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Building A New Generation of Youth Leaders.
Building a Stronger Palestine.
Our Mission
Ruwwad, taken from the Arabic word for “pioneers”, is a ground-breaking program created by Palestinians for Palestinians. Its mission is to empower Palestinian youth, so that they can become local leaders and change-makers. Ruwwad has two main goals:
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Give young Palestinians the tools and skills to serve their communities. Ruwwad works to achieve this goal by giving youth training, funding and support to lead grassroots community service projects.
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Help the Palestinian Ministry of Youth and Sport to serve youth and train them for leadership positions.
Ruwwad works toward this goal by advising the Ministry of Youth and Sport, and by helping the Ministry set up four Youth Development Resource Centers in the West Bank. This work supports the larger U.S.-Palestinian Partnership, an initiative that brings USAID and the U.S. private sector together with local organizations and businesses to help create new economic opportunities for Palestine, and new leadership opportunities for youth.
What We Do
Ruwwad works to empower Palestinian youth, communities, and the Ministry of Youth and Sport. We do this in several ways:
- Investing in the community: We’re giving $500,000 in sub-grants to local grassroots Palestinian NGOs.
- Giving leadership training courses and paid internships to 120 youth: These young leaders will get on-the-job experience in local NGOs, private sector companies, and public institutions—preparing them to become a new generation of Palestinian leaders.
- Strengthening the Ministry of Youth: We’ll be training 60 Ministry staff, so that they can serve Palestine’s youth more effectively.
- Creating a Network of Youth Resource Centers and Clubs: We’ll be opening four main centers that offer IT training, media internships, and youth programs. We’ll also be linking these sites to over 65 local youth clubs across the West Bank.
Our Values
Ruwwad is committed to serving all members of Palestinian society: Male and female, urban and rural, young and old. As a program designed and run by Palestinians, Ruwwad is proud to embody the values of our culture in our daily work. These values are rooted in the belief that:
- Youth create solutions, not problems: Public perceptions about youth must change: Youth have the skills and energy to solve local challenges—and engage others in these efforts.
- Youth can and should be community leaders:Palestine’s youth are capable of taking on leadership roles in their villages, towns, and cities.
- Young women have key leadership roles to play: Female youth must not be ignored. They can, and already are, making important contributions to their communities.
- A stronger Palestine means long-term commitment: Ruwwad is not a short-term program.We make sustainable investments in youth and communities, for the future.
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