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Project Activities for the last 8 year (PDF)
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*Beyond Closures, into Computer Science...
*Far from Finished...
*Time for Thyme...
*A Land for Growing, not Settlement Growth...
*Homegrown Health...
*MA'A Donations: Buy Children
Clothes for the Eid
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Other Success story
in Gaza
*
Jabalia refugee
camp (Success Story)
* Gaza Implemented
UPA Food Drive a Success!
Training Activities:
Activity Update: July -
October 1999
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July |
MA’AN Development Center in
cooperation with The Agricultural Relief Committees, the
Agricultural Cooperatives, and the Human Resource Development Unit
at the Ministry of Agriculture, conducted a training needs
assessment for the general managers at the Ministry of Agriculture,
as a step towards developing a complete training program for all the
staff at the Ministry. |
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July |
MA’AN and The World Vision signed
the Block Grant Contract with the Welfare Consortium covering a
budget of 650,000 US$. The project involves distributing grants
ranging from 5000 US$ to 25000 US$ to the small NGOs in Jenin
District, South and Middle Gaza and the Old city of Jerusalem. The
recipient NGOs will implement development projects in non-formal
education for women, non-formal education for children, programs for
the elderly and income-generating projects for women. The program
was launched on October 11, and distribution of grants will start
within the coming two months. |
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September |
MA’AN conducted a needs assessment
for local NGOs and youth between 14-20 years of age in Burquin
village in Jinin for the benefit of the Quaker Palestine Youth
Program. The needs assessment was conducted to assist the Quaker’s
Youth Program to develop with Burquin local NGOs programs for youth
according to the needs of the youth themselves as well as the NGOs,
and to establish a resource center in the village of Burquin for the
use of the community. |
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September |
MA’AN conducted a comprehensive
strategic planning for the Ministry of NGOs. A detailed strategy was
developed including outputs, inputs, organizational structure, job
description, training needs assessment for Ministry staff. |
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September |
MA’AN started implementing the
project “Empowering Palestinian ‘Rural Women” which is
approved and funded by the Welfare Consortium. MA’AN conducted 54
hours of training in Food Processing and 42 hours of training in
home-garden design and work is being carried out on 64 gardens in
five villages in Salfeet district, using the grey water in
irrigation. |
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September |
MA’AN published a book prepared by
Mr. George Kurzom (Head of the Research and Information Unit)
entitled: Chemical Pesticides :The Dirty War. An Introduction to
Alternatives.
The study consists of 218 pages and discusses the misguided use of
chemical pesticides in the Palestinian territories. The study
presents some of the most poisonous and dangerous chemical
pesticides in the West Bank and Gaza and shows that a large
percentage of those pesticides causes cancer (blood cancer, lungs
cancer, lymphatic, brain cancer, bone cancer) in addition to
neurotic diseases and other mal-figurations and miscarriages.
The study presents in detail the non-chemical alternatives that
protect the plants from the diseases and it also introduces a number
of organic, mechanical and traditional methods to fight the
different diseases. The study presents the different commercial and
scientific names of the most commonly used chemical pesticides, and
describes their side-effects and introduces alternatives for the
same types of diseases.
The study is the first study in Arabic language that deals with the
chemical pesticides commonly used in a number of Arab and third
world countries. |
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July-August- September |
MA’AN continued publishing its
articles in the agricultural weekly page in Al-Quds Newspaper. The
articles discuss different development and agricultural issues, as
well as issues related to women and their development. |
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July – August – September |
MA’AN continued publishing its
articles on its internet web-site. Some of the articles were
translations of issues published in Al-Quds Newspaper, while others
discuss other different development and agricultural issues. |
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October |
On 4th October, MA’AN completed a
study for Care International entitled “Care Partnership Value
Added Study”. The purpose of this study is to gain an unbiased
understanding of the value-added that CARE International brings (or
could bring) to partnerships with Palestinian Governmental and
Non-Governmental institutions and organizations. Care seeks to
enrich its understanding of how it can support the work of
Palestinian Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations and
learn of any un-intended positive or negative consequences of its
relationships with local partners.
The study comprised of two primary parts. The first focused on
CARE’s current and former Palestinian Institutional and
Organizational Partners. In this part of the study, an assessment of
the actual positive and negative impacts of CARE’s relationships
with Palestinian Organizations and institutions was made. It
included an assessment of how CARE’s partnership relations could
have been improved and made more effective.
In the second part of the study, CARE’s current and potential future
institutional and organizational partners are to be interviewed to
seek insight into the benefits and value-added that an International
Organization (without particular reference to CARE) can bring to a
partnership with Palestinian Institutions and Organizations. The
point of this study is to determine what possibilities exist, beyond
the bounds of CARE’s current partnership relations for assisting
Palestinian organizations and institutions. |
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October |
MA’AN completed another study for
CARE International in October: A comparative Study of Employee
Compensation for CARE. The purpose of the study was to provide
an unbiased/scientific rational for setting and modifying salary and
benefits levels and systems for CARE West Bank and Gaza staff. CARE
seeks to employ and retain highly qualified staff at rates
comparable with other organizations working in the West Bank and
Gaza Strip. The study aimed at assisting CARE in evaluating and
determining the fairness and competitiveness of the employee
compensation package it offers its staff |
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October |
As per agreement with the World
Vision, MA’AN Development Center will start implementing A Skills
and Awareness Training for Women Community Workers in the villages
in the North of the West Bank.
This project intends to conduct training of women from selected
groups and women centers in the rural part of the northern West Bank
area. Each center or group will nominate at least two candidates to
participate in the training. The centers may elect different
committee members to attend different courses. The courses will help
women manage the centers efficiently, and conduct programs that will
benefit women themselves as well as their community. The subjects
covered by training are: Effective communication skills, English for
administration, Management skills, community development and the
role of NGOs Project Management, book keeping and basic accounting,
computer processing and data base, report writing, fund raising and
proposal writing. The total budget is 20,000 $ and the program
started on October 20 and will be finished within a period of seven
months |
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October |
MA’AN Development Center and the
Friedrich Naumann Foundation signed a contract on October 19 for the
implementation of the project “Recycling Wastes in Marda Village”
The project aims at forming the first recycling site in the
Palestinian Territories on village level. MA’AN aims through this
project to involve the Mards village community in an organic waste
recycling program that will reduce the volume of garbage outputs and
contribute to environmental preservation, as well as produce and
distribute organic fertilizers for local farmers and home gardeners.
This model is expected to initiate other villages in the West Bank
and Gaza to undertake recycling and composting of organic waste as a
means of getting rid of garbage, cleaning the environment,
minimizing water use and producing organic fertilizer.
The project will be implemented in cooperation with Marda
Sustainable Development Center which was established by MA’AN in
Marda village in Salfeet District in 1993 as a permaculture Center.
The total budget for the project is US$ 42,000 and the project
period is six months. |
* All publications are available and could be
purchased from MA’AN’s or Partners’ offices.
Training Courses Conducted: (from 1 July, 1999 – till 31 October ,1999)
| No | Training Course | Schedule | Training Hrs | Participants
T F M | Location | Target Group | Partner |
|---|
| 1 | Time Management | 29/6-4/7 | 20 | 11 | | 11 | Gaza | Heads of Municipalities (Mayors)
and Municipality Managers | APLA | | 2 | Start Your Business | 1/7-15/7 | 40 | 16 | 16 | | Gaza | Women | APHEDA | | 3 | MS – Access | 14/7-4/8 | 30 | 8 | | 8 | Ramallah | Principals and Directors of
Vocational Schools & Centers | APHEDA | | 4 | Start Up Your Business | 17/7-4/8 | 60 | 17 | 7 | 10 | Gaza | Entrepreneurs (women and men) | GTZ | | 5 | MS-Word 97 | 22/7-29/7 | 25 | 8 | | 8 | Ramallah | Directors of Vocational Schools and
Centers | Welfare Assoc | | 6 | Sewing Machine Maintenance | 30/7-22/8 | 50 | 29 | 29 | | Ghaza | Women in Refugee Camps | Mennonite (MCC) | | 7 | Time Management | 21/8-28/8 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 10 | Khan Younis | Mayors & Municipalities’ Managers | APLA | | 8 | Training Needs Assessment | 8/7 | 6 | 18 | 18 | | Ramallah | General Directors of MOA | MOA PARC-A | | 9 | English for Beginners | 30/8-29/9 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 4 | Salfeet | Women Coordinators | APHEDA | | 10 | English For Beginners | 30/8-6/10 | 30 | 21 | 21 | | Nablus | Women Coordinators | APHEDA | | 11 | MS-Word 97 – Advanced Level | 15/9-23/9 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 8 | Ramallah | Directors of Vocational Schools and
Centers | Welfare Assoc | | 12 | Internal Auditing | 4/10-25/10 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 18 | Ramallah | Accountants from Private companies
and Banks | BDC | | 13 | MS-Excel | 6/10-14/10 | 28 | 9 | | 9 | Ramallah | Directors of Vocational schools and
centers | Welfare Association | | 14 | Internal Auditing | 7/10-29/10 | 30 | 16 | | 16 | Ramallah | Accountants from private companies
and banks | BDC | | 15 | Time Management | 27/9-29/9 | 20 | 13 | | 13 | Ramallah | Mayors and Municipalities’ Managers | APLA | | 16 | English Conversation Beginners | 17/8-9/10 | 30 | 9 | | 9 | Ramallah | Staff of Ministry of Finance | GTZ | | 17 | English Conversation
Intermediate | 17/8-9/10 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 6 | Ramallah | Staff of Ministry of Finance | GTZ | | 18 | Start Up Your Business | 19/9-5/10 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 9 | Khan Younis | Women | APHEDA | | 19 | Food Processing | 14/9-30/9 | 25 | 26 | 26 | | Gaza | Women | APHEDA | | 20 | MS-Word 97 – Beginners | 4/10-26/10 | 15 | 13 | | 13 | Ramallah | Car Mechanics | YMCA | | 21 | Effective Communication Skills | 20/10-27/10 | 20 | 18 | 18 | | Nablus | Women Centers | World Vision | | Total | 609 | 312 | 160 | 152 | | | |
* Association of Palestinian Local Authorities
* MOA – Ministry of Agriculture
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| Food Security for Six
Villages Around Ramallah | 2/1/04 Funded By
European Union |
| Capacity Building for MA’AN
Development Center | 9/03 Funded By
NPA |
| Upgrading the Capacity of
MA’AN Development Center, Gaza Branch | 6/03 Funded By
British Consulate |
| Creating a Healthy
Environment in Kufr Neimeh School | 6/03 Funded By
Austral. Rep. Office |
| Supporting Youth Clubs in
Jerusalem and North Gaza | May 2003 Funded
By WAC |
| Project Managers Training
Project | 5/03 Funded By
Tamkeen |
| Emergency Food Security for
Jenin District | 4/03 Funded By
FCD, Belgian Gov’t |
| Al Bireh Learning Garden | 11/1/03 Funded
By British
Consulate |
| Producing Newsletter
Supplement on Environmental and Developmental Issues | 11/1/03 Funded
By UNDP/ GEF,
SGP |
| Food Security for Six
Villages in Jenin District | 9/1/03 Funded By
ACDI/ VOCA |
| Food Security for South Gaza | 7/1/03 Funded By
NPA |
| Emergency Medical Relief | 1/03 Funded By |
| Emergency Greenhouse Project | 3/1/03 Funded By
Belgian
gov’t |
| Emergency Job Creation
(partnered with World Vision) | 9/02 Funded By
USAID |
| Tackling Industrial
Pollution (partnered with PFI) | 8/02 Funded By
FNF |
| Empowering Rural Palestinian
Girls | 8/02 Funded By
UNICEF |
| Providing Hope to the
Children of Askar Refugee Camp | 6/02 Funded By
British Consulate |
| Alternatives to Chemical
Pesticides | 5/15/02 Funded
By UNDP/ GEF |
| Children Taking Part—WB
| 5/15/02 Funded
By Tamkeen |
| Children Taking Part—Gaza
| 5/15/02 Funded
By Tamkeen |
| Lifting the Load of
Palestinian Children | 4/22/02 Funded
By British Consulate, Caritas, Canada Fund |
| Training Program for
Unemployed Youth | 2/02 Funded By
GTZ |
| Providing Warmth to three
villages in Jenin District | 10/1/02 Funded
By NPA |
| APHEDA: Food Security for
Khan Younis | 8/1/02 Funded By
AusAID |
| Community Service Program
(partnered with CARE International) | 9/26/01 Funded
By USAID |
| Civil Society Capacity
Building | 3/23/01 Funded
By USAID to
ADF |
| Chemical Pesticide Awareness
Program | 2/01 Funded By
NPA |
| Restoring the Smiles of
Palestinian Youth | 8/1/01 Funded By
British
Consulate |
| Establishing a
Database/Directory for organizations service children | 7/01 Funded By
Min. of
Social Affairs |
| Village Service Program
(partnered with World Vision) | 1/1/01 Funded By
USAID |
| Development of Women Centers
to Cater to Support the Adolescents of Palestinian Society | 11/18/00 Funded
By UNICEF |
| Non-Formal Education for
Palestinian Women | 7/7/00 Funded By
APHEDA |
| Performance Analysis for
Civil Municipalities in the areas of Administration,
Management, Organization, and Service Provision | 3/00 Funded By
APA |
| Encouraging Women to Recycle | 7/1/00 Funded By
British
Consulate |
| Encouraging Women to Recycle | 7/1/00 Funded
By British
Consulate |
June 1998
Joint Initiative with
PNGO | Our Research and Information Unit conducts an analysis of the findings
of a survey conducted by the Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO). The
study surveyed the status of Palestinian NGOs in Jerusalem. |
| June 1998 | An Australian volunteer joins MA’AN’s staff (for one year) as
an assistant to the Director General and Resource Development Unit.
We warmly welcome our new recruit. |
May 1998
Egypt
Funded by GTZ/DtA | MA’AN’s Training Coordinator, Karam Sandouka, travels to Egypt
for a three-week CEFE methodology training of trainers workshop, as part
of the Palestinian-German Business Start-Up Programme. This program
was carried out in cooperation with GTZ/DtA. |
February 1998
Canada
Funded by MI Canada | Three of MA’AN’s trainers travel to Canada for a three-week
training course in food-processing, in cooperation with MI international. |
March 1998
Marda | The Marda Sustainable Development Center (formerly the Marda Permaculture
Center) is turned over to local community management. It is now run
by a Board of Trustees, of which MA’AN is a member |
February/March 1998
Gaza Strip
Funded by MI Canada | MA’AN conducts two training courses in Outboard Motor Maintenance
and Repair for Gaza Strip fishermen, in cooperation with Marine Institute
International, Canada |
1997
Funded by CARE | In another project within the MA’AN-CARE program, MA’AN
holds a special workshop to discuss the passing of a bill dealing with
sea fishing in Palestine. The proposed legislation is currently being
discussed by government officials. |
December 1997
Gaza Strip
Funded by CARE
International | Within the MA’AN-CARE development program, MA’AN conducts
a study on artificial corals. The study describes the corals, their
uses within the fisheries sector, the materials used in their production,
and how they are produced in the Mediterranean states. The study
concluded with recommendations related to the use of artificial corals
in the Gaza Strip shoreline. |
1997
Gaza Strip
Funded by Save the Children Federation | From a Child to a Child is a pilot project accomplished by MA’AN
Center/Gaza in cooperation with the Khuza’a Permaculture Center.
Through this project, children were trained on a number of community activities
and participated in discussions on socio-related topics. |
1997
Khuza’a
Funded by Save the Children Federation | In a joint effort with the Khuza’a Permaculture Center, an agricultural-environmental
project is conducted in Khuza’a. Rural women are trained in permaculture
techniques, such as home garden planting, grey water irrigation and composting. |
October 1997
Ramallah | Two new members join MA’AN’s Ramallah staff: Meral Al-Agha takes
the position of Resource Development Coordinator and Karam Sandouka is
employed as Training Coordinator. |
London
The British Council
Permaculture Training | Ra’afat Al-Khufash, Training Coordinator at Marda Permaculture Center,
and Khamis Rock, Training Coordinator at Khuza’a Permaculture Center, travel
to London for a 10-day training course in Organic Farming. Sponsored by
The British Council, their trip was initiated by an invitation from Hidra
Institute for Organic Farming. They visit several centers and institutions
working in organic farming, acquiring information on organic farming and
the use of alternative techniques. |
| September 1997 | A volunteer from UNIPAL works with our English Language Trainer, Regina
Khoury, for a period of three weeks on developing curriculum for the Communications
Skills (Intermediate Level) training program. |
July 1997
Gaza
Funded by CARE | After a year’s work of research and information gathering, a comprehensive
database on the fisheries sector is published as part of our fisheries
sector development program coordinated with CARE International. |
1997
Funded by NOVIB | MA’AN launches the CDS-ISIS database program, with the assistance
of NOVIB. By the end of 1997, the Resource Unit will be completely
computerized. |
July 1997
Funded by CDC | MA’AN launches a new computer accounting program for the Accounting
Unit, funded by the Center for Development Consultancy. The program
allows for financial analysis of each of MA’AN’s programs. |
June 1997
Gaza | Hala Dalo joins our Gaza staff as its new secretary. |
| 1997 | MA’AN connects to the Internet for access to global networking,
becoming the second Palestinian institution to have access to this technology.
This development will enable us to carry out new training not offered by other
institutions in the field. |
| March 1997 | MA’AN completes equipping its training halls and administrative
offices with the necessary equipment and furniture, making MA’AN
one of the leading training organizations in terms of capability and capacity. |
January 1997
Khuza’a | In keeping with the principle of encouraging self-reliance and self-sufficiency,
MA’AN
turns over the Khuza’a Permaculture Center (southern Gaza Strip) to local
community management. MA’AN had established the center in
1994 as a model of an integrated agricultural- environmental system that
meets the needs of the local community by working within the limits and
natural resources of the local environment. |
| 1996 | By the end of 1996, MA’AN issues two new publications, “A Practical
Guide to Composting of Household Waste” and “A Practical Guide to Grey
Water Management.” MA’AN’s publications now total 28 research
studies and technical guides. |
1996
Jointly with PNGO | As member of its Steering Committee, MA’AN works closely with
PNGO in an effort to better coordinate the work and efficiency of local
NGOs, and towards the development of national legislation to govern their
affairs. |
1996
Gaza
Study Day, Joint Effort with the Auditors’ Association | In a joint effort with the Auditors’ Association, MA’AN conducts
a study day in Gaza, entitled “Financial, Tax and Legal Measures Against
Inflation.” |
1996
Australia
Study Tour | To develop the capacity of our permaculture activities, Huda Audeh
and Rafa’at Al-Khufash travel to Australia to participate in the “Sixth
Annual International Permaculture Conference” in Perth, where Huda presents
a paper on the Palestinian situation. |
1996
Joint Initiative with the Vocational Training Center | As a member of the Vocational Training Council, MA’AN participates
with an expert team to develop a proposal for a national strategy for vocational
training centers in Palestine |
| 1996 | After five months of research and curriculum design, MA’AN develops
the “English for Specific Purposes” (ESP) program. A joint work effort
of two Australian experts and one Australian volunteer, this language training
project is the first of its kind in Palestine. |
1996
Ramallah | MA’AN undertakes major renovations to create a special training
facility in Ramallah, comprising two fully-equipped training halls and
a computer laboratory. |
| 1995 | Prepared by our Research and Information Unit, MA’AN publishes
“The Role of the Arab Labour Force in the Israeli Economy and Potentials.” |
1995
Marda | Israeli settlers burn down the plastic house nursery at the Marda permaculture
site. |
1995
Gaza
Funded by MI Canada | The first project in support of the fisheries sector in the Gaza Strip
is initiated by MA’AN. |
1995
Italy | MA’AN’s Training Programs Coordinator Suha Tannous participates
in a 6-week course entitled, "Training of Trainers/Consultants in Women
Entrepreneurship Development," in Turino. |
1995
Ramallah
Joint initiative with the Arab Thought Forum | The first Palestinian exhibition of developmental literature is held
at the Ramallah Municipality. Forty-four local organizations participate. |
1994-95
Gaza, Ramallah, Nablus
Funded by the British Council | The first program in library classification and archival management
is held by MA’AN and is attended by 120 local librarians. |
November 1994
Ramallah
Joint initiative with the British Council | An exhibition on women and development is held in MA’AN’s new
facilities to celebrate their opening. |
1994
Canada
Funded by Marine International (MI) Canada | MA’AN Director General Sami Khader and MA’AN’s Gaza Branch
Director Jaber Qudyh go to Newfoundland and Ottawa on a study tour and
to finalize arrangements for MA’AN’s fisheries sector project in
Gaza with MI Canada. |
June 1994
Ramallah, Hebron
Joint initiative with the Arab Thought Forum | Two 1-day workshops on the Paris Protocols on the Palestinian economy
are held. Six papers by Palestinian economists are presented and the workshops
are attended by politicians and representatives of NGOs, politicians, grassroots
organizations, and unions. |
1994
Ramallah
Joint initiative with the Arab Thought Forum | A 1-day workshop with Palestinian intellectuals, politicians, and NGO
representatives to compare South African and Palestinian experiences in
order to formulate strategies for successful action. |
1994
South Africa
Funded by APHEDA | At the invitation of the ANC and Western Cape University, MA’AN
Research and Information Coordinator George Kurzom, Dr. Haidar Abd-al-Shafi,
Dr. Hussein Barghouthi, and Ms. Jehan Al-Hilu participate in a study tour
of South Africa on the eve of their historic elections in 1994. |
1993-94
Jerusalem | MA’AN suffers a series of four break-ins, resulting in the loss
of all of our office and training equipment donated by the French Consulate
and APHEDA. A Palestinian-Israeli gang suspected of the crime was held
for one day and then released. No one has ever been arrested and convicted
of the crime. |
May 1993
Ramallah
Joint initiative with Union of Agriculture Work Committees | A conference and study day, "Why Did Israeli Products Return to the
Local Palestinian Market?" was held in Ramallah. This was in response to
the breakdown of the Intifada’s Israeli products boycott. Approximately
100 representatives from local factories, the Chamber of Commerce, and
NGOs attended to discuss the issue. |
1993
Marda
Funded by APHEDA | MA’AN establishes the first permaculture site in the Middle
East with assistance from the Sydney Permaculture Centre in Australia. |
1992
Jerusalem
Joint initiative with Bisan Center | MA’AN coordinates with Bisan Center to hold the first local
conference on cooperatives, entitled "Palestinian Cooperatives Movement:
Its Future and Development." |
1992
Joint project with Economic Development Group (EDG) | MA’AN and EDG coordinate to gather all local specialists in
food processing and quality control into an umbrella group in order to
discuss the importance and problems in the sector and strategize for improvement. |
1991
Ramallah
Funded by AMIDEAST | The first training program in food processing quality control in the
West Bank is erected by MA’AN in Ramallah’s Friends Boys School. |
1991
Funded by UNDP | MA’AN creates and implements the first small vocational program
for women in house maintenance skills, including carpentry, plumbing, interior
decoration, electrical wiring and installation, and small household equipment
maintenance. |
1991
Funded by APHEDA | Ray Tembaletu, a South African ANC activist, is sponsored by MA’AN
to come to the West Bank and Gaza Strip to share experiences and understandings
of lived conditions under political oppression. |
May 1991
Jerusalem | MA’AN initiates the first conference in the Occupied Palestinian
Territories on the role of credit institutions in local development. |
1990-91
Gaza
Funded by APHEDA | Five agricultural development projects are initiated for 20 marginalized
farmers to create their own commercial greenhouses and poultry-raising
initiatives. This effort worked to alleviate the difficult economic conditions
resulting from the Gulf War. |
October 1990
Jerusalem
Funded by APHEDA | MA’AN sponsors a study day workshop entitled, "Towards a Development
Model for the Occupied Territories." |
1990
Jerusalem
Funded by APHEDA | MA’AN sponsors the first conference on Israeli measures against
Palestinian workers from the Occupied Territories in Israel and the impact
on the Palestinian economy. Five papers were presented by various organizations
and specialists in the field. |
1989-91
West Bank and Gaza Strip
Funded by APHEDA | MA’AN concentrates its activities on training hundreds of women
(organized in production cooperatives) in food processing and quality control
techniques as part of the larger national effort to develop an autonomous
economic sector. |
