04/01/2024
Part of the annual report of the scout group of Yafa Cultural Center
The scout group in YCC has conducted 69 activities during the year 2023, here we post part of these activities and they are as follows:
1. A group of scouts and guides from Yafa, along with volunteers from the Civil Defense Center in Yafa, participated in the event "Protecting Yourselves, Your Right is Your Right," organized by the Civil Defense in partnership with the Bank of Palestine and the General Union of Persons with Disabilities. The event aims to build the capabilities of people with disabilities in dealing with crises and train them on how to use general safety equipment.
Date: 3/1/2023
2Yafa Center participated in a workshop on public safety under the supervision of the Civil Defense in collaboration with the Blind Association in Nablus. The blind were trained on how to deal with household fires and how to extinguish them, utilizing their heightened sensitivity to the matter. Additionally, participants were introduced to different types of firefighting materials. Yafa Center was represented by Raed Al-Khatib, the leader of Yafa Scouts and Guides.
Date: 22/1/2023
3 On the occasion of World Cancer Day and with the participation of Yafa Cultural Center, a meeting was held to discuss the organization of the health sports marathon at the Youth Community Training Center, in partnership with the Life Print Foundation and with the presence of twenty-six social, health, and sports institutions. Raed Al-Khatib represented the center.
Date: 12/2/2023
4 The Volunteer Committee, a branch of the Higher Emergency Committee in Nablus, held a meeting to discuss the human and logistical capabilities of each institution and the intervention plan in emergency situations at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Nablus. Raed Al-Khatib represented the center.
Date: 14/2/20235 Yafa Group participated in the global marathon to support cancer patients. The Media Committee, official Arafat.
The Yafa Scouts and Guides Group participated in the World Cancer Day organized by the Medical Relief Association and the Life Print Association. The marathon started from the New Campus Building at An-Najah University and ended at Hamdi Manko Center. The group's leader, Raed Al-Khatib, and group member Mohammed Al-Haj participated.
Date: 3/3/2023
6For the tenth consecutive year, the Yafa Cultural Center's Scouts and Guides distributed dates and water to cars and pedestrians before the Maghrib prayer at the Jerusalem Street intersection.
Official Arafat, the Media Committee.
The Yafa Scouts and Guides Group carried out its annual "Water and Dates" activity for the tenth consecutive year. The group distributed water and dates to pedestrians and cars delayed in reaching their homes at Iftar time. The group's activity will continue throughout the holy month of Ramadan.
Date: 23/3/2023
7 . Yafa Scouts and Guides Group participated in serving fasting individuals at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Rasmi Arafat, the Media Committee.
The Yafa Scouts and Guides Group participated in serving fasting individuals at the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque. A number of Yafa Scouts participated in distributing water and dates and preparing food for fasting individuals in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The group continues its daily Ramadan program by distributing water and dates at the Jerusalem Street intersection in Nablus.
Date: 31/3/2023
8The Political and National Guidance Authority, represented by Colonel Mohammed Aabid, the Director of Political Guidance in Nablus, and Major Raif Shahada, the Deputy Director, and Major Ziyab Haji, the Director of Public Relations at the Authority, visited the Yafa Cultural Center. They were received by the center's president, Taysir Nasrallah, and the leader of the Yafa Scouts and Guides, Raed Al-Khatib. The visit aims to discuss cooperation between the Authority and the center. In turn, the attendees praised the cultural and national activities of the Yafa Cultural Center.
Date: 9/5/2023
9Yafa Scouts and Guides Group participated in World Environment Day in Nablus under the slogan "Combat Plastic Pollution," organized by the Environmental Quality Authority in partnership with the Palestinian Scouts Association and with the participation of representatives from official, security, and civil institutions. The event included a scout march from Martyrs Square in the center of Nablus towards the gardens of Jamal Abdul Nasser in the city. Various interactive activities were organized, including an environmental competition with the distribution of prizes (plastic flower shapes) made from recycled plastic bottles. Glass containers and cardboard cups were used to distribute water to the participants.
Date: 5/6/2023
10Yasser Arafat Summer Camp continues its activities at the Yafa Cultural Center. Balaata Camp: The Yasser Arafat Summer Camp at the Yafa Cultural Center continued its activities for the second consecutive day under the leadership of the leader of Yafa Scouts and Guides, Raed Al-Khatib, and a group of supervisors specializing in art, dabke (traditional dance), theater, sports, and national culture. Al-Khatib expressed sincere thanks to the Yasser Arafat Foundation and El- Shamal Electricity Distribution Company for sponsoring the summer camp and providing financial support.
The supervisors divided the participants into four groups named after Palestinian cities, including Nablus, Jerusalem, Jenin, and Gaza. The camp included various activities and corners, including national education, in the presence of the Political and National Guidance Authority, in addition to sports activities, dabke, handicrafts, arts, and crafts.
It's worth mentioning that the number of participating children in the camp is approximately fifty, aged between 8-14 years, and it continues for two weeks.
Date: 8/7/2023
11 Yafa Scouts and Guides Group participated in recycling workshops focused on car tires, initiated by the Civil Defense and implemented by the Environmental Quality Authority's office in Nablus. The workshops were hosted by Balaata Primary School, Yafa Center, and targeted a group of Civil Defense volunteers who were trained on how to convert car tire waste into useful forms for the school's garden, such as agricultural bottles and benches. Gratitude and appreciation to everyone who contributed to the success of the training course.
Date: 24/7/2023
12 Guide Muna Sawalma from the Yafa Scouts and Guides Group participated in the 25th World Jamboree in South Korea.
Date: 5/8/202313Yafa Scouts and Guides Group, along with Civil Defense and its volunteers in Nablus, celebrated the Prophet Muhammad's birthday by distributing sweets to the citizens. The Civil Defense and its volunteers in Nablus marked the occasion by distributing sweets to the citizens at the Expo Festival.
Date: 28/9/202314 On the occasion of World Teachers' Day, the Yafa Scouts and Guides Group participated in distributing flowers to teachers at Qadri Touqan School and Asker Girls School, in collaboration with the Palestinian Civil Defense.
Date: 5/10/202315 The Specialized Committees of the Nablus Commissionerate discussed their plans for the upcoming period. Media Committee, Mustafa Jadallah.
The specialized committees of the Scouts Commissionerate in Nablus held their central annual meeting to develop the action plan for the year 2024. The Commissionerate's president, Commander Jabra Zrafeeli, opened the meeting with a minute of silence, mourning, and reading Fatiha, followed by prayers for the souls of the martyrs of Gaza and Palestine in general. The committees then proceeded to discuss their proposed plans. The meeting was hosted by the Arab Christian Scouts and Guides Group.
Date: 27/11/2023
16The Nablus Commissionerate conducted a First Aid course with the participation of the Yafa Cultural Scouts and Guides Group in Balata Camp.
The Nablus Commissionerate, in collaboration with the Palestinian Medical Relief Association in Nablus, held a First Aid course with the participation of a group of scouts and guides from Yafa affiliated with the Yafa Cultural Center. The first session of the specialized First Aid course took place at the Medical Relief Center in Nablus. The course is part of the plan developed by the Nablus Commissionerate and its specialized committees to equip leaders of the scouting movement and its members with skills, knowledge, and awareness in this field. Commander Raed Al-Khatib expressed his gratitude to the Commissionerate for organizing this course, emphasizing its importance in the current sensitive period, especially with the repeated invasions by the occupation of Balata Camp and the difficulty of collaborating with injury cases in light of the occupation's prevention of ambulance entry into the camp.
Date: 15/12/2023
