Partners
The Incubator project was designed as a
partnership among CSOs with different specializations, with the explicit
intention to enrich the knowledge and widen the field of influence of each
organization. The project was initiated by Masar– Institute for Education, who
early on in the development process partnered up with two local Palestinian organizations-
SAWA (Hyper Link), from Ramallah and Duroob(Hyper Link)from Yarkah, and one
European organization- Anne Frank(Hyper Link)from Frankfort.
While Masar focuses on developing new methods of education education, Sawa aimed at protecting women and children victimsby helping them overcome fear. Duroob aimed at promoting leadership based on strength rather exploitation and a true sense of security and partnership in society. Anna Frank focuses on Human Rights by aiming at helping individuals and organizations promote inclusion and constructively mediate conflict arising from difference.
Masar consciously
challenged normative educational practices without having ready alternative
methods because it believed that innovations had to emerge through
experimentation rather than plan. This
strategy naturally required a willingness to live with a high degree of
uncertainty. Sawa, on the other hand,
employed very well known, structured methods – a hotline, training, and
consciousness raising – for revealing information that was usually not seen,
acknowledged, or discussed. As opposed
to both Masar and Sawa, which explicitly defined themselves as challenging the
mainstream, the strategy of Duroob and Anna Frank was to look mainstream while
acting radically.
All four organizations were committed to freeing people from domination of the traditional paradigm of thinking so they could think for themselves, admit the existence of problems, act differently, and still feel secure.
