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Civil society strengthening
CARE has a long-term commitment to engage Palestinian communities in development processes that enable them to determine their futures, realize their rights, and live in peace and dignity. It aims to strengthen the capacity of Palestinian civil society organizations (CSOs), complementing its emergency humanitarian efforts in the health, food security, and water sectors. To achieve this, CARE empowers Palestinian CSOs and NGOs to become more effective advocates of their own interests and rights. CARE also promotes gender equality as a fundamental element of development strategies that seek to enable all people -women and men alike - to escape poverty and improve their standard of living. It works on creating the opportunity for women to exercise their right to identify their aspirations, participate in public processes to improve their lives, reduce the vulnerability in the face of personal or family crises and during economic difficulties, and increase their ability to influence decisions in their communities.
In addition, CARE advocates for conflict mitigation. We believe that any peaceful future for the Palestinian people and their Israeli neighbors is going to be predicated on a Palestinian community which is civil, able to resolve disputes without violence, and whose citizens are able to function and engage socially, politically, and economically in a peaceful society. Thus, CARE works with various audiences to create a cadre of Palestinian women, men, and children, who are conversant in developing conflict resolution. This results in a population equipped with attitudes that lend themselves to positive citizenry; trust, cooperation, communication, kindness, respect for rules, respect for other’s property, under- standing other’s feelings, and responsibility for one’s actions.
Current Projects:
Bena'a: Empowering Palestinian Women, Transforming Communities
This project aims to benefit over 2,500 individuals by supporting Community Based Organizations (CBOs) with training, skill development, and action plans. Support for women’s participation in social, political and economic spheres is emphasized ....
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Eye to the Future: Building Skills and Attitudes that Underwrite and Promote Conflict Mitigation in Gaza
This project aims to provide high quality child centred mitigation for 2,400 children at risk. The program provides training for techniques and methodologies as well as actively engages parents and community leaders ....
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Completed Projects:
Tazeez: Strengthening Civil Society Organizations to Respond to the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
To provide sub-grants to civil society organizations (CSOs) that deliver humanitarian assistance in the Gaza Strip and to help them build their organizational capacity and promote social networks ....
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CSDS: Civil Society and Democracy Strengthening project
(formerly TAMKEEN)
Project Sector: Civil Society Strengthening
Project Type: Development
Donor: USAID
Launched in September 2000, is a six-year project funded by the United States Agency for International Development. Approximately 16 million dollars of funding are given directly as grants to Palestinian civil society organizations. By the end of March 2005, the project ....
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Promotion of Popular Theatre in Development
Project Sector: Civil Society Strengthening
Project Type: Development
Donor: CIDA
Popular Theater is a unique educational approach that started with the work and writings of Brazilian artist and educator Augusto Boal. Popular Theater is a highly dynamic, provocative, interactive tool intended to increase awareness, initiate change, or modify attitudes and actions ....
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