Health Work Committees

General Information
Type of Organization:	Local NGO	Acronym:	HWC
Governorate:	Bethlehem (Branch Office)	Establishment Year:	1998
Address:	Beit Sahour / Beit Sahour - Besides Ararart Hotel	Telephone:	02-2772277
Website:	www.pal-hwc.org	Fax:	02-2772277
E-mail:	info@hwc-pal.org
Person in Charge Name: Roula Khair Position: Social Worker Telephone: 02-2772277 Mobile: 0598867479 E-mail: info@hwc-pal.org
Staff:	Social Worker (3) Speech Therapist (1)

Mission & Goals

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Mission:

We, the Health Work Committees, are a Palestinian health and development non-governmental organization، We are specialized in providing quality and comprehensive health care services and building development models for all sectors within the society, particularly the poor and the marginalized. We work to empower and enhance the steadfastness of the Palestinian people through the enhancement of participatory management and professional qualified staff with the ability to influence the relevant public and sectoral policies towards a comprehensive health care system as a basic human right based on all international human rights conventions and agreements.

Goals:

Comprehensive quality to contribute towards fulfillment and realization of health and development rights,particularly those of poor people.

Target Groups

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Youth

Women

Men

Activities / Interventions

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Strengthening of community and family support
	Support for social support activities that are initiated by the community
	Strengthening of parenting/family supports
	Facilitation of community supports to vulnerable persons
	Structured recreational or creative activities
Safe spaces
	Child & Youth friendly spaces
Psychological intervention & Clinical management
	Basic counselling for individuals
	Basic counselling families
	Basic counselling for groups
	Psychotherapy
General activities to support MHPSS
	Training. / TOT
	Technical or clinical supervision
	Psychosocial support for staff / volunteers
	Advocacy
	Research

Time of implementation:	Morning
Place of implementation:	Center
Geographical Distribution of the Services / Activities:	City
Cost of the services provided:	Free

Mental and Behavioral Disorders

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Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders
	Obsessive – compulsive
	Grief
	Mixed anxiety & depressive
Disorders of psychological development
	Specific developmental of speech & language
Behavioral & emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in child & adolescence
	Hyper kinetic disorders
Mental disability
	Mild
	Moderate
Disorders of adult personality & behavior
	Habit & impulse disorders
Schizophrenia & delusional disorders
	Psychotic disorders

Training

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1- According to internal needs.