• The Training For Trainers (1999)
• Let Your Voice Decide (1999)
• Oral History (2000)
• Arab Employment Opportunities in the Administration of Academic Institutions (2001)
• The Civic Forums (2003)

The Training For Trainers

This project which was implemented in 1999, is one of the first led by Ahali. The goal was to empower and train young people to be active in the Arab community by providing them the tools and the knowledge to be able to promote the community development. 

Concretly, 24 Palestinian youth were trained in planning, organizing and leading social and community projects. The project involved a concentrated course of 3 weeks in Cape Town, South Africa, and two years of practical training in the country under university guidance. 

As a final project exercise, each participant prepared and implemented a communal project in his or her own village. 

Most of the group members continued with their involvement after the training and during their academic studies. They have designed and implemented a specific applied public project in their village, they have met to analyze, discuss and evaluate their individual community projects and activities for 4 years after completion of the project. 

Let Your Voice Decide

The Arab population in Israel represents 20% of the total, hence theoretically could have elected the second largest faction in the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament. 

This project was designed to encourage the Arab Palestinians in Israel to participate in the election for the Knesset and for the Prime Minister. It involved explaining to the voters the importance of the Arab minority's participation in the election with, as a final objective, the increase of the influence of the Arabs on policy making and legislation in Parliament and in the government which, historically, as always been a coalition.

Ahali did not attempt to influence the direction of the vote within the target population but tried to induce a feeling and an understanding that participation in democratic acts such as voting is important for the members of the Arab community and that by voting, they can influence their own destinies within the State of Israel. 

The participation rate of Arab citizens grew in the 1999 election by approximatively 9 percent compared to the previous election. However, it can not be stated unequivocally that this is the direct result of the project because this had been the first time the election of the Prime Minister was held separately from the parliamentary election. 

Oral History

This project concentrated on recording and taping detailed information and events told by old Palestinian Arabs, all born between 1925 and 1930, on Palestinian life in the period 1940-2000. 

The projectcollected and recorded the information from inhabitants of villages that were abandoned in 1947-1948 war, who were later allowed to return to their homes. 

The collected and recorded material was transferred to Mada, an organization established later that is devoted to research into the Arab social and cultural heritage.  

Arab Employment Opportunities in the Administration of Academic Institutions

A study was conducted to ascertain the number of Arab employees in the administrative staff of a number of academic institutions and the rate at which they were being hired. The project sought ways to increase the number of Arabs employed. The results indicate that the number of Arabs employed in academic institutions approaches zero. The university authorities appear to be suffering from a mental block against hiring Arabs to work in this field. 

The survey conducted by Ahali in universities and other academic institutions of Israel was then transferred to Sawt el Amel (Laborer's Voice) Association for continuation and follow up. 

The Civic Forums