On September 18th, I am joining a team of 40 cyclists for three days as we ride from Philadelphia to DC to raise money for REACH Gaza, in partnership with the Palestine Children Relief Fund. The PCRF is one of the most hard working, credible, transparent and impactful NGOs helping children in need all across the Middle East (www.pcrf.net), irrespectful of nationality or religion.
The recent horrific attacks on Gaza have put an already struggling population and healthcare system through more strain. This makes the need for financial and moral support more pressing than ever.
Anything we can do to improve the livelihood of the people on the ground is worth doing. Thank you for donating. Every bit counts.
With gratitude,
Miral
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 |
| Miral Alaraj | 12/18/2014 | $55.00 | James Pollard | 10/03/2014 | $100.00 | Amazing Miral | Kate Turney | 10/02/2014 | $50.00 | Incredible effort! | Charlotte Jefferies | 09/30/2014 | $50.00 | Hugest congrats on finishing Miral! SO impressed! Now to relax that bottom X | Anonymous Friend | 09/26/2014 | $80.00 | Hilda Salameh | 09/23/2014 | $100.00 | Chris Kotyk | 09/19/2014 | $100.00 | Hay gurl hay. Give it everything you got, I believe in you. | Najat Hage | 09/19/2014 | $100.00 | Caz Gentles | 09/17/2014 | $50.00 | Hope you have a great time partying in the states while everyone thinks you're cycling...may be worth getting some grazes on your legs just make it look authentic :) | Justine Ooi | 09/17/2014 | $50.00 | You are amazing! What a great cause. Good luck gurl x | Kat Hannah | 09/16/2014 | $100.00 | duh | Kimberly Douglas | 09/15/2014 | $50.00 | Go Miral! You're an inspiration to us all :) | Rahul Mittal | 09/10/2014 | $100.00 | Miral, Keep up the good work. Mittals | Ghada Khoury | 09/04/2014 | $100.00 | Best of luck, wish I was joining in this year! | Mutaz Ahmad Afifi | 09/02/2014 | $400.00 | Best of wishes Miral. Great initiative and cause. Mutaz | Mom and Dad | 09/02/2014 | $1,000.00 | Miral: thank you for trying to keep the Palestinian cause alive and for inspiring your peers. Best of luck to you and the team. Your proud parents | Khalid Dahlawi | 09/01/2014 | $100.00 | Petrea Gay Draper | 08/31/2014 | $200.00 | Thank you for being such an awesome person. All the very best with the ride. | Anonymous Friend | 08/31/2014 | $300.00 | Goodluck Miral! | Anonymous Friend | 08/31/2014 | $300.00 | Goodluck Miral! | Leontine BC | 08/31/2014 | $200.00 | Best of luck! | Miral Alaraj | 08/31/2014 | $900.00 | Setarah & Zaid Abbas | 08/30/2014 | $250.00 | Great cause, we're proud of you Miral! | Manjot Chandi | 08/30/2014 | $150.00 | Hey Miral, Hope you and you're family are doing well! I'm so proud of you for raising money for such an important cause! Love you and miss you:) | Katharine Durkee | 08/30/2014 | $50.00 | Abdulrahman Hammad | 08/29/2014 | $250.00 | Anonymous Friend | 08/28/2014 | $300.00 | you have a great heart:) | Manar Dakkak | 08/27/2014 | $150.00 | Great cause, best of luck! | Jocelyn Gray | 08/27/2014 | $15.00 | You go girl!! | Lucy Wright | 08/26/2014 | $50.00 | Amazing Miral!! All the best for the cycle and reaching your target!x | Jolene Kinoshita | 08/25/2014 | $150.00 | I accept this ice bucket challenge.... oh wait, wrong charity! Best of luck Meerow! So proud of you and your dedication to this cause. xx | Lauren Wanies | 08/25/2014 | $100.00 | A true inspiration for us all. God bless your beautiful heart xx | Thomas Cockburn | 08/24/2014 | $500.00 | You are inspiration for all of us - on and off the bike :) | Rachel Pether | 08/21/2014 | $50.00 | I love you Miral! Such a beautiful heart. xxx | Rajni Singh | 08/21/2014 | $500.00 | You are crazy. I love it. | Michaela Campbell | 08/21/2014 | $500.00 | Miral, you are an inspiration! Good luck!! | Jehan & Matt | 08/20/2014 | $100.00 | You are mental! Good luck habibti! So proud of you and inspired xx | Intessar Arman | 08/20/2014 | $150.00 | Fady Wakil | 08/20/2014 | $100.00 | Go Girl!! | Maia and Dan Ingram | 08/19/2014 | $50.00 | Miral you are such an inspiration! xoxo Maia and Dan | Nadim Baalbaki | 08/19/2014 | $500.00 | You're nuts! Don't change! | James Gozney | 08/19/2014 | $100.00 | Great cause, v good luck | Sara Amighi | 08/19/2014 | $500.00 | I am so proud of all the work that you do, don't ever stop being so passionate and giving...you are an inspiration! Love you | Dann Irving | 08/19/2014 | $50.00 | Good luck Miral! | Christian Pryce | 08/19/2014 | $50.00 | Look after that fin | Abdulla Qadan | 08/14/2014 | $500.00 | Go Miral!! Thanks for all your hard work as always for this cause. | Anonymous Friend | 07/31/2014 | $100.00 | Tarek Jabi | 07/31/2014 | $100.00 | Good luck Miro | Jumana Hanna | 07/27/2014 | $100.00 | You go girl !!!! So proud of you love , and your dedication!!! Such an inspiration | Anonymous Friend | 07/27/2014 | $100.00 |
| Total | $10,000.00 | ||