Sawa

General Information

Type of Organization:

Local NGO

Acronym:

sawa

Governorate:

Ramallah & Al-Bireh (Main Branch)

Establishment Year:

1998

Address:

Ramallah / P.O.Box 2315

Telephone:

02-2418100

Website:

www.sawa.ps

Fax:

02-2418111

E-mail:

info@sawa.ps

Person in Charge

Name:	Aheela Shomar
Position:	Director
Telephone:	02-2418100
Mobile:
E-mail:	ohaila@sawa.ps

Staff:

Psychologist (4)

Social Worker (17)

Educational Counselor (5)

Mission & Goals

Mission:

Sawa is a Palestinian nonprofit organization working against all types of violence against women and children. It aims at spreading a culture of non-violence and gender equality in Palestinian society through helping violence victims and advising community members in complete confidentiality. To best serve the community, Sawa networks with other interested parties, uses up-to-date technology and employs well-trained staff who can effectively render support and advice to violence victims.

Goals:

1. Contribute toward eliminating all types of violence against women and children, especially gender-based and domestic violence.
2. To provide an opportunity for victims of violence to access safe support and protection.
3. To raise community awareness and bring the issue of violence out from the household domain into the community sphere.
4. To promote the spirit and values of voluntarism and mobilize community resources and support in addressing the issue of violence against women and children.
5. To be social entrepreneurs, using new technologies to provide social services.

Target Groups

Children

Youth

Women

Men

Activities / Interventions

Psychosocial support in education
	Psychosocial support to student teachers
psychosocial work
	Lining vulnerable individuals/families to resources
Psychological intervention & Clinical management
	Basic counselling for individuals
	Basic counselling for groups
General activities to support MHPSS
	Training. / TOT
	Technical or clinical supervision
	Psychosocial support for staff / volunteers

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

Mental and Behavioral Disorders

Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders
	Phobic anxiety disorders
	Obsessive – compulsive
	Acute stress disorders
	Emergency
	Grief
	PTSD
	Mixed anxiety & depressive
Behavioral & emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in child & adolescence
	Behavioral & emotional disorders
Disorders of adult personality & behavior
	Habit & impulse disorders
	Gender identity

Training

1 - Dealing with victims of violence constantly.
2 - Dealing with victims of sexual assaults in particular.
3 - Crisis and trauma following a violent incident.
4 - Support mechanisms for victims of violence in all its forms.

Sawa

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