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The Palestine Children's Relief Fund was established in 1991. [3] It was founded by Steve Sosebee, a former journalist who, while on assignment in Hebron, brought Palestinian children in need to Akron, Ohio, to receive free medical care. [5] Sosebee later met Huda al Masry, a Palestinian social worker with the YMCA in Jerusalem. [5]
Anera's sponsors children between the ages of 4-17 to receive an education in one of seven schools in Lebanon, Gaza, or the West Bank. Students who participate in the scholarship program are orphans, come from impoverished households or require physical and rehabilitative support.
Dozens of Palestinian students and children staged a display of solidarity at a demonstration in southern Gaza on Sunday to express gratitude for the support seen on US college campuses in recent ...
Following the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict, an international conference took place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, where donors pledged almost $4.5 billion for the reconstruction of Gaza. These funds bypassed Hamas, since the PA in collaboration with the donor community has taken the lead in delivering and distributing the assistance. [58]
Grinnell College students staged a walkout to express solidarity with Palestine and demand that the college stop financial support of Israel.
According to the fund's head Intisar al-Wazir, each family of a deceased received a base stipend of 1,400 NIS ($350). If they were married, the amount increased by $100, and $50 was added for each child. Children receive support until age 18, or until they begin working. Those attending university receive support until graduation. [8]
Global Fund for Children (GFC) is a Washington, DC–based nonprofit organization whose mission is to transform the lives of the world's most vulnerable children.GFC pursues this mission by making small grants to innovative community-based organizations that provide services and programs for children that government and large aid organizations often do not reach.
(Reuters) -Anwar El Ghazi has pledged to donate 500,000 euros ($559,500) to children in Gaza, one-third of the payout he has received from Mainz 05 for wrongfully terminating his contract over his ...