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Hope and Play raises £6,200 at Funding Network event for traumatised children in Gaza
We were lucky enough to be shortlisted by The Funding Network (TFN), billed as the ‘Dragons' Den’ for charities, for one of their fundraising events. We walked away that evening…
Make your child’s birthday even more special – by holding it in Gaza
Here's how Umar, a 1 year old Londoner, held his birthday party in Gaza - giving 35 kids an unforgettable day and Umar some very special keepsakes for when he…
Life, Love and Laughter to 1500 Children Under Bombardment
In July of this year, working alongside our partners in Gaza, primarily the wonderful team at the Canaan Institute of New Pedagogy, our donors enabled the evacuation of 1500 children…
Dispatch: Hope in Gaza
Journalists to cover Hope and Play Projects in Gaza Two journalists with a track record of publication in major media outlets such as Time magazine are heading out to Gaza…
Glaswegian Bring and Buy Sale Nets over £2,500 for Gaza’s Children
Mandy got in touch with us at the end of July, and innocuously announced that she was organising a bring and buy sale in Glasgow to support Gaza's traumatised children…
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…