Tamer Institute for Community Education is an educational non-governmental non-profit organization established in 1989 as a natural and necessary response to the urgent needs of the Palestinian community during the first intifada (uprising). The most important of these is the need to acquire means to help people learn and become productive. Focusing principally on the rights to education, identity, freedom of expression, and access to information, Tamer works across the West Bank and Gaza Strip, primarily targeting children and young people and developing alternatives and supplements to formal education. Our programs promote reading and writing on the national and regional levels, in the development of children’s literature, creative self-expression as well as youth empowerment through advocacy and community development initiatives. Our philosophy is centered on the idea that learning environments for children and young people can only be created among youth who are encouraged to read, write, and participate in dialogue while working in small groups united by a common dream and joint aspirations. In order to increase community learning, youth should also be involved in action at the community level, and come out with a tangible end product.
Our work is governed by four main convictions:
1. The importance of investment in available resources in order to meet basic needs. Tamer Institute believes that the Palestinian people are the society’s most valuable resource. Through our community education projects, we assist in the investment of this resource, helping young people develop skills and confidence to lead the growth and development of their community, and to meet the basic needs of the Palestinian people to learn and to be productive.
2. Knowledge and education are the most important factors in society’s development. To support community education and learning, Tamer Institute creates and provides community learning environments in various locations across the West Bank and Gaza. By encouraging reading, expression of personal experience and opinion, creativity, achievement and the transformation of experience into cultural products.
3. Youth are the most important sector in the society building process, particularly in relation to community growth and development. Tamer works primarily with and for children and young people, providing them with safe and friendly learning environments and materials. We do this by encouraging their creative expression through writing, story-telling, drama, drawing and music.
4. The importance of small groups formed through individual initiatives at the community level. The Institute facilitates these groups by providing communication networks and spaces where children and young people can learn, share ideas and build confidence. While working we develop skills that will complement their education and equip them to hold leading roles in their community.
مؤسسة تامر للتعليم المجتمعي تأسست مؤسسة تامر للتعليم المجتمعي عام 1989 ، وهي مؤسسة مجتمعية تربوية غير هادفة للربح، جاء تأسيسها كتجاوب طبيعي وضروري لبعض المعطيات ولسد حاجات تربوية في المجتمع الفلسطيني أهمها طبقا لفلسفة المؤسسة الحاجة إلى اكتساب أساليب التعلم والإنتاج.
تتمحور أهداف المؤسسة وفلسفتها حول: العمل على خلق أجواء تعلمية في كافة المواقع من خلال التشجيع على القراءة والإبداع والإنجاز وتحويل الخبره إلى منتوجات ثقافية، التركيز في التعليم غير الرسمي على فئة الفتيان والفتيات لأهمية هذه الفئة في عملية البناء على المستويات المتعلقة بالنمو والتطور المجتمعي، وتشجيع تكوين مجموعات صغيرة نابعة من مبادرات شخصية وتوفير شبكات اتصال فيما بينها.
يحكم عمل المؤسسة أربع قناعات رئيسية :
أ. العمل على خلق أجواء تعلمية في كافة المواقع من خلال التشجيع على القراءة وتشجيع التعبير عن الخبرات الذاتية وتشجيع الإبداع والإنجاز وتحويل الخبرة إلى منتوجات ثقافية . ب. استثمار الموارد المتوفرة لسد الحاجات الأساسية . ج. التركيز في العمل على فئة الفتيان والفتيات لقناعتنا بأهمية هذه الفئة في عملية البناء على المستويات المتعلقة بالنمو والتطور المجتمعي . د. تشجيع تكوين مجموعات شباب صغيرة نابعة من مبادرات شخصية وتوفير شبكة اتصال فيما بينها . ويشرف على عمل المؤسسة مجلس ادارة يتكون من تسعة أعضاء، رناد القبج هي المديرة العامة |
