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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.
Two months after cutting financial ties with Columbia University, Robert Kraft directed a $1 million donation to Yeshiva University in June 2024 to fund a program for students seeking to transfer to the Jewish university. [16] That month, an anonymous Columbia University graduate donated $260 million to Bar-Ilan University in Israel. [17]
Middlebury College’s student commencement speaker encouraged her fellow graduates and alumni to pull their donations and instead support the people of Gaza during her speech.. Film, media ...
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 ...
COMMENT: The appalling terrorist attack on Israel has put a million young lives at risk, writes Lisa Nandy. Their safety must now be the priority of the international response
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]
Grinnell College students staged a walkout to express solidarity with Palestine and demand that the college stop financial support of Israel.