By Josie Shields-Stromsness | Program Director, Middle East Children's Alliance
With your support, MECA continues to maintain water purification and desalination units in Gaza that serve more than 70,000 children.
We wanted to share with you recent photos of just a few of these children!
We also wanted to share this message from women in Gaza to women in Flint, Michigan. MECA's staff are among the writers and signatories of this statement.
"Dearest Women in Flint,
On International Women’s Day, we, the Palestinian women living under Israeli occupation, announce our solidarity and extend our compassion to you. We understand what you are going through because we face similar hardships in Gaza.
Access to clean and healthy water is a basic right according to international law and agreements. But many people are still fighting to achieve this right. For example, we are living in the Gaza Strip and are suffering a lot and struggling to get clean and healthy water. The Israeli occupation steals our water from the aquifers, controls our water resources, and does not allow us to access the clean water in the West Bank or to build water treatment facilities. Sea water, waste water, and other pollutants contaminate our water leading to sickness and death. This forces us to choose to buy clean water at unaffordable prices or to provide other basic necessities for our families. We know you face these impossible choices too."
(See link below to read the rest of the letter)
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By Josie Shields-Stromsness | Program Director, Middle East Children's Alliance
By Josie Shields-Stromsness | MECA Program Director
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