1- Empowering eighty (80) Palestinian women from the central area of the West
Bank and Jerusalem funded by the Arab Economic and Social Fund: The project
initiated in June of 2009 and will go on until March of 2011. With an investment
of 70K Kuwaiti Dinars, the first phase trainees are from the areas of Kalandia
Refugee Camp, Beitunia, Jaba’a, Jeeb, Bir Nabala, Ram, Kufor Nama, and Deir
Ghassana.
2- Empowering 100 Palestinian women from the central area of the
West Bank and Jerusalem funded by the UNRWA, the Al-Aqsa Fund
at the Islamic Bank, and with participation of the Palestinian Authority
/ the Ministry of Social Affairs and Planning. With an investment of
274,017 USD for the period between September 2007 and August
2009, participants come from the following areas: Kalandia Refugee
Camp, Jaba’a, Ni’lin, Midyeh, Beit Sira, Beit Ur, Saffa, Qibya, Beit
Ijza, Beit Surik, Qatanna, Ama’ari Refugee Camp, Jdeira, Janya, Beit
Rima, Mazara Nubani, Beitillo, Kufor Nama, Deit Ghassana, Kufor
Ein, Bi’lin, Deir Bzi’, Arura, and Kharbatha Bani Hareth. The first and
second classes have already graduated.
The first graduation ceremony was attended by Dr. Sa’adi Karnaz,
secretary general of the Ministers’ Council. The second graduation
ceremony was attended by Dr. Salam Fayyad, Palestinian Prime Minister.
3- Empowering forty (40) Palestinian females through enhancing their
capacities in the Art of sewing and industrial details funded by the
Palestinian Telecommunications Company (PalTel) with an investment
of 51,630 USD, for a period that span between the 19th of February
of 2007 and the 19h of December of 2007. Trainees came from the
following areas: Kalandia Refugee Camp, Beit Rima, Mazara Nubani,
Arura, Qibya, Shiqba, Midya, Rantees, Jaba’a, and Deir Bzi’. Women
graduated on the 30th of March of 2008. On the 1st of April, 2009,
sewing machines were distributed around 21 women after having met
with them in order to determine who needed the machines to improve
the income of their families.
4- Empowering forty (40) Palestinian females through enhancing their
capacities in the Art of sewing and professional details. Funded by the
Advocacy for Democracy and Civil Society program, with an investment
of 141,685 USD, for a period that span between the 1st of July, 2004
and the 30th of June, 2005. Trainees came from the following areas:
Biddu, Beitillo, Kalandia Refugee Camp, Ramallah, Ein Areek, Deir
Qiddis, Beit Liqia, Kharbatha Bani Hareth, and Silwad. The project
included the development of women society leaders in order to enhance
the relationship between the cooperative and the local society (in
hopes of delivering services to these areas with facility and efficiency).
The Cooperative carried out practical training and provided lectures
to the “leaders” during three consecutive days by skilled trainers.
All participants were tested after training and those who fulfilled the
requirements were chosen as the “leaders”.
5- Empowering forty (40) Palestinian females through enhancing
their capacities in the Art of sewing and professional details. Funded
by the Advocacy for Democracy and Civil Society program, with an
investment of 100,000 USD, for a period that span between the 1st of
October, 2002 and the 30th of September, 2003. Trainees came from the
following areas: Deir as-Sudan, Kalandia Refugee Camp, Beitunia, Deir
Qiddis, Umm Sharayet, Ama’ari Refugee Camp, and Biddu. Of those
who benefited from the project were the wives of the political prisoners
and the martyrs; also, the widows, divorcees and young women. A good
citizen donated one machine for each one of the widows of the martyrs,
and wives of the prisoners. The graduation ceremony took place on the
15th of August, 2003.
6- Training and enabling 26 young marginalized Palestinian females,
in the art of sewing and industrial details. The project was funded
by the Welfare Association with an investment of 51,000 USD. The
project period was the 1st of July, 1999 until 1st of July, 2000. Trainees
came from the following areas: Deir Sudan, Kalandia Refugee Camp,
Bireh, Imm Sharayet, Ama’ari Refugee Camp, Kufor Aqab, Ein
Areek, and Ram.
Cosmetics and Hairstyling:The Cooperative carried out the
following projects:
The project to enhance the roles of forty (40) females and
marginalized young women through training them in civil education
and hairstyling. The project was funded by the Welfare Association for
Administering the Palestinian civil Institutes in the value of 107,209
USD for the period between the 1st of April, 2004 until the 31st of
May, 2004. Fifty (50) Participants graduated from the following areas:
Deir Ammar, Ein Areek, Beitillo, Qatanna, Aboud, Jalazone Refugee
Camp, and Jerusalem. The graduation ceremony took place on the 26th
of February, 2004.
The Cosmetics Project, which was funded by the Arab Fund
for Economic&Social Development in the value of 29267 Dinars, the
project was initiated on the 1st of January, and will proceed until the 30th
of July, 2010. The project aims at economically empowering 30 women
through professional training, to enable them to start up their own small
projects in their areas of residence, hoping to provide for honorable
livelihood for themselves and their families
Professional training with wool: The Cooperative started to carry
out these projects in order to promote producing wool sweaters and
knitting. The products were distributed around school students, and
provided work opportunities and income for the participating women,
in order to improve their economic situations. These projects are:
The Wool Sweater project for the benefit of the Kalandia
Refugee Camp Girls School. The project was funded by the Jerusalem
Unit in the value of 8000 USD. The project aimed towards 365 Students
distributed as follows:
Seventh graders, 125 students
Eight graders, 120 students
Ninth graders, 119
Ten impoverished women were employed to finish the project, and
provided them with income.
Warm Winter Project for the benefit of the students and the
residents of the Kalandia Refugee Camp. The project was funded by
PalTel, in the value of 45,000 USD. The projects aimed at providing
work opportunities to women and provide blankets and warm winter
clothes for students and impoverished families at the Kalandia refugee
Camp. The number of beneficiaries from the project was 1575 individual.
Wool Sweater to the benefit of the marginalized schools in remote
villages and in the refugee camps in the West Bank. The project was
funded by the Welfare Association in the value of 25,000 USD for the
period of the 1st of February, 2005 and the 31st of July, 2003. 56 women
and girl were hired to knit sweaters, which included women who worked
at similar projects in the past. The sweaters were distributed among
2064 students in the elementary and the pre-school ages at the school in
Kalandia RC, Ama’ari RC and Jalazone RC.
Campaign for the Wool Sweaters for the benefits of school
students, a two-part project: the first part consisted of distributing
sweaters among students from the schools of the Kalandia Refugee
Camp, 373 sweaters were donated to the girls, and 322 sweaters were
donated to the boys. In the second project, sweaters were distributed
among students at the school of Arroub and Fawwar. 644 sweaters were
distributed around the students of the Arroub girls and boys schools.
635 sweaters were distributed around students of the Fawwar girls and
boys schools.
Beneficiaries of both projects were students from the seventh, eighth
and ninth grades. The project was funded by the Welfare association
in the value of 48,000 USD. The project span was the 1st of April,
2003 until the 31st of March, 2004. It provided work opportunities to
250 women. 36% of the total value was paid to labor. 30 women were
trained in the art of Tricot lacing, in order to enable them to produce and
generate higher income.
Handcrafts and Embroidery: Embroidery has been part of the
history of the Cooperative ever since it was established. This section
is considered one of the cooperative’s most productive units, with five
employees to do the finishes on the embroidered pieces, and 500 women
who create the embroidery.
This unit has carried out few projects including:
Providing emergency employment opportunities for women
in Palestinian embroidery at the Refugee Camps and areas in the
Central West Bank: The project was funded by the Welfare Association
in value of 30,000 USD from the 7th of January 2001 until the 15th
of April, 2001. 84 women were hired to work with an operations
rate of 60%. Embroidered pieces were used as operational capital in
order to sustain aid to impoverished families. Income was provided
to the women laborers which encouraged them to continue working.
Women with limited experience in the field were trained and employed.
Communication and contact with various areas were provided through
agents who were hired to distribute work around women and to insure
that goods were ready for the cooperative to receive.
Emergency Employment for Women Working in Palestinian
Embroidery: Funded by the Welfare Association in the value of
25,000 USD, for the period between the 12th of March, 2001 and 31st
of March, 2002. 102 women were employed at this project, directly
benefiting their families.