On the seventeenth day of aggression on the Strip, we continue a long journey of looking for a safe place inside or outside our home. You see, after we received messages stressing that we leave our homes and head to the south, we believed that the south is truly the safe place!
Dr. Mousa has made it his mission to provide comprehensive care for women and children in Gaza since he knows they are among the most vulnerable in terms of health.
The devastation for families in Gaza does not cease when bombs do. Manal and her husband, Karim, live in a frequently targeted village on the border of Gaza, where they rent a small, cloth-roofed house and a 600 square-meter greenhouse for farming.
As a cab driver in Gaza, Amjad has very modest means and carries a heavy weight on his shoulders; he has four children to provide for.
This holiday season we ask you to help us continue to expand and strengthen our support for Palestinian refugees and those in the occupied territories. Please donate to UPA today and help us continue our life changing work.
The pride of supporting one’s family, the pride of being resilient, the pride of not accepting to be victimized – the pride of having hope, the pride of being from Gaza.
Fifteen years of life under blockade and continued Israeli aggression has left four out of five children in Gaza living with fear, anguish, and depression.
Najwa, a single mother living in Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip struggles to support five children. An injury due to recent violence rendered her immobile and incapable of working.
Media reports describe air strikes as precision missiles, and they are presented as an instant, benign flash on the evening news. After that, there is a commercial – and life goes on. This depiction makes such airstrikes more acceptable to viewers.
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