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Emergency Fundraising for Traumatised Children in Gaza
You cannot but have seen the harrowing images of what Gaza's population is suffering right now. As always, the brunt of the impact is on the children. With over 60%…
220m Headlong Dive Raises over £3,000 for Traumatised Kids
How far would you go to help traumatised children in Gaza get a start in education? Well, Saskia, one of our trustees, decided she could only go 220 metres. Not…
Education for 500 Traumatised Children in Gaza
When I visited Gaza in 2012, there were a number of Israeli warplane bombing sorties which killed about a dozen people in the strip. The first one I witnessed was…
Nadia’s Tea Party Raises Nearly £900 for Traumatised Children
Nadia got in touch with us through our Facebook page. She'd seen our request for help to fundraise for an educational programme for 500 traumatised children in Gaza and decided…
El Amal Project for Children with Hearing and Speech Difficulties
This one's for our fun fundraisers who cycled London to Amsterdam with Hope and Play back in 2010, to Wissam Al-Jayoussi and his Goodwill Journey motorbike ride from Dubai to…
Farah and Bradley Celebrate their Wedding With a Gift of Love to Ain El Hilweh
There are not many acts of love greater than dedicating one's life to another in marriage. But Farah and Bradley have expanded this circle of love by asking people to…
A Playground for Nablus
Nablus is a fascinating city. It houses not only some of the most steadfast resistance to the Israeli occupation, but also on one of its mountains, an old Jewish community…
Beit Lahiya Community Centre in Northern Gaza Gets a Children’s Library
Back in 2010, we sent funds to the Palestinian Cultural and Heritage Association (PCHA) in Beit Lahiya to furbish a children's library within their community centre to provide a much…
Thank you for 2012 – Looking forward to more in 2013
Thank you for 2012. You helped us support some wonderful grassroots organisations in Gaza to get projects going and make the lives of some of Gaza's children a little bit…
Samouni School Project Starts – Against the Odds
Time plays tricks on you sometimes. No sooner had I posted my last blog post about the clothing that many of you had helped fund for the Samouni family, than…