The Association for the Relief and Welfare of Kammana

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These are the aims of our association and how they will be implemented:

1. To improve the living conditions for the people of Kammana

   • improving the roads
   • connecting the village to the water supply
   • developing a sewage system
   • connecting the village to the national power grid
   • establishing health clinics to serve the village

   
   
2. To gain recognition for Kammana

   • applying pressure on the local and national government, including lobbying, meetings, demonstrations, and media
   • supplying information dealing with the subject of recognition to the residents of Kammana.

   
   
3. To create a plan for development and assist with it's implementation

   • ensuring that the plan includes almost all the village's residents within it's borders, and that it suits the Bedouin style of life
   • defending each resident's right to build
   • assisting the residents in developing the village
   • ending the problem of illegal building

   
   
4. To promote positive co-existence betweeen Jews and Arabs, especially between the residents of Kammana and it's neighbors

   • encouraging the residents of Kamanna to visit our neighbors
   • to invite Jewish people to visit the village and host them, explaing its situation and sharing our culture
   • conducting meetings and activities between the two
   • creating relations with Jewish organizations

   
   
5. To improve the educational level of Kammana

   • establishing a kindergarten and primary school for the village
   • creating a program for children with low achievement
   • conducting youth summer camps with eduational, cultural, and recreational activities
   • providing lectures and educational classes for the adults of Kammana
   • improving the situation of women through encouraging them to learn and work, and conducting meetings with educated women from the area
   • training leaders to serve Kammana and deal with its problems

   
   
6. To create recreational activities and places for Kammana

   • conducting youth summer camps with eduational, cultural, and recreational activities
   • organizing trips to various parts of Israel and Palestine
   • creating playing fields in the village
   • creating an activity center
   • encouraging sports and recreational and cultural activities

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