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Grassroots Int. Becomes Dalia Association Fiscal Sponsor
May 2008 - Dalia Association is thrilled that U.S. donors will now be able to make tax-deductible contributions to the “Grassroots International Dalia Fund” at Grassroots International, the highly reputable Boston-based social justice funder, as the result of a fiscal sponsorship agreement signed in February, 2008.
Despite the Pain: A Youthbank Initiative in Gaza
When we think of the Gaza Strip, where the buildings bombed over a year ago still lie in ruins and the ground – visibly or not – is still stained with blood, it’s easier to think of suffering than inspiration. It’s easier to think of wounds than life, easier to imagine dust than light. It’s painful to envision a place where children can draw images of carnage and loss more readily than flowers or cartoons. When Gaza has cried out, the world has so seldom answered. And Gaza has not only asked Where is our justice?
Dreams Unleashed
Living under Israeli military occupation is rarely inspiring, especially when your staff is denied travel permits, so you have to spend an hour waiting at a military checkpoint just to get to a post office;
and an administrative assistant candidate is demanding a salary hundreds of dollars more than local rates--just because she has worked on an international project; and your financial records are lost when a laptop is confisc
Want to Help Gazans? Unfortunately, it’s Not as Easy as Writing a Check
During the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza between December 27, 2008 and January 18, 2009, we were heartwarmed by the number of emails we received from friends around the world expressing concern, although our office is in the West Bank, far from the hostilities.
Hometown Funds - How Diaspora Palestinians Can Enable Community- Led Development
Thousands of Palestinians around the world regularly send money home. These remittances provide major support for families, and sometimes for local community institutions as well. And we know that many more of the 10 million Palestinians in the world want to help. However, it is not easy to find acceptable conduits for charitable giving to support their community back home.
Are you of Palestinian origin? Have you thought about giving but not yet done so?
Let Communities Decide Themselves
Dalia Association recently implemented an innovative community-led resource distribution model called “The Village Decides” that we hope will develop into a permanent grantmaking program. We piloted the methodology in Saffa, an agricultural village 18 kilometers west of Ramallah in the West Bank. Saffa, about 9,700 dunums is size, is home to about 4,500 people. Over the course of several visits, we met with village officials and local groups to gather information about the community’s priorities, capabilities, and aspirations.
