REACH Gaza – The 2014 Project Second Year Running
REACH Gaza aims to improve and strengthen the currently underdeveloped health-care system in Gaza, particularly when it comes to providing surgery for children in need of medical care. In addition to causing a chronic shortage of medical equipment and supplies in Gaza, the 6 year long siege on the Gaza Strip has prevented children and their families from travelling freely into the West Bank and abroad in order to receive the urgent care and treatment they need.
The REACH Gaza project will address each of these issues and work towards creating a more durable, efficient and sustainable healthcare system by carrying out the following tasks:
- Identifying every sick and injured child in the besieged Gaza Strip in need of specialised medical care through a team of ground staff who will form an intricate network of field offices throughout Gaza
- Creating a pioneering centralised database that will include each child’s medical condition and history
- Providing each child with the required treatment through sponsoring treatment locally, visiting international volunteer missions and sending children abroad for care.
$250,000 (£150,000) was raised in 2013 in support of the REACH Gaza project. 53% of these funds directly resulted in:
- The treatment of 630 children in Gaza
- Through the work of 18 volunteer international medical teams
- Caring for children in need of cardiac, orthopaedic and general medical treatment
The funds also allowed for the development of the first medical database in Gaza with 496 child cases registered.
The remaining funds from 2013 will be used to continue providing essential medical treatment to the children in Gaza, in addition to all the funds raised in 2014 from our 6th cycling challenge taking place in the US from Philadelphia to Washington DC on the 19th of September. With these two cycles we aim to support the REACH Gaza project up to the end of 2015; caring for over 1000 children in Gaza.
| Supporters | |||
| Name | Date | Amount | Comments |
| Matt McMahon | 10/08/2014 | $30.00 | Sorry so late Neda! Can't wait to bike with you! | Noor Al Radi | 09/18/2014 | $100.00 | basically I'm bribing you to perhaps actually meet up one day, Mona's a terrible matchmaker. Good luck, and wishing I was there with you all. Incredibly worthy cause, and meaningful action. | Ryan Moritz | 09/16/2014 | $50.00 | GO-GO Neda! | Phoebe Springstubb | 09/16/2014 | $50.00 | Yay Neda! Strength and speed for your ride! | Anonymous Friend | 09/15/2014 | $25.00 | Go for it Nedza! | Jaffer Kolb | 09/14/2014 | $50.00 | Don't chafe! | Adam Moll | 09/14/2014 | $50.00 | Good luck. Stay off the i-95...x | Anonymous Friend | 09/13/2014 | $50.00 | Mona Chalabi | 09/13/2014 | $50.00 | Such a worthy cause, so proud of you! xx ps I want you to take regular stops to pose in the style of Usain Bolt. Even when it stops being funny. Especially when it stops being funny. | Deirdre Garton | 09/08/2014 | $200.00 | Go Neda!! for a deserving cause. | Cressie Strachan | 09/08/2014 | $50.00 | Go Neds! Lots of love xx | Christina McMillan | 09/07/2014 | $50.00 | very proud to donate! Chrissy & Shawn. | Anonymous Friend | 09/07/2014 | $100.00 | Good luck Neda! | Shahrzad Mirshamsy | 09/06/2014 | $50.00 | Let us save the children of this world! There is enough space for everybody to live and enjoy life and prosper. | Rebecca Chase-Chen | 09/05/2014 | $25.00 | Thank you for doing this! | Anonymous Friend | 09/05/2014 | $50.00 | Hallie Chen | 09/04/2014 | $100.00 | Go Neda! You are an amazing person and this is a wonderful cause. | Susan&George Snyder&Thomas | 09/03/2014 | $50.00 | Good Luck Neda! | Lila Fargiadi | 09/03/2014 | $100.00 | Forza neda juon, buona fortuna | Matthew Storrie | 09/02/2014 | $50.00 | ZOOM! | RickyMikaZaraAlex Burdett | 09/02/2014 | $200.00 | A fantastic effort for such an important cause Neda. Love and support from all of us. | Homa Fardjadi | 09/02/2014 | $500.00 | good luck neda jan | SIMA FARJADI | 09/01/2014 | $150.00 | Well done neda jan. bon courrage. | Nooshin Akbarpour | 09/01/2014 | $200.00 | Great cause Neda jan, thank you! | Miku Dixit | 09/01/2014 | $50.00 | Go Neda! | Tei Carpenter | 09/01/2014 | $50.00 | GO NEDA!!!! | Helen English | 09/01/2014 | $500.00 | Lydia Xynogala | 09/01/2014 | $50.00 | Christopher Yorke | 09/01/2014 | $50.00 | Way to go Neda!! | Constantinos Parisinos | 08/31/2014 | $50.00 | All the best Neduz! | Lucy Hall | 08/31/2014 | $15.00 | GO NED XXX | Simine Fardjadi | 08/31/2014 | $250.00 | great cause neda jan , Bon courage | Elaine Lomenzo | 08/31/2014 | $50.00 | Good luck Neda.A GREAT CAUSE. | Laura Bonzanigo | 08/31/2014 | $50.00 | Go Neduz!!! I'll wait for you in DC with a good old G&T, Hendricks of course! | Claire and Anthony Gillan-derson | 08/31/2014 | $100.00 | Great cause, Neda! | Francois Leininger | 08/31/2014 | $50.00 | Helen English | 08/25/2014 | $510.00 | registration fee |
| Total | $4,105.00 | ||