Lighting Candles Organization

National Network
Palestine
Telephone
00972 2741921
Fax
00972 (0)2 2748389
E-Mail
info@lighting.org
E-Mail (2)
hamdanlco@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
00972 (0) 542156852
Mobile Phone (other)
00972 (0) 598736659
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2006
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
The LCO NGO strusture: 7 board of members, with 40 volunteers Budgetary resource per year 15 000 Euro Sources of funding: individuals,privates, embassies and NGOs Our modalities of action are concrete projects such as sports and environmental activities for youth, physical disabled follow up, and youth exchanges. Main Partners: Maher centre for children with cancer AIC, World Wide Organization, Wild Ginsen
Mission and Objectives

Our main aim is to provide support to the women and children who have been seriously affected and neglected in our local society due to the practices of the occupation.
At LCO we wish to support and assist an increase in the educational level of the children. We will encourage the creative initiatives of the youth to support a growing youth initiative and make the belief in a better future a reality.
We seek to bring peace & prosperity to the Holy Land by increasing the income & decreasing the level of unemployment in Palestinian society, by focusing on increasing the level of education and care of the children and youth sectors because investment in children is an investment in the future.
We want equal opportunity for both young disabled people and women. We spend tolerance and respect for all human beings regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion or disability.

Main Projects / Activities

In order to give the young peoples opportunities for doing something good and getting on a higher level of education at the same time, we are building a base, from where they can go further. To achieve this we try to reach the hearts of the youth by offering interesting activities. We do field trips, observing cultural and historical symbols or we just meet and paint. We have also a little library, where young kids can built up their skills in reading books.
Courses and workshops
Through our volunteers from the homeland or abroad, light training courses in many educational fields will be held to give the children a chance to expand their minds and relieve stress.
Lighting up your candle...
For example at one show we were friendly supported by "Clowns without borders" from Sweden
Last projects: Summer and Winter Camps for Children in 2008 and 2009.
Peace Project exchanges with Internationals, Palestinians and Israelis

Contact (1) Full Name
Hamdan Jewi
Head of the organisation
Hamdan Jewi
Contact (2) Full Name
Julien Etzel