Background
Education is highly valued among Palestinian refugees as it provides them with full awareness of the Nakba and a more powerful enemy, perceived as both unjust and oppressive; that retained in their collective memory. Those refugees consider education as their only weapon by which they seek to develop their potentials, interact with others to advocate their just cause and defend it on international arena.
The essential role education played in the development of backward societies, are much higher than the anticipated economic calculations. Education plays a substantial role in the formation of a higher level of human capital in the society. Education institutions lay the groundwork for the cognitive revolution of knowledge and sophisticated abilities namely, higher levels of human capital which are the main backbone for progress in this century.
Undoubtedly, scholars all over the world proved that school students tend to perform significantly better in a comfortable environment. Availability of school shelter is one of their most basic needs, in both summer and winter, which save them from hot and rainy days. It follows that a comfortable environment would likely to affect positively the students academic performance, fulfills their aspirations, meet their abilities, preferences and interests.
Arroub camp is a Palestinian refugee camp situated in the southern West Bank in Hebron district, 15 km south of Bethlehem. The camp was established in 1949 to offer refuge to Palestinians who were forced to leave their home villages after the establishment of the state of "Israel". At present, 2136 families, a total of 13263 people, live on the camp’s 241 Dunum (0.24 square kilometers). The average family comprises seven members.
Job opportunities are scarce; recent statistics of Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (2016) reflects the highest percentage of poverty and the difficult socio-economic conditions in the refugee camps, where 47.5% of the refugee families under risk of poverty, a result of the high unemployment; high fertility rate; the large family size; and the high dependency rate after the UNRWA decision to cut aid to Palestinian refugees. The protests against this injustice decision are still going-on every day since it started one year ago.
The camp population is extremely young on average, with 62 percent belonging to the 0 to 24 years age bracket. Despite these conditions, education is highly valued among Palestinian refugees as it provides them with full awareness of the Nakba and a more powerful enemy, perceived as both unjust and oppressive; that retained in their collective memory. Those refugees consider education as their only weapon by which they seek to develop their potentials, interact with others to advocate their just cause and defend it on international arena.
Project Details:
Donor: Local Community.
Beneficiaries: Arroub Camp Preparatory Girls School, Arroub Refugee Camp, Hebron, Palestine.
Number of Beneficiaries: 1057 students.
Date of the project: March, 10, 2017.
Student’s details: 1057 eager students in the elementary (469) and preparatory (588) girls school from first-stage till ninth-stage, each stage divided into three classes, for the academic year 2016/2017, as follows:
| No. | Class | Section | Student Number |
| 1 | First | A, B, C | 115 |
| 2 | Second | A, B, C | 130 |
| 3 | Third | A, B, C | 100 |
| 4 | Fourth | A, B, C | 124 |
| 5 | Fifth | A, B, C | 114 |
| 6 | Sixth | A, B, C | 120 |
| 7 | Seventh | A, B, C | 124 |
| 8 | Eighth | A, B, C | 122 |
| 9 | Ninth | A, B, C | 108 |
| Total | 1057 | ||
Project Package:
| No. | Type | Number |
| 1. | Metal shelter | 1 (15m*30m) |
| 2. | Chairs | 120 |
| 3. | Paints | 10 |
Distribution of the Beneficiaries by Level:
Distribution of the Beneficiaries by Stage:
Acknowledgments
Upon the completion of this educational charity project and on behalf of our youth, Arroub Camp Preparatory Girls School, the refugee people and the HRS-Humanitarian Relief Society board members, I would like to extend my deepest thanks and appreciation to the Local community for their generous support. We have reached this point not by our efforts alone, but also through their kindness support, may Allah bless you and reward you the Jana, Ameen. “inna lanudeeAAu ajra man ahsana AAamala” (We will not allow to be lost the reward of any who did well in deeds). Sadaga Allah Al Atheem.
Thank you in advance for your generous support and cooperation,
President
