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Volunteer Opportunities
Every participant serves their host community through a volunteer placement at a nonprofit organization, summer camp, municipality, school, hospital, church or community center.
YMCA/ Youth & Sport Center
Address : YMCA Street, Beit Sahour
Telephone number : 972-2-277 2185 | 972-2-277 2713
Fax : 972-2-277 5146 (information about calling Palestine)
Email : ycenter@ej-ymca.org
Website : www.ej-ymca.org
Contact Person : Anton Jaraysah
Activities/Focus of the Organization : Youth and Sports Center
Projects include: Summer Camp, After school out-door activities.
Number of employees : 12
Volunteer Opportunities/Assignments : 1. Fundraising and reports` writing 2. Gym and/ or Swim trainer 3. Working on activities for children and youth.
Dates Volunteers Needed : from June 1st to August 15th
Women Child Care Society
Address : Beit Jala
Telephone number : 972-2-274 2507
Fax : 972-2-274 2507 (information about calling Palestine)
Email : wccs@palnet.com
Contact Person : Lydis Araj
Activities/Focus of Organization : Social activities for women and children, embroidery, summer camps. There are two programs within the summer camp, one for children ages 6 to 12 and another for children ages 12 to 16.
Number of employees : 6 Volunteer Opportunities/Assignments: Helping in Summer Camps
Dates Volunteers Needed : period needed from 6 months to a year
Comments : Volunteers that speak both English and Arabic preferred
The Public Committee Services for Palestinian Refugees
Address : Azzeh Camp Bethlehem Palestine
Telephone number : 972-2-276 0360
Fax : 972-2-276 0360 (information about calling Palestine)
Email : al_wamak@hotmail.com or azzeh_camp@yahoo.com
Contact Person : Ahmad Al’azzeh Activities/Focus of Organization: Grassroots organizing, rehabilitation, raising awareness, employability and vocational. One current project is the "Palestinian Refugees Identity Development Enterprise" which is funded by the E.U.
Number of employees : 0 employees, just volunteers.
Volunteer Opportunities/Assignments : Basic English training, volunteer in the Camp's kindergarten. Dates Volunteers Needed: Year round.
Tent of Nations' People Building Bridges
Address : office in Bethlehem: Atan Street 17, P.O.Box 28, Bethlehem
Telephone number : 972-2-274 30 71
Fax : 972-2-276 74 46 (information about calling Palestine)
Email : tnations@p-ol.com
Website : www.tentofnations.org
Contact Person : Daoud Nassar
Activities/Focus of Organization : "The Tent of Nations is a land and youth project that seeks to bring people from different cultures and backgrounds together to build bridges of understanding, reconciliation and peace. The nature of our work includes: organizing activities and summer camps for youth and children, developing land and helping Palestinians stay connected to their land. For more details, please check out our website." Some current projects include: summer camps for youth and children.
Number of employees : 3 employees and a number of volunteers Volunteer Opportunities: Office work, youth work and helping in organizing activities, summer camps and workshops for children and young people. Also we are running a women''s project in the village of Nahalin, volunteers could help in teaching English to women, helping facilitate art projects for women, etc.
Dates Volunteers Needed : from June to October
Comments : "All our activities and camps are organized at the campsite of the Tent of Nations, located on Daherâ's Vineyard near the village of Nahalin, ca. 9 km south of Bethlehem on the way to Hebron. Through these activities, we want to connect people with their land. Land and people are our concern."
Students' Forum
Address : Al-Qateami Building-basement. University Street, Bethlehem.
Telephone number : 972-2-2751882
Fax : 972-2-2751882 (information about calling Palestine)
Email : info@students-forum.org
Website : www.students-forum.org
Contact Person : Ramzi Odah Activities/Focus of Organization: Concerned with students'' affairs and raising the educational and academic levels in the Palestinian society.
Number of employees : 4
Volunteer Opportunities/Assignments : Teach English/French
Dates Volunteers Needed : from 1/6/2007 to 30/8/2007
SOS Children Village
Address : Bethlehem- El karkafa Street
Telephone number : 972-2-274 2267
Fax : 972-2-274 5179 (information about calling Palestine)
Email : info@sos-palestine.org
Website : www.sos-palestine.org
Contact Person : Layla Kaiksow (layla@sos-palestine.org )
Projects : Children`s Village Volunteer Opportunities/Activities: Teaching English, Translating, helping in activities.
Dates Volunteers Needed : Year round.
Comments : The volunteer needs to be able to work well with children.
Laborers Association for Studies and Development / SHIRAA
Address 1 : Bethlehem Al-Dehisheh
Address 2 : Bethlehem Alqasem Building
Telephone number : 972-2-275 0436 | 972-2-276 0264 | 972-52-229 1790 |972-59-908 9790 (information about calling Palestine)
Email : shiraaorg@yahoo.com
Website : http://shiraa.org/
Contact Person : Hussein Al-Hroub (Abu Rabee)
Activities/Focus of the Organization : The Laborers' Association for Studies and Development, known by its acronym Shiraa, is an independent Palestinian non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of workers and their families in the Bethlehem area, it works to protect and enable Palestinian workers and labor activists. Shiraa is concerned that human, political, and economic rights are respected, and that just legislation and labor laws are enacted in Palestine. Shiraa works to protect basic human rights, improve working and living conditions and create more employment opportunities Its work is based on the principles of sustainable development democracy, respect for human rights, and the right to self determination. Some current projects include: 1) Educational exchange Project. 2) Embroidery project. 3) Shiraa Center for training and Courses.
Number of employees : 2) Volunteer Opportunities/Assignments : website development, Fundraising, English lecturer and Circus Trainer
Dates Volunteers Needed : from May 2007 to August 2007
Shepherds Field Hospital
Address : Beit Sahour Telephone number: 972-2-277-5092
Fax : 972-2-277-5091 (information about calling Palestine)
Email : s-f-hospital@yahoo.com
Contact Person : Dr. Rishmawi Rafiq
Activities/Focus of Organization : Hospital, day care center, maternity work, clinics.
Volunteer Opportunities/Assignments : Nurses, staff midways
Senior Citizen`s Society
Address : Beit Jala, P.O Box 252
Telephone number : 972-2-276 6370
Fax : 972-2-276 6371 (information about calling Palestine)
Email : info@bjscs.org.ps
Website : www.bjscs.org.ps
Contact Person : George Tareh Activities/Focus of Organization: Caring for seniors. Current projects include: painting murals for the building and secretary administration
Number of employees : 3
Volunteer Opportunities/Assignments : Painting murals and Secretary/Administration
Dates Volunteers Needed : from 30 May to 20 June 2007
Saint Nicolas Home Charitable Society for the Elderly (SNHCSE)
Address : Beit Jala- West Bank- Palestine
Telephone number : 972-2-274 0893
Fax : 972-2-274 0893 (information about calling Palestine)
Email : stnicolashome@yahoo.com
Website : www.saintnicolashome.org
Contact Person : Dr. Mario Hadweh (Chairman) Activities/Focus of the Organization: Caring for the elderly so they can live with respect and dignity.
Number of employees : 7 Volunteer Assignments/Activities: helping the elderly
Dates Volunteers Needed : from July 1st to August 1st, 2007
