Oxfam-Québec in Palestine
Summary
(in date of March 31st 2008)
2 national employees
7 volunteer cooperants
7 projects
Women and economic activities
Violence against women
Community development and child animation
Gender equity
Oxfam-Québec has been working in the Middle East since 1989. Its first project involved working with Palestinian refugees.
Oxfam-Québec is an international organization recognized in the region for its role with women’s groups and networks of NGOs interested in promoting democratic debate on the role of civil society.
Until 1995, Oxfam-Québec’s regional office in Cairo, Egypt, was responsible for managing programs in Palestine.
Owing to political changes, the expansion of the program in Palestine and limited prospects for developing the program in Egypt, Oxfam-Québec moved the office from Cairo to Jerusalem in early 1996.
From 1997 to 1998, Oxfam-Québec chaired the Association of International Development Agencies (AIDA), which works to foster development in Palestine.
Today, Oxfam-Québec is carrying out sustainable development activities in the West Bank to reduce the vulnerability of the population, particularly with respect to women.
Office
Élisabeth Anctil
B.P. 20560
Beit Hanina
Jerusalem, Palestine
Partners
Al-Montada
Bisan Centre for Research and Development
Center for Human Research and Social Development (CHRSD)
Institute of Community and Public Health (ICPH)
Jordanian Hashemite Found for Human Development (JOHUD)
Palestinian Counseling Center (PCC)
Palestinian Hydrology Group
Palestinian NGO network (PNGO)
Palestinain Women Entrepreneurs Association (ASALA)
Teacher Creativity Center (TCC)
YMCA
Links
Oxfam International: www.oxfam.org/en
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA): www.acdi-cida.gc.ca
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT): www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca
Ministère des Relations Internationales du gouvernement du Québec (MRI) : www.mri.gouv.qc.ca/en/index.asp
United Nations (UN): www.un.org
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP): www.undp.org
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