We Are Growing

The work that 1for3 & its partners do has changed over time. We are continuing to update what we do and how we do it in accordance with our values, mission & partners’ insights. Here is a brief overview of where 1for3 has been & where it is going. We hope you will join us.

2013-2017: When we started in 2013 our focus was on supporting residents in two UN-run camps to have better drinking water. Through our water programs we developed testing & advocacy protocols, training labs & fixed polluting infrastructure.

2017-2021: In 2017, we added to our water program three others -- food, health, education. Through them we focused on house-based gardening, community healthcare for chronically ill patients & training in medical skills for young people. Along with water, we called these four areas our Nexus. They were used to provide specific solutions to community-outlined problems.

2021-2024: During the Covid pandemic we ramped up our Health for Palestine (H4P) program to meet local needs. Soon after through our education program we started a kindergarten, Zahrat Al-Yasmeen, which serves 50 children. Our food efforts built on earlier work by training community members to use hydroponic growing techniques. This led to the local manufacture & distribution of micro-growing towers & building three hydroponic gardens. These gardens are used by H4P to improve chronic patient health while also increasing food sovereignty by distributing Palestinian-grown produce.

2024-Future: The war in Gaza & increased military & settler violence in the West Bank has caused wide-spread deaths, imprisonment, torture, scarcity & trauma for Palestinian refugees. Despite these hardships we are continuing to expand our programs with our partners. Zahrat Al-Yasmeen kindergarten is expanding to enroll 50% more students. Our health program is starting two initiatives in trauma & pediatric care to care. Building on our work with patients facing chronic illness we are supporting a local gym to update lifestyles, creating an in-camp clinic to increase patient access, promoting healthy lifestyles through in-camp gardening & expanding care for diabetes sufferers.