Palestinian Child Art Center
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Palestinian Child Art Center is a nonprofit non-governmental institution that was established in 1994. It directs its activities and programs towards the development of the Palestinian child’s intellectuality. In addition, it reinforces the positive role of the Palestinian child in the process of building and progressing the Palestinian society.
The bloody and violent actions over the past decades in Palestine have affected the Palestinian children; their behavior, and their natural life. After the February 1994 massacre at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron -- which was committed by a Jewish settler and led to the killing of 36 Palestinians -- the children of Hebron were shocked and their behavior has been dramatically changed.
The programs of P.C.A.C gradually help those children regain their natural life, psychological wellness, and explore the creative and talented children in all fields in order to achieve the P.C.A.C slogan “Towards A Creative Palestinian Child”.
The P.C.A.C activities aim at the following aspects:
- Preparing educational programs for children.
- Offering rehabilitation courses for professionals who deal with children.
- Providing guidance and consulting in the different child-related programs to similar institutions in order to create a common-based culture.
- Conducting studies about the violation in children rights, and issuing bulletins and publications which deal with children problems and defending their rights.
- Coordinating and cooperating with the different institutions dealing with children.
- Developing the P.C.A.C relation with the Arab and International governmental and non-governmental institutions dealing with children and their rights.