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CIVIC PARTICIPATION PROGRAM (CPP) FOR STRENGTHENING

CIVIL SOCIETY IN PALESTINE

TITLE OF THE PROJECT: SHABAB NETWORK

QUARTERLY REPORT PERIOD: APRIL 1, 2011 - JUNE 30, 2011

D ATE: JULY 7, 2011

N AME OF THE CSO: SHAREK Y OUTH FORUM

GRANT AGREEMENT #: SYF – CP – 002

Contact Person: Sahar Othman

Address of Organization: Al-Tireh Street, Ramallah, Palestine

Telephone: 02 296 77 41, 02 2975487



A. INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT

Project Objective:

Overall objective:

To contribute to the capacity of young people to be engaged citizens in the process of

building a culture of mutual respect and democracy in their communities.

Specific Objectives:

1. Increase capacity of young people to use tools of debate, dialogue, new media and

social action to engage as active citizens in their communities.

2. Provide space and opportunity for young people to dialogue with local decision

makers.

3. Promote the spirit of volunteerism and opportunities to be active citizens through

volunteering.

4. Identify a network of young people for future advocacy work.

• Project activities/tasks

Plan and Prepare project for implementation 01/04/2011-30/05/2011 : Recruit project staff, select locations for project implementation, select project

participants, develop and prepare monitoring and evaluation tools, prepare

participants capacity building plans and materials Capacity Building: Volunteerism capacity, Debate and Dialogue capacity and

Advocacy capacity building

01/06/2011-31/08/2011:

3 hours volunteerism training (Sharek Contribution)5 hours debate and dialogue training

3 hours new media training

6 hours advocacy training



Jenin District Shahd Zakarneh

Qalqilia Na’em Shqaire

Hebron District Tamara Qasem

Jordan Valley Mu’men Zbeidat

First and second set of interviews for advocacy support officer took place.

The final committee decision was to hire Liam Robertson for the position of Advocacy Support Officer as part of the capacity building component with the CRS

CPP project.

Finalizing the selection of the targeted locations

It was agreed that the exact locations will be finalized during the planning phase

after different consultation with the local communities regarding the needs and thewillingness to cooperate. The following are the final locations that will be targeted:

Geographic Area by District Location1

South Hebron 3 villages Beit Ola

Bait Ummar

Seer



An orientation week was held for the coordinators to introduce them to Sharek and

its different projects and also to give them a better insight on the project and its

objectives and plan.

After a long period of meetings with different youth groups and youth and women’s

organizations, we have finalized the formation of groups in all districts, 3 groups in

each district with 35-40 participants in each group.



Challenges faced during project implementation and how were these addressed and

overcome?

In the Jordan Valley we have formed one complete group, however in the two other

locations (Marj Na’je and Jeftlek) we are facing challenges due to the small population

and the nature of these locations, therefore the groups are much smaller. It was

decided to continue working with these groups though in smaller numbers in order

to encourage more participation at these two locations, since these locations lack any

activities or organizations working there.

In Qalqilya, we have a great number of participants, however we are still facing a

different kind of challenge and that is the objection of parents and the local council of

having mixed gender groups. We are still facing this challenge and meanwhile

working with the participants separately. We are, however, still trying to find a way

to overcome this challenge by identifying influential figures from each village that can

support our cause, in addition we are trying to bring a few parents to attend some of

the meetings.

It is quite challenging to find creative, unconventional trainers, especially in thethematic areas we have chosen. These themes such as New Media or Debate are not

common as of yet and therefore, there is not such a wide pool of trainers to choose

from, which limits our search.



Lessons learned

• To take into consideration the equipment required during the different trainingsand not only the project itself in order to ensure the smooth running of the training

in all locations and the emphasis on practical experience more than in lecture

format.

• The process of trainers’ selection should be undertaken in parallel to the selection of

coordinators in order to save time and achieve our objectives as planned.

• The number of participants in each group is quite big for such interactive trainings,which will not give each participant a fair chance of participation. In addition, the

trainers might sometimes find it difficult to train such big groups.

Recommendations

• We recommend that all necessary equipment be clearly indicated in the proposal so

it will not put pressure on the implementing partner to provide them.

• We recommend decrease the number of participants in each group and maybe in

return increasing the number of groups in order to make the trainings more

interactive and provide each participant a fair opportunity to learn and participate.

• We recommend that all training, especially for areas such as Jordan Valley, be held

outside the village in order to provide the participants with a safe and comfortable

learning environment.



D. TRAINING, WORKSHOPS AND PUBLIC MEETINGS (ONE P AGE)

• Please provide a summary of each training/workshop/public meeting in this section.

No. Training/Workshop/Public Meeting Date Location No. of Beneficiaries

1 Introductory workshop with the group

(getting to know each other)

20/6/2011 Seer M: 17 F: 15

21/6/2011 Bet Umar M:16 F:14

22/6/2011 Bet Ola M:7 F:2222/6/2011 Zbedat M: 22 F:18

23/6/2011 Marj Na’je M:7 F:9

23/6/2011 Jeftlek M:4 F:13



SUCCESS STORIES AND PHOTOS

• Please include in this section a success story where possible. Usually, a success story

will capture the conditions before and after specific intervention and should illustrate

significant change for the better. Where possible, it is helpful to include pictures of the

beneficiaries, etc. to strengthen the story and to add a personal touch.

Jordan Valley: Forming and activating groups in the Jordan Valley. That in itself is a great

accomplishment. After a visit to this area and meeting with the groups there I was amazed

by the Great Spirit these youth have inspite of their living conditions. Their comments about

the lack of any clubs or activities in their area highlighted the importance of our presence

there despite all the challenges that we might face. What was even more amazing is the

answer received to one of the questions put forth: If you could change one thing in this

village what would it be? Several young men replied that they would form a sports’ club for

women since their sisters and their friends cannot practice any sports in the area and they

need it just as much as the men.

Na’em Shukier, our new field coordinator in Qalqilya district, comes from a small villagecalled Zawye which is located west of Salfeet. Na’em finished high school and studied

photography. He acquired his own camera and started working as a photographer in order

to support his studies at Al Quds Open University. However, after a couple of years, his

camera broke and he could not afford to purchase a new one and therefore lost his

livelihood. This forced him to seek employment in other sectors in order to support his

studies. Due to the fact that he had to support himself by working, it took him eight years to

complete his bachelor’s degree.

In 2008, he graduated from university with a bachelor’s degree in Social Science.

Nevertheless, he was not able to find a job. He continued his volunteer work even after

graduation and was only successful in finding short term contracts in a few projects.



a teacher so as to expand his career options and passed the teaching examination. He also

applied to many positions in various banks but he was still unable to find a job. Moumen,

started volunteering in many organizations and still does so to date. However, to earnmoney, he also had to work long hours in agriculture and then worked even longer hours in

factories based in the settlements, wrapping food in boxes.

Today we are proud to present Moumen as part of our staff and we are pleased to start

working in such marginalized areas such as Zubeidat and the Jordan Valley in general.



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I. WORK PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING QUARTER

# Date Activity #/ Title Activity Description

(Who, Why, How, How many, where, When …)

Location Expected

Deliverables

No. of

Beneficiaries1. 15/7/20

11-

31/7/20

11

Capacity

building in the

four themes

Carrying out the first round of the capacity

building training to the beneficiaries

Volunteerism, New Media, Debate and

Advocacy

12 locations in the

following districts:

Qaliqilia

Hebron

Jenin

Jordan Valley

4 trainings in each

location

480

2. 1/7/201

-

31/7/20

11

Field Visits Visiting all locations for monitoring by Sharek

Staff

Qalqilia

Hebron

Jenin

Jordan Valley

J. M&E

A final Performance Monitoring Plan has been submitted to the CRS M&E Officer. This draft copy includes a results framework along

with the CPP-PMP Table. This PMP incorporates the guidelines as set out by the M&E Officer during the training in April.

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