The Welfare Association assists Palestinian development efforts through the main program tracks of Culture and Identity, Human Resource Development , and Capacity-building, and a special relief program of Humanitarian Assistance to the Palestinian refugee camp community in Lebanon. Children and youth, the poor, students, and special needs individuals are particularly targeted through both small and large-scale projects.

Since 2000, urgent relief and emergency development projects in health, education and housing have been supported under Emergency Programs.

Externally-funded, semi-autonomous programs within these tracks are the Old City of Jerusalem Revitalization Program, Information Technology for Youth Project, and the PNGO Project.

Beneficiary Organizations
More than 600 non-governmental civil society organizations and charitable institutions, large and small, have received grants for implementing development projects or for providing humanitarian relief for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, in needy Palestinian communities in Israel and in refugee camps in Lebanon. WA has also partnered with Palestinian ministries and local councils for building or upgrading of schools, parks and cultural centers, and equipping hospitals and clinics.

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