The Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees (DSPR) offers humatarian, psychosocial support and vocational training to the young people of Gaza — the innocent victims of four wars since 2009 — giving them hope for the future.
DSPR
(Also known as NECC)
Specialist mentoring and psychological support is given to all students, which are essential to help them complete and succeed in their training courses and develop as individuals and cope with the isolation of everyday life in Gaza.
They currently supervise four training centres – promoting gender equality — including courses in technical/vocational trades (building, carpentry, welding, and other hands-on practical trades), advanced dressmaking, secretarial studies, office management, and English language study. Interest-free educational loans are also made available for those students wishing to complete their studies in Palestinian universities.
To find out more about DSPR and Amos’ work in Gaza, please watch our short film.
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“Living in Bethlehem and celebrating Christmas in the place where Jesus was born to me is a true blessing, regardless of limitations and challenges faced as a religious minority group.” Farah Masoud and Lara Mitri write about the Orthodox Christmas Eve in Palestine.
This morning we received this press release from Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem as one of 53 civil society groups standing with these Palestinian organisations. “Earlier today we heard about Israeli raids on Palestinian civil society organisations and saw damage done to St Andrew’s Church in Ramallah. UK remains a firm supporter of Palestinian civil society and the important role such organisations play in upholding human rights.” Full details.
On Friday, 24th September, Amos Trust Director Chris Rose met with Ambassador Dr Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK. The main item in their discussions was UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’ announcement that she is considering relocating the British embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Dr Zomlot has sent this message to Amos Trust supporters.
There was an awful inevitability to the killings this weekend in Jenin and Jerusalem. We deplore the loss of any life, and our thoughts and prayers are with all those who mourn. While we welcome the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken flying in to try to calm the situation, this will, at best, be a temporary reprieve in what is an escalating pattern of violence.
“I guess I expected a kind of Ottolenghi-style tour, a pomegranate-seed strewn food odyssey with a bit of politics thrown in. Naïve, ignorant, stupid me. Nothing could have prepared me for the mind-blowing gut-wrenching tragedy that is happening in this region.” Sue Quinn writes about Amos’ Taste of Palestine trip.
“I will not ask us to hope or pray for an unwinding of tension and for calm to spread — we all want that — but it’s not the point. Instead, this Easter, I would ask that we commit ourselves again to justice, human rights, seeing the humanity in the person before us, recognising their right to exist, their right to live in peace and determine their future, their right to worship their God and the need for us to work together to determine how we can live together.” Chris Rose writes about the situation at Al-Aqsa Mosque during Easter 2023.
“Today, as a group of UK-based humanitarian, development, human rights and faith charities working for Palestinian human rights, wellbeing and dignity, we commemorate the 75th anniversary of what is known by Palestinians as the Nakba (the “catastrophe”) – and rededicate ourselves to bringing this relentless process to an end.” Read the statement from a group of UK-based humanitarian, development, human rights and faith charities working for Palestinian human rights.
Amos Trust
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UK
Telephone:
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