ORFA’s Charitable Objects

1. To promote human rights (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations) by all or any of the following means:

- raising awareness of human rights and humanitarian issues relevant to the Israeli -Palestinian conflict in general;

- researching and monitoring abuses of human rights and infringements of human rights law;

- educating the public about human rights and human rights law;

- promoting public support for human rights and the observance of human rights law;

- working to eliminate abuses of human rights and infringements of human rights law;

- working to obtain and promote redress for the victims of human rights abuses and their families and infringements of human rights law;

- providing support to and relieving need among the victims of human rights abuses and infringements of human rights law and their families.

 

2. To advance the education of the public in the UK and Palestine, in particular in Ramallah and its environs by all or any of the following means:

- to provide extra-curricular education to improve the educational standards of the local people, inhabitants and refugees;

- to focus on improving the educational resources available to those in need, especially the youth and refugees;

- to assist in providing directly or indirectly educational teaching material, books and tools to contribute to the education or professional development of the youth and refugees;

- to support community based education through the support of community based projects and resources;

- to help the community build sustainable and locally managed educational resources;

- to bring people from the community based projects to oxford to further their education in a way that improves their skills and opportunities at home and abroad;

- to present material in various forms to educate people in oxford about the culture and ordinary lives of the people of Ramallah;

- to send groups and delegations from Oxford to Palestine and in particular to Ramallah and its environs to improve their awareness and to build community based / individual contacts between Oxford and Ramallah.