Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06JERUSALEM4905
2006-12-06 13:49:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Jerusalem
Cable title:
AL-MAGHAZI REFUGEE CAMP: WOMEN BENEFIT FROM USG
how-toVZCZCXYZ0023 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHJM #4905 3401349 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 061349Z DEC 06 FM AMCONSUL JERUSALEM TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5952 INFO RUEHAM/AMEMBASSY AMMAN PRIORITY 7177 RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV PRIORITY 2351
UNCLAS JERUSALEM 004905
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR PRM/ANE AND NEA/IPA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREF PHUM KWBG
SUBJECT: AL-MAGHAZI REFUGEE CAMP: WOMEN BENEFIT FROM USG
FUNDED SEWING FACTORY
REF: A. JERUSALEM 02199
B. STATE 106178
UNCLAS JERUSALEM 004905
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR PRM/ANE AND NEA/IPA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREF PHUM KWBG
SUBJECT: AL-MAGHAZI REFUGEE CAMP: WOMEN BENEFIT FROM USG
FUNDED SEWING FACTORY
REF: A. JERUSALEM 02199
B. STATE 106178
1. SUMMARY: ConGen PD Specialist traveled to the
al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza on November 28 to visit a
sewing factory run by the Palestinian NGO, Palestine Save the
Children Foundation (PSCF),and to monitor the project funded
by a USG grant. He met with Ali Mansour, the Director of
PSCF, and women who are participating in the factories'
training and employment programs, and he toured the
facilities. In 2006, Post requested funding under the
Ambassador's Fund for Refugees program to educate Palestinian
women residing in the refugee camp on sewing skills and
management training for small-scale enterprises. The
al-Maghazi refugee camp has a population of approximately
22,000 refugees, who suffer the effects of several years of
violence and economic upheaval. END SUMMARY.
Visit to the Factory
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2. ConGen PD specialist traveled to the Gaza al-Maghazi
refugee camp on November 28 to visit a sewing factory run by
the Palestine Save the Children Foundation that was funded by
a USD 20,000 grant from PRM under the Ambassador's Fund. PD
specialist toured the facilities and met with Ali Mansour,
the director of PSCF, and with several of the women
participating in the program. Mansour said that the women
will receive training on sewing skills and management
training for small-scale enterprises before they begin
working in the factory. Several of the women expressed their
satisfaction with the project, noting that they were happy
they would be able to earn some additional money for their
families, "especially in this difficult situation." (NOTE:
Digital pictures emailed electronically to PRM/ANE. END
NOTE.)
Project Background
--------------
3. The PRCS sewing factory project is an informal education
and income generating project for women residing in the
al-Maghazi refugee camp. PSCF believes that the project will
increase the number of women wage-earners providing support
for needy Palestinian families facing immediate financial
problems. The al-Maghazi refugee camp is located in the Gaza
Strip, a region with extremely high levels of unemployment
and poverty.
Monitoring
--------------
4. Due to USG restrictions on travel to Gaza by American
staff, ConGen oversight of the al-Maghazi camp project is
conducted by a local employee of the PD section who resides
in Gaza.
WALLES
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR PRM/ANE AND NEA/IPA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREF PHUM KWBG
SUBJECT: AL-MAGHAZI REFUGEE CAMP: WOMEN BENEFIT FROM USG
FUNDED SEWING FACTORY
REF: A. JERUSALEM 02199
B. STATE 106178
1. SUMMARY: ConGen PD Specialist traveled to the
al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza on November 28 to visit a
sewing factory run by the Palestinian NGO, Palestine Save the
Children Foundation (PSCF),and to monitor the project funded
by a USG grant. He met with Ali Mansour, the Director of
PSCF, and women who are participating in the factories'
training and employment programs, and he toured the
facilities. In 2006, Post requested funding under the
Ambassador's Fund for Refugees program to educate Palestinian
women residing in the refugee camp on sewing skills and
management training for small-scale enterprises. The
al-Maghazi refugee camp has a population of approximately
22,000 refugees, who suffer the effects of several years of
violence and economic upheaval. END SUMMARY.
Visit to the Factory
--------------
2. ConGen PD specialist traveled to the Gaza al-Maghazi
refugee camp on November 28 to visit a sewing factory run by
the Palestine Save the Children Foundation that was funded by
a USD 20,000 grant from PRM under the Ambassador's Fund. PD
specialist toured the facilities and met with Ali Mansour,
the director of PSCF, and with several of the women
participating in the program. Mansour said that the women
will receive training on sewing skills and management
training for small-scale enterprises before they begin
working in the factory. Several of the women expressed their
satisfaction with the project, noting that they were happy
they would be able to earn some additional money for their
families, "especially in this difficult situation." (NOTE:
Digital pictures emailed electronically to PRM/ANE. END
NOTE.)
Project Background
--------------
3. The PRCS sewing factory project is an informal education
and income generating project for women residing in the
al-Maghazi refugee camp. PSCF believes that the project will
increase the number of women wage-earners providing support
for needy Palestinian families facing immediate financial
problems. The al-Maghazi refugee camp is located in the Gaza
Strip, a region with extremely high levels of unemployment
and poverty.
Monitoring
--------------
4. Due to USG restrictions on travel to Gaza by American
staff, ConGen oversight of the al-Maghazi camp project is
conducted by a local employee of the PD section who resides
in Gaza.
WALLES