NGO #15619

The Health Work Committees was founded in 1985 on the initiative of a group of volunteers who worked in the health sector, in order to meet the health needs of the Palestinian population that lives under Israeli occupation throughout the West Bank and Gaza. Additionally, they identified that they must participate in the support of the Palestinian persistence and create a Palestinian national health infrastructure directly linked to Palestinian national struggle against Israeli occupation. In the beginning, and especially during the first two years, it took the form of volunteer service (until the HWC was solidly established) in being able to provide health services to isolated and poor areas through mobile clinics throughout the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.