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 ‘We Care: Young Palestinian Role-Models…’ was established by PYALARA approximately three years with the sponsorship and cooperation of UNICEF in response to the  negative psychological impact the political situation was having on Palestinian youth.

‘We Care III’ takes young Palestinians from a state of isolation and frustration to a supportive environment that not only caters to their needs but also utilizes their energies and potentials in a creative and sustainable manner.

Training session of the "We Care III" project at Al-Meshalcultural center-Gaza

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"We Care III" volunteers Through Training

Through a caring system led by a young, dedicated, and well-trained group of role models, Palestinian adolescents in the selected underprivileged areas in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are being helped to cope with their anxieties, fears, and problems. During a series of 8-10 youth-to-youth ‘mentoring’ sessions, young mentors help their adolescent charges by listening to their problems, giving them advice, providing them with information, and proving that there are indeed people who care about them.  

After this initial phase characterized by the building of trust, exchanging of information, and the determining of issues of great concern to young people in each area, the groups will be provided with the opportunity to make use of  PYALARA’s weekly TV program ‘Alli Soatak’ to discuss their issues and voice their concerns.

  PYALARA believes that psycho-social intervention accompanied by youth activation through media creates not only attractive opportunities for the real participation of youngsters in the discussion and advocacy efforts concerning issues relating to their own well being, but also creates ‘heroic’ roles for youngsters in a society facing occupation, violence, and the loss of hope.