Break the Siege on Gaza...SUPPORT PALESTINIAN FAMILIES TODAY!
..To all those concerned for human rights and dignity...
..To all of those individuals and families feeling that families in Gaza are the primary victims that need direct support to sustain the hardships of poverty and the siege imposed on them…
..We urge you to respond to the appeals of these families and their young children and donate money that would reach them directly in Cash, so they can sustain minimum survival needs
Your Donations are Tax Deductible in the USA
- Donate online at http://www.refugeesupport.org/ Your donation is given to families in cash
- Make a General Donation to Families with an amount of your choice
- Adopt a family on monthly basis at $100 per month, or Share in adopting a family on monthly bases at $60 per month
- Form a TAKAFUL Committee in your area to encourage individuals, families and organizations to take a step in supporting Palestinian Families in Gaza
To Organizations: Please consider refugeesupport.org for your next fundraising event
More than one half-million refugees desperately need relief, in the most difficult situation they are facing since the 1948 war, and especially lately with the siege imposed on their livelihood. More than 80% of the families have been affected by recent circumstances; 500 people were killed, 60% of them being civilians and children; approximately 5000 people were injured, and 50% of those became disabled. The rate of poverty has increased dramatically and many families have no income; governmental associations have broken down, and many have stopped providing humanitarian assistance to their beneficiaries. In this situation, those organizations working to provide humanitarian relief to families have become overloaded. These organizations, like Al-Karmel & Hanan Associations have been working to provide families with the minimum humanitarian aid for their survival in these very black days. In this volatile, difficult situation that has persisted since early 2006, we have seen the following:
* More than 64% of Palestinian families live with less than 500 NIS ($120), half of it from the unsustainable human aid from national and international relief organizations.
* There is a 40% unemployment rate among Palestinian households in the Gaza Strip.
* 70% of the planted lands on the border of the Gaza Strip were destroyed by Israeli tanks.
* 30% of families were affected by the internal struggle between families and political parties.
* 100% of families suffer from psychological stress.
Al-Karmel & Hanan for Culture and Social Development Associations appeal to you on behalf of impoverished families, from the camps and towns in the middle and the south of the Gaza Strip: Nuseirat, Maghazi, Deir al-Balah, Al-Bureij, Wadi al-Salka, Al-Qarara; the eastern villages of Khan Yunis, Al-Mowasi, Maan, Khan Yunis Camp.
* More than 64% of Palestinian families live with less than 500 NIS ($120), half of it from the unsustainable human aid from national and international relief organizations.
* There is a 40% unemployment rate among Palestinian households in the Gaza Strip.
* 70% of the planted lands on the border of the Gaza Strip were destroyed by Israeli tanks.
* 30% of families were affected by the internal struggle between families and political parties.
* 100% of families suffer from psychological stress.
Al-Karmel & Hanan for Culture and Social Development Associations appeal to you on behalf of impoverished families, from the camps and towns in the middle and the south of the Gaza Strip: Nuseirat, Maghazi, Deir al-Balah, Al-Bureij, Wadi al-Salka, Al-Qarara; the eastern villages of Khan Yunis, Al-Mowasi, Maan, Khan Yunis Camp.
WHAT IS THE TAKAFUL – FAMILY TO FAMILY SPONSORSHIP PROJECT
A family in North America or Europe would family would financially sponsor a family in a Palestinian refugee camp, primarily in Gaza Strip, on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis, at $3.00 per day. The sponsored family would receive the donation in direct financial assistance (Cash), giving the sponsored family the option of sustaining essential life needs, be it food, health, education or merely coming out of crisis.
We believe that the parents know best when it comes to their children and family well-being. Your sponsored family will receive your donation in direct financial support (cash), and it will enable them to manage their needs better. Not only that, your donation will help improve the overall community economy.
Family sponsorship is a community development initiative that aims to change lives by delivering long-lasting, self-sustaining improvements to help lift generations out of poverty. Family sponsorship empowers parents and children caught in the cycle of poverty.
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
- Donate online at http://www.refugeesupport.org/
- Form a TAKAFUL Committee in your area to seek donors for family sponsorship
- Download & Place TAKAFUL posters in your local stores, mosques, churches or events.
- Place the Advertisement on your local publications
- Place an Icon for the project on your organization or individual website
- Forward the appeal to your email and Mailing lists
- Consider TAKAFUL for your next fundraising event or donation
ABOUT US:
The Palestinian Refugee Support Network is located in US, Canada , Europe & Palestine.
The project is being launched in the United States , Canada & Europe by Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition - New York ; Al-Awda Vancouver; New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine, and Palestinian Orphan Association in Germany (Weisen Kinder Helfe Palestina e.V) . Both Al-Awda New York and New Jersey Solidarity are tax-exempt, non-profit organizations in the US . Al-Awda Vancouver is a non-profit organization in Canada . Palestinian Orp han Association is a registered organization in Germany (Weisen Kinder Helfe Palestina e.V).
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Our main goal is to develop the family-to-family sponsorship project (Takaful) in coordination with Al-Karmel Cultural and Social Development Association, and Hanan Cultural and Social Development Association in Gaza Strip, Palestine .
The network aims to work with civil organizations in the Arab world and internationally in order to support Palestinian refugees in their just struggle for independence, sovereignty, self-determination & the right to return.
The network aims to build bridges between Palestinians in the Diaspora (shatat) and our people in occupied Palestine . We aim to work together with the civil and independent local non-governmental organizations in the surrounding Arab and Muslim countries.
The network aims as well to develop solid basis for solidarity with the Palestinian people based on their national and human rights.
Al-Karmel & Hanan for Culture and Social Development Associations are a very active non-governmental organization, providing services in the middle camps and the southern area of the Gaza Strip. We have a special calling to serve poverty-stricken Palestinians, and support their fundamental rights of economic, educational, cultural and social progress, especially for the destitute classes. We are working to create a positive response to the emergency crisis situation by alleviating affected families with urgent humanitarian assistance, in addition to empowering these families to face the crisis by providing them with psychological and social support.
Al-Karmel & Hanan for Culture and Social Development Associations is a partner of Takaful, the Palestinian Refugee Support Network: http://www.refugeesupport.org. TAKAFUL project is a Palestinian Refugee Support Network initiative that is operated by organizations registered in the USA , Canada , Germany and Palestine
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On behalf of Palestinian Refugee Support Network, we would like to thank you in advance for your generous gift. We are excited about the opportunity to touch these families and these young lives and are deeply appreciative of your support
Please contact us for your feedback on our request or for any questions or concerns you may have by calling us at 1-800-856-8147, emailing us at info@refugeesupport.org, or by mailing us at our addresses in the US , Canada or Europe .
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Takaful: Palestinian Refugee Support Network
http://www.refugeesupport.org/
info@refugeesupport.org
1-800-856-8147
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