Tuffah Quarter, Gaza
Via Israel
Tel./Fax: 00 972 7 868 629
Dr. Fathi Soboh; Deputy Director for 1994-1995: Muhammad Kuras
Non-profit; informal education; in-service training; community growth and development.
A community education center established in 1989 by the Tuffah Quarter Committee of Gaza City, the TEDC aims to raise the educational and social standards in the area and to supply all its members with the necessary skills to face future challenges. TEDC is unique in Gaza as it provides activities and services through ten different educational programs. These include remedial coaching for school children, literacy courses for men and women, promotion of knowledge on Palestine through, amongst others, educational trips; a women's domestic skills and handicrafts program and workshops and courses on pre-school teacher training. TEDC also sponsors two kindergartens for 300 children from the Tuffah Quarter; a public library with research and reference facilities and an income-generating project making cloth and wooden providing vocational opportunities for young people. TEDC holds regular exhibitions for teachers and parents and in-service skills training for the Center's employees. The Center has excellent relations with local institutions and is active in community outreach through lectures and discussions on subjects such as education, creativity, child psychology and violence against women and children.
The Tuffah Quarter Committee, composed of five women and four men who live in the area, also serves as the Center's board. The Director is a member of the Board and of the Committee. Each of the Center's programs has its own manager.
The previous Educational Network branch at al-Tuffah (presently non-functional due to lack of funding) published (in Arabic):
Al-Tuffah Center publications:
Tuffah Center literacy program series:
Elaine Clark
Educational Network, POB 66, Ramallah, West Bank
tel: 02 995 6230/fax: 02 995 6231 e-mail: eclark@ednet.birzeit.edu