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Youth Development Association (YDA)

National Network

Palestine

Street address 2

Mobile Phone

00970598904460

Telephone

009702976662

Telephone (other)

00970598904458

E-Mail

talal@youthda.ps

E-Mail (2)

suha.omer@youthda.ps

E-Mail (3)

info@youthda.ps

E-Mail (4)

jusoor@gmail.com

Website

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Year of Establishment

2003

Contact Person1

Mr. Talal Abu Kishek

Contact Person 2

Ms. Suha Omer

Organisation Type

Non-Governmental Organization

Fields of Activity

Youth and education

General Information

Organizational structure:1- General Assembly 2- Board of Directors 3- YDA’s Executive Body: it is composed of the general director of YDA, IT coordinator, and five main departments, they are: Administration Department, Public Relations Department, Lobbying, Advocacy and Media Department, Programs and Projects Department, and Financial Department. 12 full time employees and 1 part time. Budgetary resources:revenues of projects. Sources of funding: projects with our donors. Modalities of action: concrete projects and exchanges. Main partners:Servei Civil Internacional(SCI), African Community,Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs through Left Youth of Finland, Associazione Cooperazione Allo Sviluppo + italian cooperation(ACS),OPEC, Euro-Med, NGO Development Cneter +Maan Center,NGO Development Cneter + Palestinian Counseling Center, NGO Development Center,Catholic Agency for Overseas Development.

Mission and Objectives

Mission: We are a Palestinian non-governmental youth organization that works on informing children and youth, improving their talents and ensuring an infrastructure for juvenile work to enable children and youth to effectively contribute to a sustainable societal development. YDA also seeks to open perspectives of cultural and knowledge exchange between Palestinian youth and their international counterparts. Objectives: 1- Building and developing the capacities of children and youth. 2- Promoting voluntary work among children and youth. 3- Contributing to solving the problems of the unemployed youth. 4- Providing Places for children and youth to practice and develop their talents. 5- Creating youth leaders and building their capacities to lead & protect the Palestinian youth movement’s objectives and to serve the Palestinian society.

Main Projects / Activities

Projects: YDA Cultural Forums,Saving and credit Associations, Generation of Hope, Generation of tolerance, youth and voluntary work, Enhancing hope among youth for societal change,Big Brother Big Sister, Restoration of YDA premises in Wad Fokeen, Days in Palestine, lobbying and advocacy. Activities: 1- Youth Capacity Building Program. 2- Unemployed Youth Rehabilitation and Employment Program. 3- Voluntary Work Promotion Program. 4- International Youth Exchange Program. 5- Childhood Program. 6- Advocacy and Lobbying Program.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

to affect our civil society positively by arranging awareness campaigns about values like human and women rights, respect and accepting the other; to conduct training sessions and workshops for youth and children to enhance those values inside them; to organize campaigns to lobby for such issues.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

because we in Youth Development Association believe in values of human rights, respect and accepting the other regardless of their cultures or beliefs .through joining ALF we will support our civil society.
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