Jesoor Organization

JESOOR, “bridges” in Arabic, is a Palestinian organization
strengthening the link between health and human rights,
prevention of torture and human rights abuse through research,
advocacy, community assistance and the capacity building of
health professionals.

We seek to build bridges to health and peace in our community by
engaging the social, economic, political and environmental contexts
in all aspects of our work, and to contribute creatively to the global
and regional right to health movement. In the context of health and
human rights research and capacity building, the emphasis would
be given to combine social, psychological, biomedical knowledge
with political and cultural environment. Behind such philosophy lies
two important aspects; providing an effective services and also
community development. The concept of development involves real
changes in the thinking of health professionals from not only being
traditional service providers but facilitators of care, recognizing the
rights of individuals and communities to express their needs freely.
Therefore, they act as helpers and also agents of change,
community immobilizes and peace builders.
Jesoor is governed by a multidisciplinary group of professionals
with high experience in the field of health, human rights and
community developments. It also has an international board of
advisors that meets annually.
Jesoor is a non-governmental and non-profit organization
governed by a professional and an independent board of Directors
elected by the general assembly.

Jesoor is registered by the Palestinian Ministry of Interior.

The official and working language of Jesoor is Arabic and English
as the second language

Why bridges