Al Saraya Center for Community Services was registered in 1990 as a nonprofit organization by the mother establishment project loving care society.  The Centre is located in the midst of the Islamic quarter in the Old City, in an area called Aqabat al-Saraya which is few meters far away from the Aqsa Mosque and Holy Sepulcher. Since its inception until now, the Center devoted its services to ease the impact of the suffering inflected on its people since 1967. In order to achieve their ambitions, accompanied with the generous support of the Welfare Association Organization in Genève and a number of other organizations, Al Saraya was inaugurated in 1991 out of deep faith in the importance of such programs and projects that help in making a positive change in the lives of women, children and youth.

 

Vision:

A Jerusalemite community living in dignity.

 

Mission:

Believing in the importance of learning, comprehensive education and the need to bring about social change, the Saraya Center for Community Service, located in the heart of the Old City of Jerusalem works on the development of life skills especially for children, women and youth through outreach programs and non-formal education in collaboration and networking with various community based institutions.

 

General Objectives

 

1.Women, children and youth have knowledge of life skills.

 -Activities for definition of life skills amongst children, women and youth

- Informational materials to introduce awareness of life skills.

- Studies and researches.

 

2.Women, children and youth are practicing the life skills required to deal with the challenges of the surrounding environment.

 -Women empowerment program to promote economic and personal independency.

- Encouragement and development of children creativity

- Programs to develop children and youth academic and social skills.

 

3.Effective Administrative structure and adequate financial resources.

- A new management system.

- Financial system according to internationally approved financial regulations

- Adequate and sustainable financial resources.