The Social Developmental Forum (SDF), participated, in collaboration with 7amleh – The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media, and the Palestinian Digital Rights Coalition and dozens of international organizations in launching #ReconnectGaza, a global campaign to demand rebuilding Gaza’s telecommunications network and safeguard the right to communication as a fundamental human right. This […]
The Social Developmental Forum (SDF), in collaboration with the World Central Kitchen (WCK), distributed 1,500 food parcels to displaced returners in north Gaza, who have endured a hard journey walking on foot for hours, carrying their belongings, and heading back to their homes. The parcels included vegetables, fruits, and food supplies. For instance, each parcel […]
Aiming to revitalize hope among displaced youth in the Gaza Strip, a proactive group of young activists launched the “Yalla Shabab” initiative, which creates a space for youth to meet, play, and compete in a supportive and healthy atmosphere, where they practice their top interest hobby “football”. This initiative is a joint collaboration between the […]
A group of young leaders and musicians launched the “Music and Hope” initiative in displacement centers in the middle area of the Gaza Strip, targeting internally displaced children, who have been enduring harsh war conditions for over 15 months. This youth-led intervention was funded through the initiatives bank, launched be SDF in collaboration with the […]
A group of young activists led the “Safe Environment” initiative around Rodelf Filter School’s entrance in Deir Al-Balah, middle Gaza, which aimed to address the severe sanitation crisis affecting displaced residents in the school by resolving the accumulation of wastewater inside and around the school, which had created significant challenges for thousands of displaced individuals […]
The “Girls’ Tent” initiative was launched by a group of young leaders in southern and middle Gaza as part of the SDF’s national relief response program “Together For Palestine” (T4P), which targets girls and adolescents in displacement camps. This initiative was funded through the Initiatives Bank, in collaboration with the Save Youth Future Society (SYF), […]
A group of young activists launched “Together For Palestine” community interventions all over the Gaza Strip. 14 community initiatives were funded by the Social Developmental Forum (SDF), 11 in the middle and southern areas, and 3 in the northern regions. This unique set of community interventions, launched early in December 2024 were designed and finalized […]
Internally Displaced People have been facing escalated crises, beyond the confines of their makeshift tents or “displacement centers”. Sanitation is a pressing issue in displacement that exacerbates the plights of IDPs; recurring overflowing sewage to streets, camps, and schools heavily affects areas such as Deir Al-Balah and Khan Younis, sheltering hundreds of thousands of displaced […]
Thirteen-year-old Ghazal Al-Sultan lives in a tent-like all Internally Displaced People in the Gaza Strip. Her life mirrors the monotonous and exhausting routine of displacement until she finally joined a Safe Learning Space, established by the Social Developmental Forum in the “Together For Palestine 3” camp in Deir Al-Balah. Ghazal was a seventh-grade student before […]
Standing a few meters away from the children’s courtyard at Abdul Rahman bin ‘Awf School in Gaza City, Karima stares at the youngsters as they play alongside her fellow volunteers. A single word flutters in her heart: hope—the very hope and belief that filled the hearts of her young peers at the “Together For Hope”. […]
