Welfare Association (WA)

National Network
فلسطين
Telephone
00970-2-2415130
Telephone (other)
00970-2-2975984
Fax
00972-2-2975984
E-Mail
daouda@jwelfare.org
E-Mail (2)
alouln@jwelfare.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2006
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Democracy and community development
  3. Heritage
  4. Youth and education
General Information
Welfare Association (WA) is a not-for-profit organization established in Geneva-Switzerland, in 1983 by Palestinian and Arab business and intellectual figures to support sustainable development and provide humanitarian relief to Palestinian people in its areas of operations. It is an independent development organization without political, partisan or factional affiliation. WA partners with hundreds of Palestinian non government organizations in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, 1948 areas, and the Palestinian communities in Lebanon. The WA’s General Assembly has close to 150 Arab and Palestinian members representing the business and intellectual elite not only in Palestine and but across the Arab region. WA also has a staff close to 100 professionals responsible for implementing programs and projects with offices spanning all its areas of operations. It was registered in Palestine in 2006. The WA has built an Endowment Fund of $60 million through earmarked donations from members and the community. WA relies on drawing on investment earnings from its endowment in addition to grants from individuals, institutions, foundations, bilateral and multilateral donors in the Arab region, Europe and USA. Its annual program expenditure is close to $30million.
Mission and Objectives

WA envisions the Palestinian people as citizens of an independent, free, and democratic Arab Palestine, living in dignity, prosperity, and self-fulfilment, with equitable access to opportunities to realize their full potential with distinction and creativity.
WA strives to make a distinguished contribution toward furthering the progress of the Palestinians, preserving their heritage and identity, supporting their living culture and building civil society. It aims to achieve these goals by methodically identifying the Palestinian people’s needs and priorities and establishing the soundest mechanisms to maximize the benefits from the available funding resources.
WA objectives:
* Encourage the preservation of Palestinian culture and identity and the revival of Palestinian cultural heritage.
* Develop, upgrade and empower Palestinian individuals to become productive, professional and capable of achieving their goals and aspirations and to contribute to economic and social change.
* Empower local institutions and assist them in providing services that respond to the needs of Palestinians by employing the requirements of good governance and achieving sustainability.
* Provide rapid and effective response to any emergency situation that may put the life, security or health of Palestinians at risk.

Main Projects / Activities

Working Sectors and Programs:
In its strategic plan 2011-2013; WA identified four main sectors of intervention: education, culture, community development, and emergency and humanitarian assistance. It adopts a set of development and relief programs and interventions that respond to community needs in all WA fields of operation.
These programs are envisaged to be comprehensive and sustainable in order to expand their impact both vertically and horizontally.
Within this context, the plan gives priority to integrated and comprehensive programs, in addition to a number of individual programs that allow a space for adopting new initiatives or responding to area-specific needs.
The program packaging concept does not apply to the emergency and humanitarian assistance sector as it adopts varied intervention mechanisms based on emergency and humanitarian assistance needs.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

In its four main sectors of intervention that assists Palestinian development efforts namely: education, culture, community development, and emergency and humanitarian assistance, the WA adopts a set of development and relief programs and interventions that respond to community needs in all WA fields of operation. These programs are envisaged to be comprehensive and sustainable in order to be attractive for replication for wider impact. Children and youth, the poor, students especially from under-served areas/communities, and special needs individuals are particularly targeted. WA strength is its function not only as a donor, but as a partner in implementation with many donor organizations. It has a wide network of partners locally in West Bank and Gaza Strip, which enables it to be ready for implementation and overseeing of activities with no delay in quality systematic means. This strength can play a key role in supporting/overseeing/partnering future AFL projects within the network of 230 current members, whom some are already current partners with WA.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

There are several cross cutting objectives that both our organisations address, and being a part of the ALF network will enable further dialogue and sharing of best practices in the fields of activities.

Contact (1) Full Name
Naser Aloul (RDCM Director)
Head of the organisation
Dr. Tafeeda Jarbawi (Director General of WA)
Contact (2) Full Name
Amal Daoud (RDCM Manager)