Aid to the Children of Gaza

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This group's purpose is to organize and mobilize aid (food, clothing, medicine) and raise money for the children of Gaza

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This group's purpose is to organize and mobilize aid (food, clothing, medicine) and raise money for the children of Gaza.

This is an action group. Your donation and contribution is welcome.

First step - INVITE ALL YOUR FRIENDS TO THIS GROUP

Please join our Facebook Cause Aid to Gaza children

In facebook, where we are raising money, the beneficiary is currently MERCY CORPS a 501(c)(3) nonprofit

In 25 years of experience on the ground, Mercy Corps has learned that communities recovering from war or social upheaval must be the agents of their own transformation for change to endure. It's only when communities set their own agendas, raise their own resources, and implement programs themselves, that their first successes result in the renewed hope, confidence and skills to continue development independently.

Description: Since 1979, Mercy Corps has provided $1 billion in assistance to people in 82 nations. Supported by headquarters offices in North America, Europe, and Asia, the agency's unified global programs employ 2,700 staff worldwide and reach nearly 10 million people in more than 40 countries.

Mercy Corps pursues its mission through emergency relief services that assist people afflicted by conflict or disaster; through sustainable community development that integrates agriculture, health, housing and infrastructure, economic development, education and environment, and local management; and through civil society initiatives that promote citizen participation, accountability, conflict management, and the rule of law.

Wish to help the Children of Gaza?

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Please. No pictures. No propaganda. We know how grave the situation is and don't need to be reminded. (Please adhere to our guidelines) This is a focused action group. There's plenty space for posting your feelings, opinions and views about the war in iPeace, but not here. Please limit your comments here to the challenge at hand. Any other comment will be deleted

Make money donations HERE

A letter from Mercy Corp:

Thank you so much for thinking of Mercy Corps for your donations.

First of all, if your cause does choose to give the donations to Mercy Corps, I can assure you that all of that money will go to our programs in Gaza. We keep track of the individual causes that donate to Mercy Corps via Facebook to ensure that all funds go to the appropriate programs.

That being said, the majority of Mercy Corps' Gaza recovery programs target children. Our staff on the ground has found that the psychological toll on civilians, particularly children, has been enormous. Mercy Corps is in the process of transforming our psychosocial programs to address the specific needs of Gazan youth.

Currently, we are also working to help families with damaged homes to gain access to clean water and better shelter. We continue our work to distribute emergency relief items to 100,000 Gazans in need, but have shifted our focus to helping civilians rebuild their lives in the long term. In total, Mercy Corps has raised more than $2 million and secured $500K worth of material goods to support our efforts.

All of our Gazan recovery programs help children directly through the rebuilding of schools, food, shelter, and psychosocial programs -- or indirectly by helping parents rebuild homes and livelihoods.

Many thanks for thinking of us for your donations. Please let me know if I can answer any additional questions for you. Also, you can check out the latest Mercy Corps Gaza updates here: http://www.mercycorps.org/gazacrisis/

Leah Hazard

Internet Marketing Associate
Mercy Corps

www.mercycorps.org

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Comment by Mari on January 13, 2009 at 6:39am: Thanks again, David, for providing information that can lead to direct care for the children (and, I hope, their moms) confined within that horrible situation in Gaza.
I wish I had some money to send....sigh...for now, all I can do is keep on praying for the hostilities to cease.

Comment by Okigaijin Okinawa on January 13, 2009 at 3:45am: Malmut: Would you please provide an address in which I can have friends from Australia send their shipment? Thanks!

Comment by luisella valeri on January 13, 2009 at 12:40am: Very happy!
Smiles luisella

Comment by Geoffrey C. Gibbons on January 12, 2009 at 11:25pm: I joined the group on facebook & invited 17 friends so far. Thanks for getting this started David.

Comment by Esperanza on January 12, 2009 at 10:24pm: good to see good minds and hearts gathered!
TNX!

Comment by Ali Afifi on January 12, 2009 at 9:59pm: I paid here in Egypt because I do not have this card but sure all of us must do.
Thank u David for all your efforts.I already invited 60 ones as a group and sent individual messages to my friends.

Comment by David Califa on January 12, 2009 at 9:48pm: Good people. It time to open not just your hearts, but your wallets too. Give anything that you can, even one Dollar.

Comment by bjeanina on January 12, 2009 at 7:36pm: Thank you David,i feel honored but i have no more then my heart,my soul and my attitude to give...Maibe small things that matter.
I can't imagine haw heart breaking it must be...children with no parents...parents with no childrens...My thoughts and prayers with them in these dark days! PEACE...NO WAR!

Comment by Beverley Anne Jones on January 12, 2009 at 6:51pm: Thanks for the invite David. I joined the one on facebook and invited already ;0) I couldnt donate right away because I have to go buy a pre-paid credit card. Thats on the important things to do list for today!! Thanks for giving us a way to help. Its means alot when ppl are feeling so helpless.
~Much luv'n peace 2 all~
Bev

Comment by David Califa on January 12, 2009 at 6:27pm: Hi all,

This is a focused action group. There's plenty space for posting your feelings, opinions and views about the war. Please limit your comments here to the challenge at hand.

Any other comment will be deleted