USAID Deputy General Counsel Visits Beit Al-Tifel Youth Development Resource Center

Arnold Haiman , United States Agency for International Development's Deputy General Counsel visited Beit Al-Tifel Youth Development Resource Center (YDRC) in Hebron on January 10, 2010. ,...[more...]

Continuous Effort is the Key to Unlocking One's Potential
Two Ruwwad Youth Leaders Elected to the Palestinian Youth Parliament

Believing in a better successful future for Palestine , Bashar Khraywish, 25 and Jabali Barahma, 31 embraced the spirit of volunteerism and have been seeking for opportunities to serve in their communities since young age. “The best way for young people to develop their abilities and make social change is by engaging in volunteer work and getting exposed to various fields”, ...[more...]

Ruwwad Program Holds YDRC Monthly Workshop

In its effort to build the management capacities of the Youth Development Resource Centers (YDRCs) and provide continuous support, Ruwwad Youth Empowerment Program embarked on a series of YDRC monthly workshops on January 5, 2010 with the participation of the Ruwwad's Youth Development Department and Media teams, CoP, DCoP, YDRCs Executive Directors, Ruwwad seconded Program Coordinators and representatives of Board Members of the YDRCs. ,...[more...]

A Chance to Be Heard: Youth Volunteers and Staff Meet USAID Advisor on Ramallah Visit

This past month, Ruwwad staff and volunteers had an opportunity to share their enthusiasm for youth development with a visiting representative from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). On June 21 st , Dr. Clare Ignatowski, ...[more...]

Intel Learn a New Exceptional Program Launched by Ruwwad Palestinian Youth Empowerment program In Cooperation With (Intel).

“Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living”. The previous statement by Nicholas Negroponte is a shrewd and accurate description of the cyber world that we occupy these days. In his observation, the computer scientist ,...[more...]

“Sport Unites Us” a new creative initiative for the development of youth leadership, social identity and athletic skills

With the participation of fifteen youth clubs and more than five hundred young male and female participants, the activities of the unique initiative (Sport unites us) are still advancing. The West Banks middle and south districts are the home of this noble initiative that contains more than five hundred youths between the ages ...[more...]

Ruwwad Project Participates In EMPOWER 2000 Conference For The Endorsement Of Youth Leadership
in Doha, Qatar

With the objective of encouraging youth leadership and ensuring the crucial and constructive role they play in their societies, the activities of the international conference (Empower 2009) began. More than two hundred male and female ,...[more...]

A day of Palestinian American youth exchange in Ramallah

Ramallah- A delegation of 15 American students from the American University in Washington D.C. visited the Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate. The students are enrolled in Middle Eastern Studies,...[more...]

EDC - Press Release

Al-Quds Newspaper

Painting Themselves Into the Picture: Palestinians with disabilities join in art-based “Hope Initiative”, Organized by volunteers at Jabal an Nar YDRC

Creative juices flowed freely in Nablus’ this past April. In the last week of the month, some fifty men and women joined up in one of the city’s community centers and put their heads together over tables stacked with crayons, mosaics,...[more...]

U.S. Congressional Delegation Visits Al-Bireh Youth Resource Development Center in the West Bank

A U.S. Congressional delegation, headed by Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY), visited the Al-Bireh Youth Resource Development Center in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate. Rep. Lowey, a member of the Committee...[more...]

Building the Ruwwad Team

For two laughter-filled days in sunny Jericho, 40 EDC/Ruwwad staff members played games, performed skits, and shared jokes and stories. However, the light-hearted fun had a serious and effective goal: the building of the Ruwwad Team.,... [more...]