St. Antonio Society Street
Palestine
Bethlehem
Palestinian Territories
- Democracy and community development
- Human rights
- Others
- Youth and education
Our vision is that all persons, no matter level of ability, are to enjoy full citizenship rights, and participate in all aspects of life within Palestinian society. Our mission is thus to launching innovative social models and to promote policies, in accordance with national and international law that contribute to the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the Palestinian society.
We work towards this vision through the following seven steps:
Develop the capacity within Palestinian institutions
Push for the mainstreaming of the disability concept on all institutional levels
Spread awareness within the community about the rights and obstacles of persons with disabilities.
Educate families and professionals who on a daily basis come into contact with persons with disabilities.
Socially and economically empower persons with disabilities and their families.
Facilitate the provision of higher education to persons with disabilities.
Develop and adopt new methodologies, to assist persons with disabilities.
QADER has started up and is successfully running 6 MOVE Program Centers around the West Bank for children with severe and/or multiple disabilities. Together with their parents they will learn basic skills through educated staff in the MOVE philosophy. (Please see attached folder for more information)
We are also currently running four other projects, namely
‘Combating gender based violence’
'Promoting the quality of life for the most marginalized women’
‘Deprived families economic empowerment’
and
‘Addressing the social needs of persons with disabilities’
All of which can be found and described in greater detail on our website.
We have the possibility to add an extra level of inclusion to the network, since when it comes to the aspect of persons with disabilities, we have in-depth experience. When we talk about diversity in schools, we need not only talk about religious diversity, but diversity in level of ability as well. This is a field where we can contribute. We cooperate with various areas of society and have a large network of people around us, from professionals to private persons, to governmental institutions and local organizations. We work extensively within the field of education and raising awareness among children and youth on the topic in order to promote a long term shift in society of the views and inclusion of people with disabilities.
All too often we see that the gap between organizations and people working towards a common goal is wide or non-existant. We believe however that it is only by working together that we can be more efficient in achieving what we strive for. In QADER we stand behind the ALF's vision to improve cultural mutual respect and a common future for the region. The work that ALF do is in large about inclusion, in the Palestinian context that also entails actively working for the inclusion of persons with disabilities, as these individuals tend to be left on the margines of our society. To bring this aspect into the network would be an important part of QADER's contribution.