2005 Progress Report

Support of sports teams, Summer camps, Scouts, and Dabkeh groups.

The different youth centres suffer from extreme financial constraints especially under the current economic conditions, the absence of an official party to sponsor and support these centres, and the inability to find sufficient financial support through membership fees.

Consequently the various groups in the youth centres are unable to find sufficient financial support at a time when they serve as the only and sole outlet for youth in Jerusalem that enhance the positive role of youth in the society.
   

 

The objectives of the project:

  • Support to the sports teams, providing young people with the chance to practice their hobbies and use their time in useful and productive activities.
  • Support of discipline and team work concepts and values through scouts.
  • Support initiatives and youth activities particularly in a city that lacks many of the services that young people need such as playgrounds, youth clubs, and recreational centers.
  • Preserve Palestinian heritage by supporting the popular Dabkeh dancing.
   
  1. Support to Scouts groups: Jabal Al Mukabber club, Jeeb club, Orthodox club.
  2. Support to Sports teams: The Arab Sports Institute, Taikwando team, Moslem youth club/Jabaa.
  3. Other: PalVision Foundation through support to the Jerusalem Rangers project "Jawalit Al Quds", and the Moslem Youth Society/Arram by renovating the facilities.
   
   

Supporting Libraries:

  1. Sponsored reading campaign: The idea is based on including a number of children who visit libraries constantly to participate in a reading competition. The participants read a book from a pre-selected collection of books, and in return for each book that the child reads, the child agrees with a sponsor to pay a fixed amount of money that goes to support the libraries. The sponsor is usually a member of the child's family or someone from the neighbourhood where the child lives. The participant collects the money in the campaign's box, and the total collected amount at the end of the campaign is used to support the participating libraries.
  2. Completion of the establishment of a library at the Abu Dees Club.
  3. Start-up works on the establishment of Al Mintar Library at Beit Anan village.
   

   
   

Faisal Al-Husseini Youth Award:

A joint project between FHF and the Youth Development Department, and is considered an opportunity for Palestinian Youth age group 14-25 year, to contribute towards serving the Palestinian society in terms of people and institutions and at the same time discover their skills and work on developing them and strengthen their sense of belonging to the homeland, engrain the value of voluntary and team-work through carefully designed programs to achieve these objectives. The idea of the award simulates the principles of the International Youth Award known as Duke of Edinburgh Award in Britain launched in 1956 and Al-Hassan Award for youth in Jordan.

The award is of a non-competitive nature and focuses on the participants self-challenge. The minimum age of the graduate for each level of the award is as follows:

  • 14.5 for the bronze award.
  • 15.5 for the silver award.
  • 17.5 for the golden award.

Work began on the preparations needed for this award in cooperation with the various educational, youth, and service institutions as well as training of the coordinators in the targeted areas in Jerusalem.