TAKAFUL Palestinian Refugee Support Network is a project of the Working Families Relief Fund, a California, U.S.-based
organization dedicated to supporting working families confronting poverty, unemployment and disability while raising children.
We are based in the United States and have supporters throughout North America and Europe.
We
are dedicated to working hand in hand with independent, non-governmental civil society organizations in Lebanon and Palestine
to support Palestinian refugees on a person-to-person, family-to-family level, breaking down barriers and creating bonds of
mutual solidarity and support.
Our main goal is to develop the family-to-family sponsorship
project in coordination with Hanan Cultural and Social Development Association in Gaza Strip, Palestine; as well as with Al-Khalsah
Philanthropic Association in Lebanon. The network aims to work with civil organizations in the Arab world and internationally
in order to support Palestinian refugees in their just struggle for independence, sovereignty, self-determination & the
right to return. We have been operating since 2007, developing family-to-family sponsorships in Gaza and Lebanon for over
two years.
The network aims to build bridges between Palestinians in the Diaspora (shatat) and
our people in occupied Palestine. We aim to work together with the civil and independent local non-governmental organizations
in the surrounding Arab and Muslim countries.
The network aims as well to develop a solid basis for solidarity
with the Palestinian people based on their national and human rights.
Our Partners
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Hanan Association for Social and Cultural Development
Gaza Strip
Hanan Cultural and Social Development Association works with marginalized communities,
especially children, women, youth and the disabled, and those who live in the most impoverished and isolated communities.
Hanan aims to create a balance in the lives of these communities by focusing on their physical and mental health, providing
skills and leadership training, and supporting overall health, economic and social development.
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Al-Khalsa Philanthropic Association
Lebanon
Al-Khalsa Philanthropic Association (KPA) was founded in 1997 in Lebanon. It is a registered, non-profit, non-political
and charitable organization that derives its name from the village of Al-Khalsa in southern Lebanon. Al-Khalsa is one of villages
that are widely known as “The Seven Villages”.
KPA programs are focused on health care for the
impoverished and needy, including providing free medications to those who cannot afford them. It is also focused on athletic
programs for the youth, cultural programs to elevate social and communal awareness, as well as efforts to eliminate illiteracy
and poverty.
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