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Welfare Association Established in Geneva in 1983 to support Palestinian society in sustainable development, the Welfare Association (WA) is a Palestinian non-governmental development organization. It is dedicated to preserving Palestinian heritage and identity, supporting living culture and building civil society. Welfare Association is a private, non-profit foundation . It has become better known in Palestine and the Arab region by its Arabic name, Ta'awoun, meaning “cooperation.

WA beneficiaries include the 4 million Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Galilee, Jaffa, Akka, Nazareth and Naqab, as well as in refugee camps in Lebanon.

The Welfare Association was sponsored by as a Christmas Charity by The Independent in 2006.

Board

Board of Trustees (2008 – 2011)

Chairman

Nabil Hani Qaddumi

Chairman, PROJACS International

Vice- Chairmen

Faisal Alami

Director of Finance & Development, Partner, Khatib & Alami

Riad Kamal

Chairman of the WA Resource Development, Media and CommunicationCommittee

CEO, Arabtic Construction CO.

Board Secretary

Victor Kashkoush

Senior Management Consultant, Partner- Method Engineering & ManagementConsultants

Chairman of the WA Management Committee

Marwan Al Sayeh

Al-Sayeh, Managing Director, Projects Development Consultancy

Treasurer

Yusef Abu Khadra

Senior Advisor- ME, Warburg Pincus International- London

Board Members

Abdul Halim Muwahid

Managing Director, UnitetEngg. Construction (UNEC)

Abdul Mohsen AL-Qattan

Honorary Board Chairman, WA

Chairman, A.M. QattanFoundation

Adel Afifi

Chairman of the WA Programs & Projects Committee

Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, Anatomy and Cell Biology, College ofMedicine, The University of Iowa

Amjad Al Dwaik

Managing Director, Chairman and Director General,Near East Investment Co..

Anis Kassim

Legal Advisor, Partner, Kassim Law Office

Bisher Jardaneh

Executive Managing Director, Arabtec-Jardaneh (consulting Engineers& Architects)

Hani Al-Kalouti

Chairman of the WA Investment Committee

CEO, HBK Investment Advisory SA

Hatim Zu'bi

Legal Advisor, Hatim Zu'bi & Partners: Attorneys & LegalConsultants

Hisham Qaddoumi

Chairman, HQ Associates

Ismail El-Zabri

Regional Expert

Jawdat Shawwa

Managing Director, IMCO

Khaled Sifri

CEO, Arab Emirates Investment Bank

Mamdouh Aker

Consultant Urologist, the Commissioner General of The PalestinianIndependent Commission for Citizen Rights

Munib Masri

Honorary Board Chairman, WA

Chairman & CEO, EDGO Group; Chairman of the Board of Directors,PADICO

Munir Kaloti

President, Kaloti Jewellery CO., UAE; Arab Weavers, Jordan; Union Millsfor YARN, Jordan, Gerasa Insurance CO.

Munzer Khalidi

Chairman, President of Associate Consulting Engineers (ACE)

Mustafa Beidas

General Manager, Arab Center for Commerce & Real Estate

Nada Al-Nashif

Regional Director, ILO- Arab Region

Nora Shawwa

Publisher, Rimal Publications, Middle East International Publications

Omar Al-Qattan

Film-Maker

Othman Nashashibi

Partner Managing Director, Nashashibi & Ebbini Forms

Rana Sadik

Chairman of the WA Award Committee

Philanthropist

Said Khoury

Honorary Board Chairman, WA

Chairman, Consolidated Contractors Co., SAL

Salman Abbasi

Businessman

Salman Abu Sitta

President, Palestine Land Society, London

Samer Khoury

Director, Executive Vice-President- Operations, Consolidated ContractorsCO., SAL

Samir Adel Aweidah

Managing Director, INMA Gulf Development & Contractors L.L.C

Samir Abdulhadi

Partner, Director-General, Khatib & Alami

Sawsan Alfahoum Jafar

Philanthropist

Sawsan Asfari

Director of Galilee Foundation

Suheil Sabbagh

Director Group Human Resources, Consolidated Contractors CO., SAL

Taima Khoury Kawar

Financial Controller, ACWA Representative

Tayseer Barakat

President, Barakat Travel Company

Wael Kanaan

Businessman

Yousef As'ad

Chairman of the Board of Arcadia Group

Yusuf Alami

Chairman, Executive Committee, CAPM

Zina Jardaneh

Director, A.R. Jardaneh Co.


References

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassib_Sabbagh

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http://welfare-association.org/en/

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Welfare_Association

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-in-a-land-under-siege-the-tensions--and-the-dangers--are-rising-428664.html

http://www.ameinfo.com/145688.html