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Qatar Fund for Development (QFD) has signed a partnership agreement with the American Tomorrow Youth Organization (TYO), under which the Fund provides important support to various projects in the West Bank, including health and education sectors, as well as training and rehabilitation of young people for employment and entrepreneurship, empowerment of women and motherhood, economic support for families and academic intervention for young people.
The agreement was signed by Qatar Fund for Development Director General Khalifa bin Jassim Al Kuwari and Director General of the American Tomorrow Youth Organization Hani Hikmat Al Masri.
It aims to support development projects in the West Bank in light of the increasing need to sponsor programmes for the development and empowerment of youth in Palestine in light of the challenges faced by the Palestinian people, in addition to helping the Palestinian people within the mechanisms of international and regional solidarity and the urgent need for concerted efforts of development and humanitarian actors to promote their common abilities to face the challenges of development and humanitarian work in Palestine. The support of the QFD is targeted at several developmental projects, including early childhood education projects for children from 2 to 8 years, covering two phases of 120 and 120 children per year for those with learning difficulties in order to create a positive environment for children affected by developmental disorders and children with special needs.
Support for the rehabilitation of youth and employment training programs includes 390 young people between the ages of 18 and 30, with the aim of giving them the opportunity to participate voluntarily, assist teachers in the Early Childhood Program and provide academic support for 300 children per year at age of 9 to 14 years. The support provided for the rehabilitation of young people through entrepreneurship and the provision of courses and training programmes and material support for 30 young graduates of universities and vocational centers.
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