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Our Partner Organizations in West Bank & Gaza.

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Defense for Children International/Palestine Section (DCI-P)

DCI-P is a non-governmental organisation affiliated to Defence for Children International in Geneva. Programs and projects undertaken by DCI-P strive to reflect the needs of Palestinian children in order to build a civil society based on human rights and international conventions. DCI-P works toward defending Palestinian children, alleviating injustices and lobby for the attainment of children’s rights. The scope of work within DCI-P is spread over four units:

• Legal aid

• Social Mobilization

• Documentation

• Research and International Advocacy

DCI-PS has offices in Ramallah, Hebron and Bethlehem.

SCS and DCI-PS work together to promote the rights of Palestinian children with a special focus on girls and children in prison.

Email: dci@dci-pal.org

Web site: http://www.dci-pal.org

Khalil Sakakni Cultural Centre (KSCC)                             

KSCC is dedicated to the promotion of art and culture in Palestine. The KSCC was founded in 1996, and is located in Ramallah in a restored traditional mansion. Goals and areas of work are:

• Nurturing visual art: Developing visual artists' creative skills, nurturing new talents and exhibiting and collecting art.

• Recording and disseminating Palestinian voices: Organising projects that intimately and creatively express the Palestinian experience and developing programmes exploring Palestinian cultural heritage and collective memory.

• Arts for All: Organising regular, diverse and public art events, as well as organising outreach programmes to encourage the emergence of new audiences for arts in various segments of society, and age groups. The KSCC transfers some its events to Bir Zeit, Gaza City and Bethlehem.

SCS and KSCC work together to teach children about their rights in a creative a non formal way. The children are also given tools to advocate for their rights.

Web site: http://www.sakakini.org

Save the Children UK and Save the Children US

SCS cooperates with its two SCS Alliance partners:

• To provide quality education to Palestinian children affected by the closure and curfews in the West Bank.

• To promote family participation in children’s education.

• To promote child centred teaching and learning approaches and methodology.

• To produce advocacy material of best practice of provision of education during armed conflict and crisis.

Web site: http://www.savethechildren.org.uk

                   http://www.savethechildren.org

Al Mezan

SCS and Al-Mezan Centre for human Rights initiated cooperation in the end of 2005. Al-Mezan with support of SCS will carry out a situational analysis of Child Rights violations in Gaza. Thereafter projects to address these violations will be initiated. Their contact

Email: Mezan@palnet.com &  info@mezan.org

Web site: http://www.mezan.org

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