El Wedad Society achieved the following activities till Sept.1st, 2005:
- 234 activation series of sessions aiming enhancement of social and educational capabilities and psychosocial support for 4200 children.
- 374 awareness meetings for parents in terms of dealing with children and methods of intervention. 5143 persons have attended these meetings.
- 60 workshops were held for 1416 youth from secondary schools and universities in order to discuss their common issues.
- 10 training courses in managerial, financial or technical issues were performed for 250 trainees either from El Wedad or other societies.
- 10 open communal meetings were held for 500 persons from general public and decision makers in order to discuss social issues of children, youth and family.
- 403 children were fellow up either individually or through child to child approach in order to enhance their capabilities and solve their psychosocial problems.
- 2250 home visits were carried out to support families of 183 martyrs and prisoners psychosocially and help them to overcome the new situation they face.
- 5200 home sessions were carried out for 629 injured or physically disabled to provide them with psychosocial support in order to integrate them in their local community.
- 191 weal chairs and technical aids were provided to physically disabled people with cooperation with other societies and associations.
- 65 physically disabled people have got vocational training and non profit loans in order to create jobs for them.
- Home adaptation was implemented for 55 physically disabled people to help them to participate in social activities and integrate them in their community.
- 8 summer camps were held for 1450 physically disabled children and youth as a sort of psychosocial support.
- 3 magazines and several booklets and stickers were published for children and youth social counseling.
- El Wedad prepares and executes different social and communal programs for Palestine television and local broadcasting stations to distribute its messages as much as possible.
Previous Implemented Projects in 2001- 2002:
Project Name Beneficiaries Duration Area
Psychological , social ,medial
rehabilitationof injuried youth disabled 100 12 months Gaza City & North Governorate
of Gaza
Social recreational activities for injured
youth disabled 150 20 days Gaza Gvoernorates
Providing prosthetic and medical supplies 200 4 months Gaza Governorates
Assessment of environment & homes
of injured disabled for accommodation
bypartnership with Jabalia. Assoc. 25 1 month North & middle area of Gaza
Strip
Projects in 2002- 2003:
Project Name Benefici Beneficiaries Duration Area
Start Date Finish Date
Psychological support for injured
disabled individuals and their families 400 8/2002 4/2003 Southern and
Northern areas
of Gaza Strip
Community based vocational training
for youth injuried disabled in Gaza
Strip 10 4/2003 4/2004 Gaza Strip
Providing simple loans of small financial
projects for injured youth 20 11/2002 11/2003 Gaza Governorate
Implementing psychosocial support
project for children in risk 600 6/2003 12/2003 Northren
governorate of
Gaza Strip
Implementing psychosocial support
project for childdern in risk 300 7/2003 10/2003 Rafah city- Gaza
Strip
Conducting three sumar camps for
children 600 7/2003 8/2003 Gaza Strip
The previous phsas distingushed by concrning our organization on activities related to disableds and families of martylers and arresteds but the next phase concerned and will continue in dealing with issues and phenomenas related to children, youth and women for encourging social participation and strengthining their initatives and roles in different issues related to their interest.
On going projects:
Project Name Beneficiaries duration areas
Implementing 2 psychosocial support project for children Children/parents 6 months Rafah/Middle area of Gaza Strip
Enhancing children role in social participation and correcting the behaviors Children 6 months Middle area of Gaza Strip
Enhancing youth awareness towards social issues Students in secondary schools 12 months Rafah Area
Empworing the role of women in different social aspects and awareness activiities Girls and women in woman activitiy centers. 10 Northern area of Gaza Strip
Social,psychlogical and vocational rehabilitation for disabled persons in 300 persons 9 months Rafah and Khan Younis
Enhancing the social and educational abilities for children in adolesence stage 670 child
980 woman
40 graduated students 12 months Gaza districts
Enhancing the the children social abilities and raising the commuinty awareness toward social issues Chikdren in adolesence stage.
Parents of children Conitued activity Middle area of Gaza Strip
Providing simple loans for disabled persons 20 Youth disabled persons Conitued activity Gaza Strip
Providing socioeconomical assistants for poor cases and those complain of psycchosocial problems More than 3000 families Conitued activity Gaza Strip
Conducting educational and social raising awareness sessions through media (TVand Radio) Youth
families Conitued activity Gaza Strip
Note: the socity use different activities and approachs with children particularly child to child and youth to youth approach and in the road to implement woman to woman approach .