Coaching Workshops on Fundraising in Aqbat Jaber Camp

Project Overview

While UNRWA provides free education, health services, and other relief support to refugees, other developmental needs including rehabilitation of worn-out infrastructure and support to livelihood and employment remain mostly unmet and are left to the limited efforts of Popular Committees of the camps as well as ad-hoc support from international communities. PA also recognizes the issue of refugee camp improvement as one of its priorities in the National Development Plan (2014-2016). Organization requested that the Government of Japan (GoJ) provide assistance for the Project with the objective of improving the capacity of DoRA and the relevant community groups necessary for camp improvement, which was subsequently appraised and adopted by GOJ. Based on the above request, the “Refugee Camp Improvement Project” was commenced in January 2017.This project is implemented by a group of Japanese experts/specialist in cooperation with Palestinian expertsThe project is focused on Aqabat Jaber Camp in Jericho, as a pilot camp.Under the different projects’ activities, it is planned to conduct a training for youth in the camp who are their age’s between15-30. The main objectives of this training assignment are as follows:•Understand fundraising key concepts and process;•Analyze their organization's capacities in relation to fundraising;•Analyze fundraising possibilities;•Prepare themselves to communicate with potential donors;•Make the linkages between fundraising and the priorities;•Create an initial fundraising plan;To this end, JET has contracted GCT to undertake this assignment in line with its requirements and expectations.