Youth Employment Centre (YEC)

1. ‫اﻟﺸﺒﺎب‬ ‫ﻟﺘﻤﻜﻴﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﻠﺴﻄﻴﻨﻴﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﻬﻴﺌﺔ‬
Youth Empowerment Center - YEC

2. 1
YEC was established under the law of the Palestinian Civil Authorities in the
year 2005 through a youth initiative to response to the needs of the Palestinian
society. The center is licensed by the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the
Ministry of the Interior under the license number (8050). The idea of
establishing the Palestinian Youth Empowerment Center came as a result of
the difficult circumstances experienced by the Palestinian people,
especially youth and children, since they suffer from the effects of bad
psychosocial conditions in Gaza. So the center was established by
investing time, intensifying the effort, devoting the spirit of volunteerism and
mobilizing the energies and capabilities to serve the community. This was
through the development of target group participation in training programs
and development projects. The center strives to utilize its maximum capacity
to offer high quality services and facilities to youth and local community
members which towards achieving its mission.
Youth Empowerment Center - YEC

3. Association's Vision:
Association's Mission:
Association's goals:
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Empowered Palestinian society to build promising youth future
Youth Empowerment Centre was established to To lead the civil
society work in Palestine, as independent, social oriented and
humanitarian organization, seeking to empower the community
economically, socially and healthily in a way that enhances the
youth roles and promotes their intellectual and cultural skills.
Empower youth and young people to build a community of healthy
physical, social and psychological environment through ensuring
concepts of justice, equality and human values.
Contribute to support the marginalized groups through facilitating
their access to main services such as health, education and
psychosocial support.
Contribute to support the communal economy and create jobs for-1
marginalized youth groups.

4. 3
Psychosocial support
program
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Programmes
Psychosocial support program
Contribute to the return of community members to
the normal psychological and emotional status
throughout dealing with the psychological and
behavioral problems symptoms.
Contribute to raising the level of individual and
community awareness about the causes of
psychological and social problems and how to deal
with it.
Contribute to the promotion of proper children
socialization.
Work on raising the psychosocial preparedness of
society members to response to disasters and
crises.
Work to improve the quality of psychosocial support
services to Gaza Strip community members who
are suffering from symptoms of psychological and
behavioral problems.
Enhancing social support networks that surround
Gaza Strip community members who are suffering
from symptoms of psychological and behavioral
problems.
Contribute to the development of sustainable
coping strategies to Gaza Strip community
members who are suffering from symptoms of
psychological and behavioral problems
The overall objective: to reduce
t h e v u l n e r a b i l i t y o f t h e
community members to be
affected by psychosocial
problems and difficulties
through out:

5. 4
objectives:
Vulnerable households
have access to safe,
e q u i t a b l e w a t e r &
sanitation services, and
are able to demonstrate
i m p r o v e d h y g i e n e
practices through out:.
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Vulnerable households have an improved
knowledge, attitude & practices toward water,
sanitation & hygiene.
Water and sanitation providers have an
improved practices in regard to quality control
and management.
An organized & developed water, sanitation &
hygiene service provision for households.
Developed safe water, sanitation, and hygiene
i n f r a s t r u c t u r e f o r t h e m a r g i n a l i z e d
communities.
Improved quality management & governance of
the water resources.
Marginalized communities and women in
specific has an active role in pursuing the
accountability for access to better services.
Targeted communities are well prepared to
mitigate WASH related disaster risks.
Public Health Program:

6. 5
“Increasing the resilience and improving access to
appropriate care for older people in the Gaza Strip”
To increase the resilience for Old people At northern of
Gaza Strip.
To contribute in social inclusion for the Older people at northern Gaza Strip.
To empower and role of older people at local community of northern Gaza Strip.
To reduce the social isolation for Old people and provide appropriate psychosocial support.
Specific Objectives:
Project Goal:
Community Based Rehabilitation

7. 6
" Advocacy and mobilization for the
rights and dignity of persons with
disabilities in northern Gaza area " 2012
Funded by : Diakonia/NA
Building Capacity for Persons with disabilities & Youth leaders in understanding of
disability rights and how to advocate for it
To raise awareness throughout the community in Northern area, regarding persons
with disabilities, and to foster respect for their rights and dignity with specific prioritized
right "to be determined with PWDs committees"
*To advocate a positive perceptions and greater social awareness towards persons
with disabilities and raising the extent of engagement of persons with disability in
society for the large scale through mass media.
Main Goals:

8. 7
Contribute to support the communal
economy and create jobs for marginalized
youth groups
To Raise the professional capacity by building the capacity of young people, giving
them training opportunities and preparing them for the job market.
To Strengthen the role of youth in the community work and meeting the social,
economic, psychological and cultural reality as well as its needs.
Specific Goals:

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Project title
Healthy Cantinas (HC) Initiatives inside KGs
Assessing the factors that affect the children nutritional
health status
Improving Public health conditions in damaged schools
and kindergartens in Gaza
Improving Public health conditions in damaged schools
and kindergartens in Gaza
Support Vulnerable community in urban areas of the
Gaza strip through increased food security and improved
public health
Meeting the humanitarian needs arising as a consequence
of the protection crisis in OPT
Emergency NFIs distribution after ALEXA flood
Meeting the humanitarian needs arising as a consequence
of the protection crisis in OPT
Support to war affected and vulnerable population in
Palestine
Public Health Program
Year Donor
Total #
of
beneficiaries
2009-
2010
2008-
2010
2010-
2011
2011-
2012
2012-
2013
2013
2013-
2014
2014-
2015
2015-
2016
23 KGs
250
children
6000
students
7500
students
5600
people
6400
People
300
House holds
4145
House holds
2344
House holds
OPEC
DCA
Oxfam GB
Oxfam GB
OGB &
ECHO
OGB &
ECHO
OXFAM
& ECHO
OXFAM
& ECHO
OXFAM
& ECHO

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Providing social support for children in the northern Gaza
project "SANED 1"
DCA
DCA
DCA
OGB &
ECHO
CARITAS-
Swiss
CARITAS-
Swiss
DCA
DCA
DCA
Caritas &
Alliance
DCA, War
Child Holland,
Caritas Germany
Distributing educational kit for the students who lost their
schools stuff during the war
Summer camps, activities for PWAs children and integration
with other children
Providing social support for children in the northern Gaza
project "SANED 2"
Providing social support for children in the northern Gaza
project "SANED 3"
Summer camps
Support Vulnerable community in urban areas of the Gaza
strip through increased psychosocial health
Providing social support for children in the northern Gaza
project "SANED 4"
Providing social support for children in the northern Gaza
project "SANED 5"
Structured Psychosocial support for children in post-war
Gaza for south area
Structured Psychosocial support for children in post-war
Gaza for north area
Social and psychological capacity building program
2009-
2010
11210
1345
5400
11210
11210
1200
3600
14320
13420
2595
1512
2009
2009-
2010
2010-
2011
2011-
2012
2011-
2012
2012-
2013
2013-
2014
2014-
2015
2015-
2016
2011-
2013

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Persons with disabilities PWDs Program
Advocacy and mobilization project for the right and
dignity of person of with disability in the northern area
in Gaza
Psychosocial Support for the 2012 Israeli Offensive on
Traumatized People with Disabilities and their Families in
Gaza Strip
2012 125
520
30
women
Diakonia/
NAD
Diakonia/
NAD
HelpAge
255
elderly
OCHA2012
2013
2015-
2016
Women and girls with disability Speak Out
Increasing the resilience and improving access to
appropriate care for older people in the Gaza Strip”
Elderly people
Public Health Program: marginalized areas most affected by the war,
Target areas:
Malalha
Moghraqa
Sawarka
Zarqaa
Juher El deek
Bit Lahya
Shijia

12. Addresses and phone numbers of YEC centers (north, south)
Tel:Jabalia Al-Falooja- behind Orient
Rafah Rafah-Salah Aldeen St,
behind Alghaydaa Kindergarten
Khanyounis Khanyounis -Sami Almadhoon building
Shaje'ya Tawaheen –behind AL Ayyad divan
Bait Hanoon Bait Hanoon- Al-Qaraman St
Bait Lahia Bait Lahia- western turn- Al-Helo mill
Tel:
Tel:
Tel:
Tel:
Tel:
Our Donors
Gaza -Al naser - Qassam St. Building Loualoaa -floor 1
Tel: 08-2856624 : Email: yecgaza@hotmail.com
08-2483554
08-2470770
08-2488281
08-2807819
08-2132585
08-2063567
Youth Empowerment Center - YEC - Head Office