P.O Box 330
Shefa-Amr 20200
Israel
Shefa-Amr
Israel
- Environment/Sustainable development
Established in 1981, the Galilee Society is the largest and senior most Arab NGO in Israel. The Galilee Society in a Palestinian Arab, national, non-partisan, non-governmental organization that strives to achieve equitable health, environmental and socio-economic conditions for the Palestinian minority in Israel.
We believe in the values of pluralism and equality as we aspire to achieve sustainable development by creating the means to live in dignity, equality and democracy.The Galilee Society promotes human and minority rights via social, economic and legal reform – thereby erasing the delineation of human rights and social development as distinct spheres – and pursues development within the guiding and inalienable framework of universal human rights.
Green Cities – Empowering Arab Local Authorities with tools for better and safer waste management. Supported by the EU, this project is a cooperation between the GS, Arab LAs and a Palestinian environmental NGO in the West Bank.
Gender- and Minority- Mainstreaming of the Israeli National Budget – Supported by the EU, this project relies on a partnership between three local Palestinian NGOs in Israel.
The project targets the roots of Palestinian women's poverty through working vis-à-vis the government, Palestinian civil society and women to create a more equal allocation of budgets at the national level. The 2010 Palestinians in Israel Socio-Economic Survey – offers the most reliable surveying of the Palestinian community in Israel, this study is conducted every three years and provides at alternative to the formal statistics of the Israeli CBS. Cross-Sector Forum on Health Gaps – Engagement with government, other NGO and Arab leaders to device solutions for narrowing health inequities in Israel