Jericho women charitable society

General Information
Type of Organization:	Local NGO	Acronym:	JWCS
Governorate:	Jericho	Establishment Year:	1963
Address:	Jericho / Jericho - Bayader district - opposite the old mosque	Telephone:	02-2322615
Website:	www.jwcs-pal.org	Fax:	02-2322615
E-mail:	info@jwcs-pal.org
Person in Charge Name: Hayat El Dajani Position: Director Telephone: 02-2322615 Mobile: 0598577872 E-mail: info@jwcs-pal.org
Staff:	Social Worker (2) Educational Counselor (1) Other (2)

Mission & Goals

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Mission:

the JWCS's vision is to have a platform for women and children in the society providing education, training and more in order to create a balanced self sustainable society that is healthy, educated and cultured.

Goals:

The main aims of the JWCS are firstly, to create a balanced family: economically, physiologically, and healthfully. secondly, the JWCS hopes to elevate the status of women in society and give her the chance to be a decision maker, in addition to empower them financially, socially, culturally and healthfully. Thirdly, the JWCS hopes to increase the educational level in the society and and improve the solidarity of the community.

Target Groups

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Women

Activities / Interventions

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Facilitation of conditions for community local
	Support for emergency relief that is initiated by the community
Strengthening of community and family support
	Support for social support activities that are initiated by the community
	Strengthening of parenting/family supports
Psychosocial support in education
	Psychosocial support to student teachers
psychosocial work
	Psychological first aid (PFA)
	Lining vulnerable individuals/families to resources
Psychological intervention & Clinical management
	Basic counselling for individuals
	Basic counselling families
	Basic counselling for groups
General activities to support MHPSS
	Technical or clinical supervision
	Psychosocial support for staff / volunteers
	Advocacy
	Research

Time of implementation:	Morning
Place of implementation:	Center	School	Clinic	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
	Grief
	PTSD
	Adjustment disorders
	Brief depressive
	Mixed anxiety & depressive
	Somatoform disorders
Disorders of psychological development
	Specific developmental of speech & language
Behavioral syndrome associated with physiological disturbances & physical factors
	Sleep disorders
Disorders of adult personality & behavior
	Specific personality disorders
Schizophrenia & delusional disorders
	Schizophrenia
Mood (affective) disorders
	Depressive

Training

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Research

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