United Methodists are responding to Kairos Palestine: A Moment of Truth ,a statement of faith and urgent call to action from Christians in Palestine. UMKR seeks, through nonviolent means and in partnership with Palestinian Christians, freedom, justice and equality for all Palestinians and Israelis.
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Humanitarian and solidarity
organizations alike are racing to help
Palestinians during the Covid-19
pandemic. They need all the help
they can get! See below some
suggestions for where you might
provide direct aid for those who are being hardest hit by this crisis.
Do you have a humanitarian organization or campaign to suggest?
Let us know: info@kairosresponse.org
FYI:
United Nations Covid-19 Response Plan
for the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
The humanitarian community in the occupied
Palestinian territory has released a detailed
plan aimed atpreventing further transmission
of COVID-19 and mitigating the worst effects
of the pandemic, laying the foundations for
the Government of Palestine’s response plan.
To implement the plan, they are urgently
requesting $34 million to be donated.
See the summary
Download the full plan
In the Time of COVID-19
DIRECT AID
during COVID-19
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UNRWA
This United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees is the #1 source of humanitarian aid for millions of Palestinians. UNRWA's multi-faceted aid provides food, medicine and medical personnel, housing, education, and so much more. The Trump administration shocked the world when it cut all humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people, thereby drastically cutting a large portion of UNRWA's budget. Since then, UNRWA has been struggling to replace that aid; they have been forced to cut programs that are millions of Palestinians' only lifeline.
UNRWA is truly on the frontlines of the battle with Covid-19 in Palestine.
Learn more about the vital need to support UNRWA on this page.
For Everyone: Donate to UNRWA
For US taxpayers, Donate to unrwausa.org (tax deductible in the US)
Or mail a check to:
UNRWA USA, 1875 Connecticut Ave NW, Tenth Floor
Washington, DC 20009
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)
MAP is a UK organization working for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. MAP provides immediate medical aid to those in great need, while also developing local capacity and skills to ensure the long-term development of the Palestinian healthcare system.
Learn more about their Covid-19 work in the Occupied Territories and Lebanon
MECA: Emergency Aid for Gaza
As the first cases of coronavirus are confirmed in Gaza, MECA asks for donations to purchase and deliver basic hygiene supplies, antibiotics, vitamins, pain medication, and medicine to treat life-threatening diarrhea and provide other routine and emergency medical care for tens of thousands of patients in Gaza. Donate online
Palestine's Coronavirus Relief Fund
from Rebuilding Alliance
Rebuilding Alliance is successfully sending aid to (NGO) partners in Palestine. Our Palestinian partners need your help to provide protection suits to health care workers in Gaza and the West Bank, and get ICU equipment to NGO hospitals incl. ventilators. In Bethlehem, Holy Land Trust is delivering food, hand sanitizer to people in quarantine. In Gaza, the Women's Program Center, Youth Vision, Al Basma Club for the Disabled, and Al Amal Society are providing hygiene kits, and food to families. We will buy masks, gloves, and protection suits from Gaza factories.
Protect Elders in Palestine from Covid-19
From AFSC: American Friends Service Committee (Quaker)
As COVID-19 continues to spread, help fund our important work aiding communities in Palestine who are most at risk for infection, including housebound and impoverished seniors in Gaza, and our ongoing work for peace in the region.
Your generous gift today will provide:
• Basic protection and sanitation supplies—including soap, hand sanitizer, house cleaning products, masks.
• Educational materials on COVID-19 to people without access to these products.
• Advocacy for policy changes in the U.S. and the region to end human rights abuses and improve access to essential services and supplies.
Learn more about this campaign
Donate here