Welfare Association

Welfare Association "is a private, non-profit foundation established in Geneva in 1983 to support Palestinian society in sustainable development. It has become better known in Palestine and the Arab region by its Arabic name, Ta'awoun, meaning “cooperation.”

"WA beneficiaries are the more than 4 million Palestinians who are served by Palestinian non-governmental organizations, community institutions and charitable organizations in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Galilee, Jaffa, Akka, Nazareth and Naqab, as well as in refugee camps in Lebanon."

In 2004 "Welfare Association's project, IT4Youth in Rural Areas, has won a $30,000 prize. The $4m project is implemented by WA in partnership with the International Youth Foundation and mainly funded by USAID. The prize was won in a competition for the best practice projects. The project, together with 9 others each to win $30,000, was picked from 700 projects submitted to the Dubai Municipality and UN Habitat (a United Nations Agency) by an international Jury in Nairobi."

Trustees
Accessed October 2007:

Co-Chairmen Vice-Chairman Members Intellectuals Honorary Members
 * Abdul Muhsen Al-Qattan - Chairman, A.M. Qattan Foundation
 * Said Khoury - President, Consolidated Contractors Co., SAL
 * Munib R. Masri - Chairman of (EDGO); Chairman of the Board of Directors, (PADICO)
 * Bisher Jardaneh - Managing Director, Arabtech-Jardaneh (Consulting Engineers & Architects)
 * Jawdat Shawwa, Managing Director, IMCO
 * Khaled C. Sifri - (Attorney)
 * Ramzi Atta Dalloul - Chairman of the Board, Arab Investment and Management Corporation (AIMCOR FINANCE) N.V.
 * Rana Sadik, Philanthropist
 * Riad T. Sadik - President, Al Habtoor Engineering Ent. Co.
 * Riad B. Kamal - Chairman, Arabtec Construction Co. (Resource Development Committee Chairman)
 * Samer Said Khoury - Executive Vice-President, Consolidated Contractors Co., SAL
 * Samir Abdulhadi - Director/ General Manager of Khatib & Alami
 * Samir Adel Aweidah - Managing Director, INMA Gulf Development & Construction L.L.C
 * Suheil H. Sabbagh - AVP Human Resources, Consolidated Contractors Co., SAL
 * Tareq Zuaiter - Partner Tareq Co. WLL
 * Othman Nashashibi - Partner Managing Director, Nashashibi & Ebbini Forms
 * Omar Al-Qattan - Film-maker (Information Committee Chairman)
 * Faisal S. Alami - Director of Finance & Development, Partner, Khatib & Alami (Management Committe Chairman)
 * Marwan Al-Sayeh - Al- Sayeh Projects Development Consultancy
 * Munzer Khalidi - Chairman, President of Associate Consulting Engineers (ACE)
 * Munir R. Kaloti - President, Kaloti Jewellery Co., UAE; Arab Weavers, Jordan; Union Mills for YARN, Jordan, Gerasa Insurance Co.
 * Nabil G. Sarraf - President, Al Ahliah Commercial Agencies Est.
 * Nabil Qaddumi - Chairman, PROJACS International
 * Hisham F. Qaddoumi - Chairman of the Board - HQ Associates (Museum Committee Chairman)
 * Hani Al-Kaloti - Investment Committee Chairman-CEO,HBK investments Advisory SA
 * Yusef R. Abu Khadra - Management Committee Member, Investcorp. (Treasurer)
 * Yousef Ahmad As'ad - Chairman of the Board of Arcadia Group
 * Yousef Alamy, Chaiman, Executive Committee (CAP)
 * Mustafa Baidas, Partner General Manager, Arab Center for Commerce & Real Estate
 * Sawsan Jaffar, Philanthropist
 * Amjad Dweik, Managing Director Invest Bank P.S.C.
 * Maha Qaddoura, Philanthropist
 * Ismail El-Zabri, Regional Expert
 * Basel Amin Aql - Businessman
 * Salman Abu-Sitta, President, Palestine Land Society, London
 * Adel K. Afifi - Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, The University of Iowa (Programs & Projects Committee Chairman)
 * Ali Radwan Attorney - The Law Bureau :Ali Radwan & Partners
 * Victor Kashkoush, Senior Management Consultant
 * Mamdouh Aker - Consultant Urologist, The Commissioner General of the Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizen Rights
 * Najah Al-Ramahi - Deputy Director General, Target Chemicals Establishment
 * Wael R. Kanaan - General Manager, Jerusalem Development & Investment Co., Ltd (JEDICO)
 * Yousef Al-Hassan - (WA BOT Secretary) Strategic Expert and Thinker
 * Hasib J. Sabbagh - Chariman, Consolidated Contrators Co. SAL
 * Nizar Jardaneh - Vice Chariman of the Board of Directors, Dar Al-Dawa
 * Hanan Ashrawi - Secretary General, Miftah
 * Nazek Al-Hariri - President, Hariri Foundation
 * Sabih Al-Masri - Chairman, Astra Investment Company
 * Mahmoud Darwish - Poet
 * Mohammad Y. Najm - Professor Emeritus of Arabic, American University of Beirut; Chairman of the Administrative Committee, Palestinian Students Fund
 * Soad Al-Sabbah - Poet, Writer and Economic Researcher

Contact

 * Web: http://www.welfareassociation.org

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