Listening and Training Center Dar Al-Majus, next to the vulnerable people of Bethlehem

Palestina

Justification

The aim of the center is to enhance the richness of the Palestinian cultural heritage and promote the economic and social revival of the local community. It also seeks to improve support services for young people and women in a context such as that of the Belén Governorate, where the permanent conflict and limited freedom of movement generate a precarious economic situation and a climate of great social tension.

In particular, young people and women represent the most vulnerable part, since they rarely benefit from equal access to the labor market and, for this reason, are left on the margins of society and without real prospects for the future.

The Listening Center to be set up will be open to the entire local community, without distinction of religion, ethnicity, sex or age, and will be a place where each person will be listened to and accompanied through the following areas of support: listening and aid; vocational training and help at work.

Location

Belén – Palestina

Local Partner

Pro Terra Sancta

Objectives

General objective:Support the vulnerable population of Belén from a health and social point of view.

Specific goal: 1) Create a network of social realities that act in this field. 2) Support young people and women who have not completed the school system through specific training that facilitates their access to the labor market.

Main population

(youth, women and men).

Project duration

Budget

Financing

TAU (30.000€)

Activities:

  • Equipment of the Listening Center and hiring of specialized personnel. Equipment: Once the rehabilitation of the building has been completed, the spaces will be adapted for the desired purposes, the social workers’ office, a reception area where people requesting help are received, and the areas destined to impart training courses. Recruitment of personnel: Selection of a Junior Social Worker to support the Senior Social Worker of the Association.
  • Granting of scholarships for training and labor insertion. Provision of 10 work scholarships for the employment of vulnerable young people and women in local companies, accompanying them during the first 6 months. And creation of 40 scholarships to support participation in professional training courses for the benefit of young people who have dropped out of school or women who are looking for a professional job.