Urgent Call for Aid, Focus on Palestine
Our Palestinian sisters and brothers are in need of your immediate support. Violence is escalating from Jerusalem to Gaza. Hundreds have been injured, and there are reports that 20 people in Gaza have been killed, including nine children.
Feel their pain, and please act! We are calling on you to help us increase our aid for Palestinians in need as the situation is getting progressively worse.
Escalating violence, the coronavirus pandemic, coupled with decades of political instability have stifled economic development across Palestine and made difficult situations even worse. Most Palestinians, living inside the territories and living as refugees in neighboring regions, depend on international aid for survival. According to the World Food Program, 1.6 million people in Palestine are food insecure, including nearly half of Gaza’s population. Food expenses easily consume a majority of an impoverished family’s budget. Work options are extremely limited: Unemployment is close to 23% across Palestine, with nearly half the population in Gaza being unemployed.
In addition, continued violence throughout Palestine severely affects the most vulnerable section of the population: children, many of whom suffer from psychological trauma.
With all this considered, one thing remains clear: The people of Palestine are resilient and, with the support of donors like you, families in need there can access opportunities to break the chains of poverty and move toward success.
We Need YOUR Help
As much as we’ve been able to accomplish, there is still so much more to do. If we work together—with YOU—we can make the vision of a better Palestine a reality for so many more of our sisters and brothers in need.
