Founded
in 2002, The Young Artists Forum, YAF, is a non-profit organization that was founded by a group of passionate artists who were seeking
to contribute to the society's development through fine arts as a mean of
raising successful and creative children and youth in the West Bank, Palestine. The targeted group are children
and youth between the ages of 5-25 years.
YAF believes in the importance of belonging, equality, voluntary work,
transparency and accountability as values that guide its work. It also raises the children's and youth's culture awareness and understanding of their rights through a variety of art and drama projects.
Projects that were implemented by the organization include, but are not limited to:
-Fight violence against children with art
-Art as a tool for community participation and change
-Art to increase health awareness
-Special needs communicating through art
-Giving a chance to grow for talented and creative artists
These projects had a great effect on society and were life changing for some. They were also a window for the children and youth to express themselves in a country that is facing many social, political and financial challenges. Keeping in mind that there aren't much organizations that offer the same service.
The organization has been functioning on contributions made by parents and the community as well as donations from different organizations and funded projects.
In order to keep the organization active and allow it to provide it's services, even to those who can't contribute due to poverty or financial difficulties, donations are of a great help and are the key to develop our organization and help it grow and continue.
Your donations are going to be used to cover different expenses, such as:
-Materials
-Tools
-Art trainers fees
-Planing events and activities
Art has been always a tool for positive change, a common language that allows us all to express our selves and our emotions, and an effective way to increase the societies awareness of different aspects.
Our organization is committed to provide quality and effective art education and projects. Your donations will be very essential for our development and progress, and therefor help us improve the artistic and social skills of the children and youth in our society. As well as their understanding of their rights and duties, and the roll they can play in developing the community.
Please help us achieve our goal.
You can find more about us by visiting our website and our facebook page.