We are actively involved in building self-sustainable short and long term development projects in addition to providing relief and humanitarian assistance that foster self-reliance, self-directness and preserves human dignity for the sake of the disadvantaged groups in the West Bank. By reading these stories, you will meet the beneficiaries of HCI programs and you will learn about the power ordinary people have to change their own lives. You will also learn about the power caring people have to help them to do so.
West Bank
Honoring and Celebrating Community Traditions: Ramadan and Adahi 2011
Egypt, Featured Stories from the Field, Gaza Strip, Jordan & Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Regional, Seasonal Projects, Sudan, West Bank
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Nov 212011
Each year HCI makes it a point to honor and celebrate the traditions of the communities we serve; understanding the culture and living conditions of the local communities we work with is part of HCI’s philosophy while serving these communities, especially at times such as Ramadan and Eid Al Adha when great importance is placed [...]
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day Hand in Hand with Women Entrepreneurs with Special Needs
Disability, Education and Empowerment, Egypt, Gaza Strip, Livelihoods and Enterprise, Sudan, West Bank, Woman, Youth
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Mar 042011
HCI is celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of International Women’s Day on the March the 8th by highlighting the plight of women entrepreneurs with special needs in the Middle East and launching a year of activities focusing on this group through a series of interventions specifically targeting their needs. There is a distinct gender disparity [...]
Providing a Better Future for Mentally and Physically Challenged West Bank Children through Education
Children, Disability, Education and Empowerment, Housing and Infrastructure, Palestine, West Bank
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Dec 112009
Frequent arrests, military raids, over 600 Israeli military checkpoints, severely restricted freedom of movement, and ever-expanding settlements occupying more and more land are all a part of life in the West Bank. Conflict, poverty, unemployment, and isolation have left its residents with an uncertain future. The physically and mentally challenged, who according to WHO estimates [...]
Ramadan 2009: HCI's Experiences around the Arab World
Egypt, Emergency and Transition, Gaza Strip, Iraq, Jordan & Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Seasonal Projects, Sudan, West Bank
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Oct 072009
For the Muslim world, the month of Ramadan is traditionally a time for inner reflection, devotion to God, self control, and fasting from sunrise to sunset. It is also a particularly joyous time when relatives and friends invite each other over to gather around a table and break the fast together-Iftar-and above all a time [...]
Celebrating the Arab Orphan Day
Child Sponsorship, Children, Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Orphans, Palestine, Sudan, West Bank
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Apr 012009
“My name is Abeer. I snuck into the pocket space under the stairs and settled on a worn rubber tire. I took into myself a rusty-bladed knife in a box of wood shavings, and watched the crystal bubbles in clear olive-oil jugs, and mourned. My fuzz-head torn-shorts brother sat cross-legged on the ground beside me, [...]
Video: 10 Years in the West Bank & Gaza
Emergency and Transition, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Video, West Bank
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Jan 142009
Human Concern International has been actively involved in the West Bank and Gaza for the past decade building self-sustainable short and long term development projects in addition to providing relief and humanitarian assistance that foster self-reliance, self-directness and preserves human dignity for the sake of the disadvantaged groups in Palestine. Thanks to a quality network [...]
Video: HCI Helps Provide a Proper Eid Feast
Adahi, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan & Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Seasonal Projects, Sudan, West Bank
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Dec 172008
The second and the third day of Eid Al-Adha dawned windy–one of the most important events in the Muslim calendar both religiously and socially — rainy and cold, but that didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of HCI team in Middle East, assisted by volunteers and local partners, determined to see that the poorest of the poor [...]
Support for the Neediest Palestinian Olive Farmers in the West Bank
Agriculture and Food, Palestine, West Bank
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Oct 202008
In the West Bank, civilians are cut out from the rest of the world because of the Israeli siege without any supply or support; they are deprived from basic life elements and their rights to live normally, in addition to difficulties they face in receiving support from foreign aid agencies. This obliged many operating aid [...]
West Bank: School Bags for Children in Need
Education and Empowerment, Palestine, West Bank
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Sep 252008
“HCI contribution has improved the lives of many families living in despair and gave hope to many hopeless children. Just watch the smile of every child who benefited from HCI school bags project you can then see the great impact the project had on those children” commented Sarah Barakat, President of HCI local partner in [...]
