The Palestinian Prisoners Society

General Information

Type of Organization:

Local NGO

Acronym:

PPSMO

Governorate:

Nablus (Branch Office)

Establishment Year:

1993

Address:

Nablus / Sufian Street - Al Awqaf Building - F4

Telephone:

09-2384438

Website:

www.ppsmo.ps

Fax:

09-2387722

E-mail:

nablus.pps@yahoo.com

Person in Charge

Name:

Raed Mohammad Mahmood Amer

Position:

Club president of prisinores in Israeli Jails in Nablus and external relations officer

Telephone:

09-2384438

Mobile:

0599263616 \ 05989177008

E-mail:

rmma2002@yahoo.com

Staff:

Social Worker (1) Community Worker (1)

Mission & Goals

Mission:

Serving prisoners inside prisons and their families.


Goals:

1 - Looking after the affairs of prisoners in Israeli prisons, jails and detention and investigation centers.
2 - Supporting ex-detainees and help them in community-based rehabilitation.
3 - Supporting the families of prisoners and their children from the social and economic aspects, health and education.
4 - Legal and judicial follow-up files for prisoners in Israeli courts
5 - To raise public opinion about Israeli violations committed against the prisoners on both domestic and international levels.
6 - Publishing and documenting intellectual and cultural heritage of creative prisoners inside prisons as part of the heritage of the Palestinian struggle.
7 - Issuing reports and newsletters about the conditions of prisoners in Israeli jails.

Target Groups

YouthWomenMenElderlyFamilies

Activities / Interventions

Information dissemination to the community at large
Information on the current situation, relief efforts or available services
Messages on positive coping
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
Facilitation of community supports to vulnerable persons
Structured recreational or creative activities
psychosocial work
Lining vulnerable individuals/families to resources
General activities to support MHPSS
Advocacy

Time of implementation:

Morning

Place of implementation:

CenterCommunity

Geographical Distribution of the Services / Activities:

CityVillageCamp

Cost of the services provided:

Free

Mental and Behavioral Disorders

Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders
Grief
Adjustment disorders
Mixed anxiety & depressive