The Jafra Foundation is a Palestinian youth organisation that’s been empowering Palestinian refugees and fostering resilience within their communities since 2002. We’re non-partisan, secular and strictly nonprofit. We’re headquartered in Lebanon with a dedicated team spread all over the world.
We believe in a collaborative approach, recognising the crucial role youth play in addressing their community’s needs. Our work is guided by humanitarian standards to ensure integrity, effectiveness and consistency throughout all our activities.
Our Values:
Resilience: We believe in the inherent strength of Palestinian communities to withstand and recover from crises.
Innovation: We’re committed to finding creative, effective, and forward-thinking solutions to the complex challenges faced by Palestinian refugees in order to continuously improve our impact.
Differentiation: We aim to offer unique value, quality and relevance, meeting specific needs that might otherwise be overlooked.
Accountability and responsibility: We hold ourselves to the highest standards of transparency and integrity. We are accountable to the communities we serve, our partners, and our donors.
Authenticity: We value the distinct identity and genuine experiences of Palestinian communities. Our work respects their unique cultural heritage and lived realities, ensuring our actions are rooted in authenticity and real needs.
Our Vision:
We envision communities of Palestinian refugees that are not only effective, well-structured and resiliant but also actively uplift their members, fostering self-reliance and collective strength to address their challenges and pursue their aspirations.
Our Mission:
Our mission is focused on strengthening the elements of empowerment and resilience within Palestinian refugee communities. We work to enhance their ability to withstand shocks and recover quickly by coming together. We strive to strengthen the mechanisms for their participation, ensuring that community members have a voice and are actively involved in decisions that affect their lives. Finally, a key part of our mission is to build the potential of children, youth, and women, recognising their critical role in shaping a more resilient and hopeful future.
Our Strategic Objectives:
- Promoting a culture of volunteering among young people and working on qualifying them to play an effective role in the community.
- Working on building the capacities of the Foundation’s cadres, developing and circulating the internal policies, working on implementing them, and promoting the principle of accountability.
- Working on the differentiation in the Foundation’s services and maintaining its continuity.
- Developing youth capacities through targeted economic empowerment programs.
- Expanding the Foundation’s services to include all Palestinian camps and Palestinian refugee locations, to enhance their resilience and abilities to face crises.
- Promoting the Palestinian national identity.