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The Melkite Pastoral Center was established
in 1988 in the city of Ramallah during by the sisters of Greek Catholic (Melkite)
Church Center.
The Melkite
Church provides facilities where women from nearby villages obtain fabric and thread,
which they take home to embroider, in exchange for a salary. The products are
inspired by traditional designs that decorate Palestinian women's dresses, and
symbolically represent the hills, trees, and flowers of the country.
As the villages suffer from high
unemployment, poor infrastructure and a lack of social services, the women's income
from the embroidery work means a great deal to impoverished families. Their work
affords schooling for the children, medicine for the elderly, and daily needs such as
food and clothing.
Contact Melkite Pastoral Center:
P.O. Box 265,
Ramallah
West Bank, Palestine (via Israel)
Tel/Fax: +972-(0)2-298-5797
pal.embr@palnet.com
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