PO Box 20243, Beit Hanina
Jerusalem, Via Israel
Tel 00 972 2 833 683
Fax: 00 972 2 836 302/834497
PO Box 199
54/55 Al-Shuhada' Street, Rimal
Gaza Strip, Via Israel
Gaza: 00 972 7 861 171
Randall Harshbarger
Non-profit; integrated community development.
Since 1978, Save the Children has carried out development activities (and other economic and social projects) in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. These activities include support for educational activities of local communities and non-governmental organizations through funding, technical assistance, and training. All projects are aimed at self-sufficiency after a certain period of time.
Works to improve early childhood education. Gives supplies to school children and provides extracurricular and recreational activities. Has supported more than 60 pre-schools throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip through construction, repair, teacher-training, and the provision of equipment and toys. Supports remedial tutoring programs to help children make up for classroom hours lost during the Intifada, special tutoring classes for slow learners, literacy courses, children's libraries, women's training centers and summer day-camps. Save the Children also focuses on the integration of handicapped children into regular pre-schooling an runs a parents' involvement program.
The Director oversees the West Bank and the Gaza Strip programs. Both programs are headed by program managers who supervise project coordinators working in the fields of education, health, income generation, women's activities, agriculture, water, sanitation, and technology.
Elaine Clark
Educational Network, POB 66, Ramallah, West Bank
tel: 02 995 6230/fax: 02 995 6231 e-mail: eclark@ednet.birzeit.edu