Family Defense Society

General Information
Type of Organization:	Local NGO	Acronym:	FDS
Governorate:	Nablus	Establishment Year:	1994
Address:	Nablus / Al Ma'ajeen near Jerusalem university project	Telephone:	09-2341117
Website:	www.fds-pal.org	Fax:	09-2341117
E-mail:	info@fds-pal.org
Person in Charge Name: Shaden Mohammad Mara'eyeh Position: Director of the Institution Telephone: 09-2341117 Mobile: 0597033032 E-mail: shadden_m@hotmail.com
Staff:	Psychologist (1) Social Worker (4) Other (3)

Mission & Goals

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Mission:

Goals:

1 -To provide assistance and defense to victims of domestic violence and support them and adopt their cases in the community.
2 - Awareness and counseling of women and men about the cases and rights of women and children and the elderly, from the social and psychological aspects of legal, civil and legal commensurate with the international covenants.
3 -To provide protection for girls and women and their children, victims of domestic violence by providing them a temporary shelter in addition to all forms of assistance until the problem is resolved.

Target Groups

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Children

Youth

Women

Men

Families

Activities / Interventions

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Information dissemination to the community at large
	Information on the current situation, relief efforts or available services
Strengthening of community and family support
	Support for social support activities that are initiated by the community
	Facilitation of community supports to vulnerable persons
	Structured recreational or creative activities
Psychosocial support in education
	Psychosocial support to student teachers
Psychological intervention & Clinical management
	Basic counselling for individuals
	Basic counselling families
	Basic counselling for groups
General activities to support MHPSS
	Training. / TOT
	Technical or clinical supervision
	Psychosocial support for staff / volunteers
	Advocacy

Time of implementation:	Morning	Evening
Place of implementation:	Center	School	Community
Geographical Distribution of the Services / Activities:	City	Village	Camp
Cost of the services provided:	Free

Mental and Behavioral Disorders

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Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders
	PTSD
	Adjustment disorders
	Mixed anxiety & depressive
	Somatoform disorders
Disorders of psychological development
	Scholastic skill
Behavioral & emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in child & adolescence
	Hyper kinetic disorders
	Conduct disorders
	Emotional disorders (separation anxiety)
Disorders of adult personality & behavior
	Specific personality disorders
	Gender identity

Training

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1 - Communication skills.
2 - Gender and violence based on gender.
3 - Human rights, especially for women and children.
4 - Domestic violence.