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.
Take a look through our range of resources, blog posts, downloads and products to find out more about our Palestine Justice work.
Watch again as Zoughbi Zoughbi from Wi’am and Claire Anasta from Bethlehem discuss Israel’s illegal Separation Wall. Listen as they talk about the first time they saw the Wall and about the protests that took place against its building in Bethlehem and the neighbouring areas. They tell devastating stories of the Wall’s impact and share how it has only furthered divisions.
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We were delighted to welcome Asmaa Tayeh and Ola AlAsi from We Are Not Numbers for a virtual tour of Jabalia Camp in the north of the Gaza Strip were we glimpsed into the every day lives of some of the locals, visited the market and saw images of Gaza that never make it onto the news.
2017 saw the first ever Palestine Music Expo (PMX) take place in Ramallah on the West Bank. It brought together Palestinian artists and international music industry professionals in an effort to develop valuable music industry networking opportunities in Palestine. The event was a huge success and continues to be the major annual event on the Palestine music calendar. Listen and watch again as we talk Palestinian Pop with Sarah Williams and Martin Goldschmidt from PMX and the unbelievably talented Palestinian singer-songwriter Rasha Nahas who sang for us live.
Although we could not be together in person for our Christmas event in 2020, we came together online for our Bethlehem ‘Big Give’ Christmas Event to stand in solidarity with the children and young people of Palestine this holiday season. With Christmas messages from our partners in Palestine and the premiere of two new films from Gaza, we also heard poetry from Harry Baker, Zena Kazeme and Justin Butcher, music from Martyn Joseph, Garth Hewitt and Beth Rowley and thought-provoking contributions from our friends around the world.
We were delighted to be able to screen ‘Cycling Under Siege in Gaza’ when we were joined by the director Flavia Cappellini and Alaa al-Dali (the subject of the film), for a Q&A afterwards. We were also joined by We Are Not Numbers project manager from Gaza, Issam Adwan, cyclist and author Julian Sayarer and writer and playwright Ahmed Masoud.
Amos Trust
7 Bell Yard, London
WC2A 2JR
UK
Telephone:
+44 (0) 203 725 3493
Email:
[email protected]
Registered Charity No.
1164234
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