By/ Salem Elrayyes Inside her one bedroom home in Shatai Camp near the shore, Nabila Al-Dadla sits smiling behind her sewing machine turning traditionally embroidered fabrics into elegant Palestinian women wear. Al-Dadla has a partial physical impairment. She learned to sew 20 years ago in a shop for a local organization. She perfected the […]
Omar Abu Rahma stands inside his small workshop, which he built on a part of his home garden. Amidst carpentry equipment and machines, he cuts large timber into small certain-sized pieces he needs to make frames and wooden boxes containing local embroidery. As soon as he finishes cutting the pieces he needs, he sits on […]
By/ Salem Elrayyes In the town of Beit Hanon, north of Gaza Strip, Amani Shabbat sits behind a desk at her shop “Al-Sham” for selling wedding and birthday supplies and decorating wedding cars to serve costumers’ orders and needs. Amani, 30 years old suffers from a spinal condition. As a Social Science graduate from […]
Nearly two years ago, young woman Hanadi (24 years), from Gaza City, went to bed and she was quite all right. Few hours later, when she woke up, Hanadi was shocked as she could not see anything around her. She was terrified and panicked; she loudly shouted to ask for her mother’s help. “Oh Mom, […]
During January, SDF conducted two public seminars in different locations in the Gaza Strip entitled ” How to be a Successful Entrepreneur” with participation of a group of PWDs, entrepreneurs, public figures, media and community leaders. The seminars constituted as an entrance to the entrepreneurship and it caught the attention of the participants to the […]
We Work – Gaza SDF concluded a training course on “Management and Communication Skills for the Non-profit Sector” in partnership with Educaid, El- Amal Rehabilitation Society and Gaza Chamber of Commerce. The training came within We Work project. The training aims at acquiring management and communication skills include time management, how to manage meeting and […]
One of the strategies adopted by Social Development Forum is to effectively include social media activists and tools in embracing the issues of marginalized and disadvantaged groups and in creating and spreading social change and awareness. In this context, a number of activities and initiatives are implemented to include social media activists and journalists more […]
“The Rights to Access and Work for Persons with Disabilities – The opportunities and challenges” Conference was organized by SDF and its local partners on December 1st, 2016 in Gaza City as part of the “Partnership for the Future” Project’s activities. It included a number of themes that addressed the legal and civil frames of […]
Ramallah / Salem Al Rayes – Effective Writers Although he felt persecuted and marginalized throughout life because of his visual disability, Mohammed did not lose the hope of a brighter future. He has always had a smile on his face. One day he was surprised by an advertisement on a website stating that poets and writers […]
Gaza On Wednesday, 02 November 2016, the Social Developmental Forum (SDF) organized a site visit to a number of construction projects supervised by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Gaza and Northern Gaza. The visit which is part of the ‘Partnership for the Future’ project aimed at inspecting the suitability and responsiveness of these […]
