Grants Awarded

Medical Wadi

(New 2022) Joint Israeli Jewish – Palestinian intervention in Israel for young mothers and their babies. Intervention measuring improved nutrition, well being and communication between the two groups.

Kavlaoved (Israeli) and Cnaaniat (Palestinian)

(New 2022) A joint effort between an Israeli and a Palestinian community group to improve the occupational health of Palestinian workers crossing the border form the Palestinian Territories to work in Israel.

Atid Bamidbar  – Improved Nutrition in the Southern Negev, Israel. 

This is a joint farming and additional activities venture between the Israeli Jewish town of Yeruham and the unrecognized Israeli Bedouin village of Rahme. Objectives: Improved nutrition and Improved communication between Jews and Bedouin.

Diabetes Palestine – Chronic Disease Self Management for Type 1 Diabetic Teens in Gaza.  East Jerusalem/ Gaza, Palestine Authority – 2019

This initiative uses the Stanford CDSMP program together with mobile applications for 200 type 1 teenage diabetics in Gaza, our first ever program in Gaza. The program is managed by Diabetes Palestine. This program started in December 2019.

Kuchinate – Improved Resilience and Economic Support for  African Refugee Asylum Seekers, Tel Aviv, Israel– 2020.

African asylum-seeking women endured torture and other traumas en-route to Israel; and in Israel, they are highly susceptible to homelessness, poverty discrimination and domestic abuse.  They suffer from a wide range of trauma-related mental health difficulties.  Kuchinate is a resilience-based community that was founded in order to offer vital support and empowerment to women asylum seekers through a unique project which combines income generation with psychosocial support.

Yes Theatre Drama Therapy – Southern Hebron Hills , Palestinian Authority – 2019

This drama therapy initiative in the Hebron area will contribute to the improvement of the mental health status of Palestinian children, youth and women. The target group 100 10-15 year old children; 100 16-18 year old teens; 100 20-35 year old women. Each person needs to have been in conflict with Israeli law and detained by Israelis; or loved ones whose relative was arrested and/or killed by Israelis; or exposed to different kinds of violence such as harassment from settlers or Israeli soldiers.

Al-Majd

(New 2022) Enhancing the psychosocial and mental health of Palestinian children and their families in Jenin- northern West Bank.

Ladaat

Reproductive rights for Palestinian women living in East Jerusalem.

2004 – 2019

• The Kayan Feminist OrganizationKayan helps further women’s rights and improve their health through leadership training programs in northern Israel, empowering hundreds of Arab women in dozens of communities to challenge the gender-based discrimination they face and better understand their gender-specific health needs.
• Al-Maqdese “Unplugged”: Drug Abuse Prevention for Palestinian YouthProfessor Rawson identified an Arabic speaking professional expert in Unplugged to provide training to Al-Maqdese staff, the police department and Directorate of Education. Because of travel restrictions, Dr. Nael Hassan, an Egyptian psychiatrist living in Abu Dhabi provided the 12 training sessions by Skype. one of the main challenges (and benefits) of the program is that participating schools are located in the Al-Ram area of Jerusalem. This area is a grey zone, meaning it is not under the control of either the Palestinian or Israeli authorities, thus it is virtually lawless with a large population and widespread presence of drugs and weapons.
• Caritas Chronic Disease ProgramCaritas Chronic Disease Program exponentially increases the impact of community-based chronic self-management in the Palestinian towns of Kufr Malik, Deir Abu Mash’ai, Abboud, and Shaqba in the West Bank.
• Mesila: Empowerment and Family Planning for Women in the Asylum Seeking Community This is a jointly funded effort with United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) and it began in the fall of 2016. This project focuses on women of the asylum seeker community and will include a network of women from the community who, after intensive training, will become the primary resource for women on family planning and women’s rights. Mesila is also working to have women’s organizations in Israel make their services available to the refugee community.

• The Israeli Association of Community Centers (2012 – 2015 Grantee) The Israel Association of Community Centers in Israel promotes women’s health in the ultra-orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Nof by raising awareness about women’s health needs on a community-wide level and cooperating with local religious authorities to change attitudes about women’s health.

• Friends by Nature (2012 – 2014 Grantee) Friends by Nature is helping to empower Israeli Ethiopian women to play active roles in promoting women’s and family health issues in their families and communities, along with battling new challenges facing Ethiopians in Israel such as obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure by reconnecting families to traditional Ethiopian foods and active lifestyles.

• Yasmin Al-Nagab (2012 – 2015 Grantee) Yasmin Al-Nagab for the Health of Women and Family is a community-based grassroots organization founded by a group of Bedouin Arab women with backgrounds in medicine, law, education, and social welfare to enhance the health of the rural Bedouin women of Al-Nagab ‎‎(the Negev) desert in southern Israel.

• Head to Toe: A Joint Project of Arab and Jewish Women with Disabilities (2012 – 2015 Grantee) Many disabled young women—especially those in Israel’s Arab and orthodox-Jewish sectors—are not given the tools to properly care for their health. Head to Toe supports such women by empowering them to take greater responsibility for their bodies despite their disabilities.

• Hiyot (Amharic for “Life”) (2012 – 2014 Grantee) Hiyot helps Ethiopian-Israeli teenage girls become agents of change in their communities and among their peers and families in order to spread knowledge and legitimize discussion of sexual health issues generally considered off-limits in traditional Ethiopian society.

• The Rahat Women’s Association (2012 – 2014 Grantee) A women-supporting-women non-profit serving the largest Bedouin community in Israel and the world, the Rahat Women’s Association empowers Bedouin women in Israel’s Negev to take charge of their lives, become productive members of society, and build a future for themselves that they would once have deemed impossible.

• The Ne’eman Association for the Prevention of Strokes and the Support of Stroke Victims (2015 Grantee) Ne’eman was founded by a group of stroke victims to provide support other stroke victims and their families while promoting prevention and intervention programs for the larger population.

• Hadassah Optimal (2012 – 2015 Grantee) Improving the health of young women and their families in northern Israel though the training of Mother and Child Health Clinic nurses (“Tipat Halav”) in the importance of proper nutrition and regular physical activity.

• Dar Al-Kalima and the “Fit for Life” Program (2012 – 2015 Grantee) Bethlehem based-Dar Al-Kalima works to promote individual and community health in response to specific community needs through the establishment of service facilities and programs that allow individuals to take proactive roles in maintaining their well-being.

• One in Nine (2012 – 2015 Grantee) One in Nine works to raise awareness for early detection of breast cancer amongst Israel’s disadvantaged communities and orthodox Jewish sector in particular, while providing support to those who have been diagnosed with the illness.

• The Women’s Studies Center (2012 – 2013 Grantee) The Women’s Studies Center is a Jerusalem-based human rights organization working to transform prevailing social attitudes towards women in Palestinian society and provide psychological support to women in need.