Al-irsal street
Ramallah, Palestine
Palestinian Territories
- Youth and education
New Generation is a non-profit youth organization that has been active since 2011, run by a group of youth workers who believe in the competence of youth. It became registered in June 2016 .our target group is young people between 18-30 years old with or without previous experience in tour field in non-formal education. All of the staff of our association have wide experience in “Erasmus +”. -Anas al Alqaryouti: The vice president of New Generation. -Ihab Sabbah: A volunteer and member -Ayah Ghazawna: A volunteer and member of New Generation, -Maysa Karkar is in charge of all the financial officer. Our methods and competences: -Loesje creative text writing workshops raise awareness of social and political issues to strengthen and improve the communication, analytical, and activism skills of participants. -Regular workshops and training. -EVS (#European Voluntary Service), -informal education (Training) - international seminars. main partners -loesje.V Berlin -Germany -Giosef Torino – Marti Gianello Guida A.P.S. -National YWCA of Palestine -Palestine -Loesje Palestine -palestine -European Union
New Generation is a non-profit youth organization that has been active since 2011, run by a group of youth workers who believe in the competence of youth. It became registered in June 2016. The mission of New Generation is to Support the Palestinian young generation. We want to help them to become self-aware, to take the initiative, and to participate and lead in the Palestinian society. In order to make a positive change in their social behaviour and development we use creative and innovative methods, cultural and sports activities to identify their strengths which can be integrated into the sustainable development process. Our vision is to raise and validate the value of human personality through non-formal educational activities. Our goals:: To provide youth with skills that will empower them, support their sense of initiative, and help them in being active citizens in the community To implement various learning mobility projects under the Erasmus+ programme and gain access to regional and international networks To develop activities which promote democracy To promote tolerance, diversity, and equal chances in society To create community development programs which fight against prejudices To develop professional, social, and cultural activities and civic commitment To promote gender equality as part of our programming and activities To promote political involvement
We run various activities which are split into fields like education, culture, social work,community development, human rights, and youth work. We also volunteer with schools and youth centres to support the children and youth skills, and to increase their knowledge in different social aspects in order to improve their situations and increase their development opportunities. On the regional level; we work in intercultural activities, human rights education, and youthparticipation. The organization has EVS Accreditation within the Erasmus+ Youth in Action programme. In most cases our activities are connected with the other activities of the NGO. We gain experience through work with our local communities in Palestine which we can transfer to our actions all over the world, and the work we do in the rest of the world gives us experience which we can use to help those same communities in Palestine. The organization’s goals for the future are co-learning from other European associations, creating strong networking in order to train our youth workers and share methods. With this program we can bring the youth community in rural areas the opportunity to discover European values through programs of volunteering and mobility in order to empower them to use this knowledge in the future for developing their own communities.
We gain experience through work with our local communities in Palestine which we can transfer to our actions all over the world, and the work we do in the rest of the world gives us experience which we can use to help those same communities in Palestine. The organization’s goals for the future are co-learning from other European associations, creating strong networking in order to train our youth workers and share methods. With this program we can bring the youth community in rural areas the opportunity to discover European values through programs of volunteering and mobility in order to empower them to use this knowledge in the future for developing their own communities.
New Generation believes that integrating youth in volunteer work in their country or abroad will encourage them to become involved in the political process and give them the ability to amplify their voices to create the change that they want to see in the world. After our organization started working with youth we could feel the difference that we were making. Therefore we decided we had to take part in creating a space for the youth in which they can interact with the world, develop their skills, and learn the power of participation. For example, our Palestinian participants who joined in different Erasmus projects faced many challenges throughout the process of completing the application, travelling to our locations and returning back to their homes. This process for u means a lot because we believe that these situations shaped their personality and thoughts. And it certainly motivated them to return for the next step in their personal development. Young Palestinians represent the largest percent of the Palestinian population, but they are still the most marginalized group and receive few opportunities and limited mobilization because of the occupation. We also believe that breaking stereotypes, critical thinking, and intercultural dialogue goes hand in hand. This increases their cultural awareness which leads them to understand diversity and to be more tolerant of others and respecting without limits and previous judgments. ESC projects also help volunteers to shape their social and self identity, and instead of staying in the same bubble of family and friends which they have always been in they are exposed to new cultures and new friends, which helps them to become more independent. ESC projects have many different learning processes within eight different areas of focus which will lead sustainable change in the Palestinian and international young workers. They promote youth workers to communicate with other youth workers in different languages, and gives them the ability and confidence to express their opinions, ideas, and thoughts in ways which respect other people. They advance universal values, especially human rights, international rights and social responsibility; and promote cooperation and solidarity. We would definitely like to be part of the international change, and provide a strong base for youth and be the support which they need to become the leaders for now and for the future.