Children in Gaza, Two Years Ago, Today, Tomorrow

As a Palestinian living most of my life in a refugee camp in the West Bank, I can say that I was not surprised when the bombs began falling on Gaza.  But each time these terrible attacks happen, we ask ourselves the same questions:  “How many children will die?” “How badly will their bodes and their minds be harmed?”  “What will they need after this to grow up healthy and strong?”

Today, I am thinking about the children of Gaza and you probably are too. I am thinking of the 400 children who were killed by Israeli weapons in those three weeks, and the hundreds of thousands of children who experienced and witnessed terrifying violence, destruction and death.

I am also thinking of all the children who died in the years before and after December 2008, because they could not get the medical care they needed in Gaza and were not allowed to leave…

About the children who died from only having polluted water to drink…

And the thousands of children who are sick or permanently disabled from the war, from malnutrition, from a shortage of medicine.

Children in Palestine need many things to grow up healthy and strong, and with your contribution now, I’m proud to say the Middle East Children’s Alliance can provide some of the basic things every child needs and deserves: Clean water, psychological support, and medical aid,

Please, don’t wait.  Remember the children of Gaza to today by making the most generous contribution you can afford.

Shukran Jazilan (Thank you very much),
Ziad Abbas
MECA Associate Director