Awards
Al Madad Foundation prides itself on selecting the very best organisations with which to partner on projects. We aim to fund work that is the best in the field and we welcome outside validation for these efforts. Awards prove that the work we fund is the best of the best, and highlight our hard-working and dedicated partners.
Zero Project Award 2024
We are delighted to announce that a project funded by Al Madad Foundation, which was conceived and carried out by the Palestinian Center For Communication and Development Strategies (PCCDS), has won a 2024 Zero Project Award.
The Steps project is the only one of its kind in the West Bank and works with students with audio-visual disabilities living in 19 refugee camps to provide them with screenings, spectacles, and hearing aids and run integration activities to ensure they are fully accommodated in school. Since its launch in January 2023, the project has carried out 1900 screenings and provided 548 pairs of spectacles and 90 hearing aids.
Rise Award 2023
Hanane Awad, a 15 year-old who was enrolled in the AMF LASeR project in Tripoli in 2022-23, has been selected as a 2023 Rise finalist. An initiative of Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust, Rise is the anchor program of a $1 billion commitment from Eric and Wendy Schmidt to find and support global talent. Hanane is 15 and attends George Sarraf high school. LASeR says of Hanane:
“Hanane Awad is an exceptional individual who demonstrates extraordinary drive and compassion. She has been selected as a 2023 Rise finalist, and is now waiting for the result after pitching her project.
Hanane's project focuses on addressing food waste in her neighborhood of Tripoli. She has taken it upon herself to collect leftover food from both households and restaurants, ensuring its quality, and then distributing it to families in need. Her project aligns with her passion for helping others and emphasises the importance of sustainability. By preventing the wastage of food from restaurants, Hanane aims to ensure that no food goes to waste while benefiting the less fortunate in her community.”