.ps

E-Mail (2)

ahmadkamal@ydvwa.org.ps

Year of Establishment

2004

Contact Person1

Rula Khateeb

Contact Person 2

Ahmad Kamal

Organisation Type

Non-Governmental Organization

Fields of Activity

Democracy and community development

General Information

• There are 3 employees. • Budgetary resources is 50.000 USD yearly. • Sources of funding is donations and membership fees • Modalities of our actions are concrete projects, exchanges, seminars, scholarships, adoption children, women.

Mission and Objectives

Youth Development and Voluntary Work association is a nongovernmental, non-profit and voluntary association, works on developing Youth capacities, improving their skills, increasing their experiences, raising their awareness and investing their capabilities in building and serving their communities. In addition to that, Youth Development and Voluntary Work association works to activate Youth role in decision making, to empower them in order to be able to lead their communities, and to represent the Youth in all levels of decision making.

Main Projects / Activities

1. Youth and children exchange program: A. Annual International youth summer camp July. The aim of these summer camp is to enable the youth from exchanging their experiences, hobbies, innovations and cultures. It will strengthen the relation between the Palestinian Youth and the International youth and open their minds to others from other countries. B. Children camp at Athens, it will start at 19th of July till 10th of August, with participation of 28 under poverty line and traumatized children, the cost of this project reached 20,000 USD. C. 2. Women Empowerment functionally and psychologically program. A. We held several courses, lectures and workshops regarding the most critical issues that concern our youth such as: violence and peaceful struggle, elections and voters rights and duties, international youth challenges, handicapped rights and struggles. B. Developing unemployed youth capabilities by acquiring them new skills to enable them of improving their financial situation.