Aid for Children and Families in Gaza

by Middle East Children's Alliance
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Aid for Children and Families in Gaza
Aid for Children and Families in Gaza
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Aid for Children and Families in Gaza
Aid for Children and Families in Gaza
Aid for Children and Families in Gaza
Aid for Children and Families in Gaza
Aid for Children and Families in Gaza
Aid for Children and Families in Gaza
Aid for Children and Families in Gaza
Aid for Children and Families in Gaza
Aid for Children and Families in Gaza
Aid for Children and Families in Gaza
Aid for Children and Families in Gaza
Aid for Children and Families in Gaza

Summary

2.3 million Palestinians live in the Gaza Strip. Ongoing Israeli attacks from air, land and sea are killing, injuring, and displacing children, journalists, and medical workers. Israel has cut off electricity, food, water, and other basic necessities. The Middle East Children's Alliance has been working with clinics and community centers in Gaza for 35 years providing aid when and where it is needed. We are providing emergency aid to children and families right now.

$200,000
total goal
$60,936
remaining
573
donors
9
monthly donors
8
fundraisers
6
years

Challenge

The Gaza Strip has been illegally occupied by Israel for fifty years and is currently under attack. Israeli attacks are killing & injuring people and destroying homes and infrastructure. These attacks come after 17 years of a crippling siege. 95% of water is not fit for human consumption. Electricity is on 3 hours or less each day. Children, who make up the half of the population, have been killed, injured, displaced and traumatized.

Solution

MECA works for the rights and well-being of children. We have been working in Gaza for thirty-five years. We have a team of staff and volunteers on the ground in Gaza and a network of grassroots partners. From sending shipments of medicine for clinics to delivering warm clothes to children in winter to funding teachers and psychologists to help children learn and heal, we work to meet the many needs of children in Gaza. Right now we are providing emergency aid to children and families in need.

Long-Term Impact

Right now our focus is on meeting the immediate needs of children and families. In the long term, this project will reduce the children's risk of disease and malnutrition by addressing basic needs for food, medical care and adequate shelter that could impact their development and long-term health.

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Organization Information

Middle East Children's Alliance

Location: Berkeley, CA - USA
Website:
Facebook: Facebook Page
Twitter: @MECAforPeace
Project Leader:
Mona El-Farra
Director of Gaza Projects
Berkeley , CA United States
$139,064 raised of $200,000 goal
 
1,305 donations
$60,936 to go
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