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 Majed Abusalama on March 28, 2009 at 2:27pm

Comment by SCarinhas on March 26, 2009 at 5:51pm: The world need people like our friend Luisella!

The world become a better world to live in!!

Comment by Muhammad Khurshid on March 26, 2009 at 4:14pm: Dear luisella valeri, please allow me to make a solute to you as you are a wonderful lady. You have bringing happiness in the life of other people. This is my belief that who cares for other God the Great cares for him/her. God the Great will certainly be caring for you. Just keep in mind that six souls in this world have been praying for your peace and happiness as you have given them happiness.

Comment by luisella valeri on March 26, 2009 at 4:08pm: Thanks Muhammad Khurshid, you are so kindly! May God the Great give to all peace, happiness, because we all are One!
Smiles
luisella

Comment by Muhammad Khurshid on March 26, 2009 at 4:01pm: Peace to all my friends. Peace to luisella valeri, who has a kind heart and noble soul. I just want to solute her for her kindness and love with humanity. This is my prayer that may God the Great give her all the happiness in this life and in the life hereafer.

Comment by luisella valeri on March 21, 2009 at 6:31pm: Today is 21 march, the first day of printime: hope is growing with peace!
Peace to Palestine and peace to israel. Peace to all the children, blossom of life

Comment by Beatrice LATEUR LACROIX on March 21, 2009 at 5:22pm: Thank you, dears Raied for these pictures and forward our blessings to all of you and to the volunteer surgeries.
Love and Peace.

Comment by raied on March 20, 2009 at 9:38pm: peace on you all my dearest friends
here are some of the pictures showing your gifts distributed to the children
I do really appreciate your efforts
Am really sorry for being late answering your comments ,,,,,really i was very busy
may God bless you all

Comment by susan chandel on March 20, 2009 at 8:20pm: Ah Well I did send a very small package of some art supplies last month crayons, watercolors, etc. and a couple of other things maybe. I could not really afford much. I had hoped to send more but It was too much to mail so I kept making the package smaller. Maine USA

Comment by susan chandel on March 20, 2009 at 3:15pm: Such good work! Are there ways we can know if all the parcels have arrived? Like a list on line somewhere. I know it is just one more thing to do and perhaps not the most important thing. But it is good to know if all packages arrive safely and if there are steps that need to be taken to assure this.