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Most of Gaza ’s children face extremely arduou

s and difficult circumstances that severely affect their daily lives, and often prevent them from pursuing any meaningful process of individual self-development. On a piece of land generously contributed by the city’s municipality, the Foundation thus began building the Qattan Centre for the Child in Gaza City, an independent children’s library and information centre aimed at improving the cultural, social, educational, recreational and psychological environment for a large section of the Gaza Strip’s child population, without social, physical, religious, sexual or racial discrimination. The Centre aims to achieve its goals through a first-class library and information service for children up to the age of 15, as well as to their parents, carers and teachers.The English-language version of this website is for information only and does not have the full interactivity and information of the Arabic site.

Project Aims

We aim to encourage the love of reading and self-education, the love and care for books and other library materials, and the freedom of enquiry and expression among children by creating an attractive and friendly environment where their curiosity may be satisfied and where they will find the incentives to interact with others and to enquire into the cultures of others. The Centre will also develop an extensive computer literacy programme, as well as cooperate with other institutions and centres working with children in Palestine.

Beneficiaries The Centre works around the following three distinct age –groups for children and two for adults: Children up tot he age of 5 Children aged 6 to 11 Children aged 12 to 15 Parents and carers Child-care professionals and centres