Early education and women’s empowerment in refugee camps

Country

Lebanon, Palestine

Project Description

The Palestinian Women's Humanitarian Organisation is APHEDA’s oldest partner. The project supports refugees by providing early education for children, enabling women to work. It also offers classes for children with disabilities, primary school retention classes, sports for girls and boys, and peer education for women on women’s rights issues.

Project Partners

Palestinian Women’s Humanitarian Organisation (PWHO)

News from the field

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  Lebanon: Education for refugee children amid crisis

  The crisis in Lebanon has only heightened the urgency of PWHO’s work. Today, the organisation is mobiliising emergency aid for camps affected by recent Israeli bombings in Beirut. For example, the Burj el Barajneh camp has been evacuated, with residents relocated to other camps and surrounding areas.

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  How the Palestinian Women’s Humanitarian Organization provides a lifeline to children

  After 75 years of exile and dispossession, the Palestinian Women’s Humanitarian Organization is a grassroots group of refugees continuing to build resilience and practical solutions in the face of increasing tensions.

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  Vale Olfat Mahmoud

  Dr Olfat Mahmoud died at home on 24 September. She was a leading, and much-loved, advocate for the rights of Palestinians, women, refugees, children, and people with disabilities.