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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Support the children of Gaza and peace in the Middle East. This beautiful design is from iPeace. $6 per T-shirt purchased will go to Mercy Corp's emergency humanitarian mission in Gaza.

This organic cotton T-shirt is produced at a sweatshop-free Palestinian owned factory on Virgin Mary Street in Bethlehem, West Bank. The workers are represented by the Palestinian Federation of Trade Unions.

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Comment by numan on May 11, 2009 at 5:25am: be in touch with us in Dier Al-Balah Assocaition for Community Develoment and Childhood with the coopration with Mr. Majed abu salama in gaza
best regards from gaza children and lots of love to all the world
numan

Comment by numan on May 11, 2009 at 5:23am: hi to all friends in Ipeace we are in gaza found an ipeace gaza children with the cooprattion with majed abu salama to helip our children in gaza and this will be great with your support and help for us

Comment by Irit Hakim-Keller on May 10, 2009 at 10:23pm: Children are pure, genuine and innocent. They surely deserve freedom and more.
Bless you - all the ones who are doing so much for the children

Comment by Mohammed on May 10, 2009 at 9:50pm: Freedom to all the children of the world!
I love children because their smile is real and their love is true....

Mohammed - Gaza

Comment by SCarinhas on May 7, 2009 at 10:04pm: Hello Majed, my dear friend
I'd contact organizations and institutions here in Portugal, but i did not have an answer... But i have hope!!
Kisses

Comment by Majed Abusalama on May 7, 2009 at 9:35pm: let us to see just your opinain and your activites with us , please move this group to be renewable all the time for the children of Gaza

Comment by caroline b on May 3, 2009 at 8:21am: We love our ipeace tees - and we love the opportunity to help!

Comment by Mohammed on May 2, 2009 at 11:29pm: Thank you vey much my friends, about the trip with my student, It was very nice, every one was happy and the children love it very much.
I hope I can organize another trips for children this summer after students final exams.
and I you can share me this kind of activities.

Mohammed - Gaza

Comment by Beatrice LATEUR LACROIX on May 2, 2009 at 1:56pm: For you Delara, here is my very sweet prayer for you.

Love and Peace.

Comment by Rossana on May 1, 2009 at 11:09pm: Today in Iran a girl Delara Darabi has been hung, accused of homicide when all the human rights it was under age I/you/they have been violated..I ask a prayer and a thought for Delara, it had only 23 years and the adversity to have been born in a country where not esisite the respect for the human life..