Arab Women’s Association (AWA)
The Arab Women’s Association (AWA) is a UK registered charity founded by a group of women whose aim is to help the needy and the under-privileged in Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza. The AWA has worked in association with Save The Children’s Fund and UNICEF UK. The organisation is committed to support a large number of children through its Children’s Fund Programme. Formed in 1983 this programme aids orphans, handicapped children and poor families living in camps. It further supports these children, as they grow, to take up vocational training which helps them to secure a profession. Amongst other projects which the AWA sponsors is a Revolving Fund Programme and a project which offers psychiatric help to traumatised women and children. The AWA raises funds by holding social and cultural events.