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 Beatrice LATEUR LACROIX on May 12, 2009 at 4:41pm: Dea

Comment by Irit Hakim-Keller on May 11, 2009 at 11:51pm: Dear Mohammed,
Congratulation for your first born Layan. May you be very happy - you and your family.
Dear Basem,
Many wishes and much hope for the health of Sara. I know how difficult is for you to be away from her, but you know she is in a very good care.

Very dear Denise,
You are being the White Fairy with the golden heart. Bless you my dear.

Comment by Mohammed on May 11, 2009 at 11:35pm: Thank you my friend Basem, and I hope days comes faster and your little daughter Sara come back to you in good health.
and I want to thank my very dear friend Denise because she do all important things which helped little Sara to go to France for treatment, and I am sure that she was very busy last days in Sara and now she care of her and her grandmother.
and I want to tell you that I prepare now for a good program to children in my area, this program will start in the beginning of Summer holiday, I believe children will like it very much.
finally I want to thank all of my friends in this group for their efforts to help children in all of our world.

Mohammed - Gaza

Comment by luisella valeri on May 11, 2009 at 10:42pm: Dear Basem,
so happy for your beautiful Sara! Thanks to Mohammed also! and lucky and joy for Layan, his first baby! How many beautiful news!
Smiles luisella

Comment by Basem on May 11, 2009 at 10:13pm: Hi my dear friend in ipeace, I am very happy to join this wonderful room.

I want to thank Denise because she gave my daughter Sara the hope in this difficult situation in Gaza, and I am sure she have a great heart because she do her best for my daughter and now they are with her in her home and they love her very much because she car about them .
and also I want to thank Mohammed because he helped us very much, he did big efforts to help my daughter, last month he was so busy in Sara status mean while he have his first baby(Layan).
and now he work all the time to help children in my area, so I believe he is a great person and I respect him very much.
I believe that Mohammed is the best person who deserves my respect and trust.

Basem - father of little Sara

Comment by luisella valeri on May 11, 2009 at 8:20pm: I'm so glad to know good news from Denise about Sara of Gaza!| and from Numan and Majed! So happy for the children of Gaza!
Thanks to all!
Smiles
Luisella

Comment by numan on May 11, 2009 at 8:01pm: thank you my dear friend majed and all the friends who support us in gaza , here is aphoto for the ipeace gaza children in thier open day which we do by the coopration with majed abu salam thank for all
lots of love and kiss from gaza children

numan abu shamlah
ipeace maker

Comment by Majed Abusalama on May 11, 2009 at 3:13pm: Dear all my friends in Ipeace,

before one week , i started open dyas with alot of activites for the children in Gaza, the donations came to be by my working with italian assocation in Napoli .
they was so interesting to help the children in Gaza by me, and they sent to me alittle money but really for the children this money was so interesing specaily when i working with more than 400 child from all the refugees camps in Gaza strip.
i bought like 400 gifts and joys from Gaza for this children ,i distributed all this gifts for alot of children in GAZA , no one can imagine my happy heart when i saw the smiles with the children in Gaza. really it was so amazing.

i worked also with Mr numan , friends of us in Ipeace and he is working with the children in his assocation, and i gave him more than 100 gifts for his children in his assocation, and i did with him 2 open days for the children in Gaza.

now iam doing media vedio with all the photos to put it in youtube and in Ipeace .

really i hope if this things can encourage all my friends in Ipeace to donate for the children in Gaza and send books and art stuff for the children in Gaza.

the children in Gaza still need more my friends , we have to help them .

iam looking forward to hear from all our friends and Ipeace members

in peace with Hope

Majed abusalama
socail worker and journalist
projects coordinator and peace maker
Palestine
Gaza
00972599828830

Comment by Beatrice LATEUR LACROIX on May 11, 2009 at 12:07pm: Majed, Numan and Mohamed, thank you for your cooperatio and for the childre.
My heart is near yours.
Love and Peace.

Comment by Beatrice LATEUR LACROIX on May 11, 2009 at 12:06pm: What a joy to see Sara and to read your message, Denise !
I'm so happy to knwo the surgery was OK pour Sara.
My heart is full of joy !
Love and Peace.