The Community Service Center (CSC) at An-Najah National University was established in 1999 in collaboration with McGill University, Canada, to provide community services based on professional social work grounded in human rights.

The center operates as a community organization rooted in the local community and affiliated with the university, relying primarily on the volunteer efforts of university students and members of the local community. Through its programs, the center aims to help the local community become organized and capable of participating in solving the problems it faces, especially marginalized individuals and groups, by solving their issues with their participation and empowering them to become capable of helping themselves solve their problems. The center strives to respect human rights in the professional methods it uses and the outcomes it works to achieve.

The is a hub for student-led initiatives that make a real difference in our local communities. The center connects students with opportunities to support neighborhoods, schools, or vulnerable populations through hands-on projects that meet actual needs. Over the years, the CSC has organized activities such as planting trees and creating green spaces in schools, providing educational workshops on elder care, collecting and distributing essential donations to families and orphans in need, and repairing and renovating homes for households facing hardship. By bringing students and community members together, the CSC not only improves the well-being of our society but also fosters leadership, teamwork, and a strong sense of social responsibility among participants.

Thus, the center works to:

• Design and implement community programs based on the needs of the local community and founded on the principle of respecting, protecting, and embodying human rights.
• Provide a model for the relationship between the Palestinian university and the local community and contribute to embodying the university's philosophy and vision of serving the community.
• A professional model for community work based on respect for human rights, developing it and working to spread it in Palestinian social work institutions through influence via partnership and coordination.
• Spreading the values of volunteer work and providing volunteer efforts from university students and the local community to support partner institutions with professionally trained volunteers,
• Providing a training field (practical and theoretical) for university students in general, and humanities students in particular.