About Us

About us

Shoruq Organization is a non-profit, Non-Governmental Organization established in 2012 in Dheisheh Refugee Camp in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).

Shoruq’s vision, mission, objectives, and programs are geared towards political, social, cultural, and economic prosperity and dignified life for all refugees in the OPT and the diaspora, as well as empowering refugees in shaping a just solution and a better future for themselves and their offspring.

Mission

Shoruq is a Palestinian civil society organization committed to defending the rights of refugees and displaced persons through advocacy, community mobilization, empowerment, and rights protection. The organization works to create an environment that upholds the dignity of Palestinian refugees and promotes their right of return, in accordance with international law.

Vision

A free and democratic Palestinian society in which the rights of refugees are upheld, including their right to return to their homes in dignity and justice.

Policy

Shoruq is committed to providing a safe, nurturing, and inclusive environment where women, youth, and children are protected from harm, abuse, neglect, and exploitation, regardless of age, ability, gender, ethnicity, religion, or background.

Objectives

Enhancing advocacy and lobbying processes, in order to attain just and inalienable rights for Palestinian refugees, as well as empowering them at the local, regional, and international levels.

Creating a supportive and protective legal environment for refugee children in conflict with the law and the most marginalized and vulnerable children to ensure their equal access to justice, in addition to providing them with social and psychological assistance when necessary

DHEISHEH REFUGEE CAMP

In Dheisheh Refugee Camp, located southwest of Bethlehem City, 13,017 inhabitants live on less than one square kilometer of land. Dheisheh is one of the 58 recognized Palestinian refugee camps administered by United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). The camp was meant to be a temporary sanctuary away from the destruction of 532 Palestinian cities and villages, and expulsion of more than 750,000 Palestinians in 1948 Nakba (Catastrophe). The refugees are from 45 villages west of Jerusalem and Hebron. The camp is the largest of three refugee camps in the Bethlehem Governorate. Although Dheisheh has a highly resilient and active community, the people have endured many hardships over the years. The main problems in the camp today are severe overcrowding, unemployment, and, sadly, a lack of hope because there are few opportunities for young people.