Taawon Welfare Association
Taawon is a nonprofit established in Geneva in 1983 by Palestinian and Arab economists to support Palestinians with development and relief programmes. It is one of the largest organisations operating in Palestine and Lebanon and supports more than one million Palestinians each year.
- Organisation type Nonprofit
- Year founded 1983
- Headquartered Geneva
- Registration Switzerland
- Website https://www.taawon.org/en/contact-us/ramallah
Related sustainable development goals
Focus areas
Focus sectors
Arts
- Arts exchange
- Cultural awareness
- Arts education
- Arts & Culture
Communications
- Web-based media
Development
- Economic development
- Community improvement
- Housing development
- Housing rehabilitation
- Employment
- Job creation and workforce developement
- Rural development
- Business and industry
- Entrepreneurship
Education
- Education services
Humanitarian
- Youth development
- Youth services
- Youth mentoring
- Civics for youth
- Philanthropy
Science
- Technology
- Engineering
Focus populations
Academics
- Teachers
- Students
- Artists and performers
- At-risk youth
- Emergency responders
- Farmers
- Internally displaced people
- Orphans
- Refugees and displaced people
- Students
- Unemployed people
Victims and oppressed people
- Victims of conflict and war
- Women and girls
Focus geographies
Middle East
- Lebanon
- Palestine
Grantees
- Abdul Mohsen Al-Qattan Foundation
- Ahlam Lajea Association
- Ahli Arab Hospital
- Ajial Social Communication Center
- Al Houla Association
- Al Jaleel Society
- Al Kamandjati Association
- Al Tawasol Forum Society (TFS)
- Al-Amal Rehabilitation Society
- American University of Beirut
- Arab Cultural Society
- Arab Resource Center for Popular Arts AL-JANA
- ASSABIL Association
- Association for the Development of Palestinian Camps (Inaash)
- Association Najdeh
- Beit Lahia Development Association
- Bena’a Society for Development and Empowerment
- Community-Based Rehabilitation Association
- Edward Said National Conservatory of Music
- Fares Al-Arab Association for Development and Charity Works
- Fraternity Association for Social and Cultural Work
- General Union of Palestinian Women
- Ghassan Kanafani Cultural Foundation
- Health Care Society
- Industrial Islamic Orphanage (Jerusalem)
- Injaz Al Arab
- Islamic Relief
- Joint Christian Committee for Social Services in Lebanon
- Just Childhood
- Karantina Hospital
- Mosaic Centre Jericho
- Mousawat
- National Association for Vocational Training and Social Services
- National Institution of Social Care and Vocational Training (Beit Atfal Assumoud)
- Natuf Organization for Environment & Community Development
- Palestine Museum
- Palestine Red Crescent Society
- Palestine Save the Children Foundation
- Palestinian American Research Center
- Palestinian Institute for Cultural Development (NAWA)
- Palestinian Medical Relief Society
- Palestinian Students’ Fund
- Palestinian Vision
- Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership & Rights Activation (PYALARA)
- Peace for You Association
- Prima Materia
- Public Aid Society
- Saint Joseph University of Beirut
- Sawa for Development and Aid
- Social Support Society
- The Hope Flowers School
- Unite Lebanon Youth Project (ULYP)
- Unlimited Friends Association for Social Development
- Women College Graduates Society in Gaza Strip
- Women's Humanitarian Organization
- Women's Studies Centre
Partners
- A.M. Qattan Foundation
- Ahlam Lajea Association
- Al Kamandjati Association
- Al Quds University
- Al Tawasol Forum Society
- Al-Amal Rehabilitation Society
- Al-Houla Organization
- American University of Beirut
- Amr Arafat Foundation
- Arab Cultural Society
- Arab Resource Centre for Popular Arts
- Ard El Insan Palestinian Benevolent Association
- Association Al Jaleel Al Tanmawia
- Association for the Development of Palestinian Camps INAASH
- Association Najdeh
- Beit AL Musica
- Beit Atfal Assumoud
- Beit Lahia Development Association
- Bena’a Society for Development and Empowerment
- Birzeit University
- Community-Based Rehabilitation Association
- Dunya- Women's Cancer Clinic
- Edward Said National Conservatory of Music
- Fares Al-Arab Association for Development and Charity Works
- Filmlab Palestine
- Fraternity Association for Social and Cultural Work
- Gaza Cultural and Development Group
- General Union of Palestinian Women
- Ghassan Kanafani Cultural Foundation
- Health Care Society
- Hope Flowers School
- INJAZ Palestine
- Inmaa Association Democracy and Capacity Building
- Islamic Relief
- Joint Christian Committee for Social Services in Lebanon
- Just Childhood
- Karantina Hospital
- Maan Development Center - Ramallah
- Mosaic Centre Jericho
- Mousawat Organization
- National Association for Vocational Training and Social Services
- National Institution of Social Care and Vocational Training
- Natuf Organization for Environment & Community Development
- Palestine Red Crescent Society
- Palestine Save the Children Foundation
- Palestinian American Research Center
- Palestinian Child Institute
- Palestinian General Union of Charitable Societies
- Palestinian Institute for Cultural Development (NAWA)
- Palestinian Medical Relief Society
- Palestinian Medical Relief Society
- Palestinian Students’ Fund
- Palestinian Vision
- Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership & Rights Activation
- Peace for You Association
- Prima Materia
- Public Aid Society
- Red Crescent Society For Gaza Strip
- Saint Joseph University of Beirut
- Sawa Association
- Social Communication Centre
- Social Support Society
- Syntax
- The Palestinian Museum
- The Palestinian National Institution for NGO's
- Tishreen Association
- Unite Lebanon Youth Project
- Unlimited Friends Association for Social Development
- Waqfet Ezz Account
- Women’s Humanitarian Organization
Programmes
Jerusalem programme for old cities revitalisation
This Taawon programme supports activities such as the restoration and rehabilitation of historic buildings, stone walls, and water channels in Palestine.
Taawon community development programme
Through this programme, Taawon helps provide basic humanitarian and emergency aid to people in the West Bank, Gaza, and Lebanon. It also helps rebuild and renovate homes that have been damaged in Palestine and Lebanon, and provide funding to local NGOs for economic development programmes supporting education, entrepreneurship, and employment.
Taawon culture programme
Through its culture programme, Taawon seeks to help preserve and share Palestinian culture and heritage around the world, and utilising it for human cultural dialogues. To do this, Taawon provides support for cultural civil society organisations, funds theatrical performances, film screenings, and art exhibitions, and helps sponsor worshops for youth that are focussed on art, culture, music, and drama.
Taawon education programme
Through its education programme, Taawon invests in educational systems in Palestine and Lebanon to ensure access to quality education for Palestinian children and teachers, with a great focus on utilising technology and innovation as key teaching methods.
Financials
Funding model
- Foundation-administered programme awards
- Grants to organisations
- Pro bono services
- Programme related investment
Primary funders
- Abdul Mohsen Al-Qattan Foundation
- Al Aqsa Fund
- Arab Bank
- Arab Blind Association – Jerusalem
- Arab Center for Research & Policy Studies
- Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development
- Arab Monetary Fund
- Arcadia Fund
- Association of Banks in Palestine
- British Council
- CASA Palabre
- Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
- Danish Muslim Aid
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Families in Lebanon in Solidarity with Families in Palestine
- General Union of Palestinian Women
- Haj Hashim Shawa Fund for Orphans
- Hani Qaddumi Scholarship Foundation
- Human Appeal
- Islamic Development Bank
- Jerusalem Forum – Jordan
- Kuwait Red Crescent Society
- Kuwaitis for Jerusalem
- La Fortuna Foundation
- Ockenden International
- OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)
- Penny Appeal
- Promise Welfare Society
- Qatar Fund for Development
- Saudi Fund for Development
- Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation
- Swedish International Development Agency
- The Big Heart Foundation
- The Custody of the Holy Land
- The Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
- United for Humanity
- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
- United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)
- Welfare Association
Funding source
- Corporate
- Fundraising
- Private
Operations
Key staff
- Aida Essaid, director general
Board members
- Abdul Aziz Al Mulla
- Jawdat Al Shawwa
- Nabil Hani Qaddumi, chair
- Omar Al Masri
- Samer Khoury
Contact details
- 00 970 2 241 5130
- info@taawon.org
- https://www.taawon.org/en/contact-us/ramallah
- Al Nahda Square, Canada St., Ramallah, Palestine P.O. Box 3765 CH-1211, Geneva 3, Switzerland
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Resources
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