Partnerorganizations

In Januar 2009 Friendship Across Borders - FAB could gain the partnership of 2 organizations (NGO) located in Israel and Palestine. They contribute to the program of FAB. They offer facilitators, equipment and seminar rooms for national meetings and encounters for the Peace Carrier Training. On the background of their professional knowledge they help to select appropriate participants for the Peace Carrier Training in their society. With their co-operation FAB also will apply for fund and governmental aid.

The Partner from the Palestinian areas

PCGHD Palestinian Centre for Growth and Human Development www.pcghd.org

Director: Dr. Mohammes Brigieth, clinical psychologist for traumatherapy

Registration at Ramallah as non-proft-making organization

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Field of activity of PCGHD is as well in the Westbank as in Gaza, where the organization runs another office.

The task of PCGHD is the psychosocial care for children, between 5 -16 years and their families.PCGHD offers its support in particular with methods of traumatherpay, to work on fears, aggression and violence, which are caused by the occupation and the IDF( Israeli Defense Forces) and war. It helps the families to express their fears and work through it.

The specific co-operation between PCGHD and FAB

PCGHD provides FAB with its experience working with traumatized families in the Palestinian society. On the basis of its experience,FAB's participants deepen their understanding about the suffer throug occupation and war in the Palestinian society and about the situation between Palestinians and Israelis. PCGHD supports trust building for the aims of FAB within the Palestinian society, in order to select appropriate participants among the Palestinians population. After each cycle of the Peace Carrier Training, PCGHD works together with FAB, to establish a network with those Palestinian Peace Carriers, who successfully passed all the program. PCGHD will include them in its work , the care for Palestinian families and children.

The Partner in Israel

Collot in the Negev ("Collot") Sapir College, D.N. Hof Ashkelon , Israel www.collot.org.il

Director: Alon Gayer ( for more information pleace go to "Board")

Registration at Jerusalem, as non-profit-making organization

The Field of Activity Collot: in the Israeli society with various ethnich group living in Israel

The Task of Collot: Collot has a ten year experience in caring and facilitating intercultural encounters, in specific between Beduins, Palestinians - living in Israel and Jewish Israeli students. ( bi-national group facilitation). It offers facilitation trainings for students from the various ethnic group.In this regard it was a special benefit, to carry on with a training periode between Palestinian and Jewish Israeli students, depsite the war in Gaza in January 2009. This shows the high quality and experience of the facilitator , running the training.

The specific co-operation between Collot and FAB : Collot provides FAB with its experience and knowledge in intercutural diagoue facilitation. It offers FAB professional facilitatotrs for the Peace Carrier Training. It supports FAB in the selection of appropriate students for the Peace Carrier Training. After the Peace Carrier Training cycle, it will together with FAB establish a network, creating appropriate assignments and campaigns for the trained Peace Carrier, in the Israeli society.