Thanks to everyone for your donations and speading the word. I increased my goal to 10,000 based on the great reponse I have gotten in 2 days.
Thanks again!
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 |
| Meraj Anas | 10/19/2014 | $200.00 | Christina Hawk | 09/22/2014 | $50.00 | Congrats Ms Legs of Steel!! Amazing work! | Stephanie Hoffman | 09/22/2014 | $100.00 | Great job and great cause! | Fatima White | 09/20/2014 | $50.00 | You're awesome! | Kerianne Ruzicka | 09/19/2014 | $25.00 | Proud of you :) - Stinkybutt | Anonymous Friend | 09/18/2014 | $100.00 | Bradley Ruman | 09/15/2014 | $50.00 | This is awesome, great work Kristin!!!! | Katie Meibers | 09/08/2014 | $100.00 | Good Luck Kristin!! We are so proud of you! Love Katie and B-RAD | Imran Patel | 09/08/2014 | $50.00 | Imran Patel | 08/30/2014 | $200.00 | Great cause. May God bless you. | Kelly & Matt Nobles | 08/24/2014 | $200.00 | Good luck!! | Diane Ruzicka | 08/20/2014 | $500.00 | You make us very proud! | Saleem Ahmad | 08/19/2014 | $100.00 | You are doing wonderful work. Humanity is the biggest service in the world | Steve Miller | 08/18/2014 | $100.00 | You're amazing!!! | Anonymous Friend | 08/17/2014 | $100.00 | Anonymous Friend | 08/17/2014 | $400.00 | Zafar Khan | 08/17/2014 | $50.00 | Good work for a worthy cause - thanks Kristin!!! | Imran Patel | 08/17/2014 | $100.00 | May God protect these innocent children and bless those that are helping them in these difficult times. | Saleem Khan | 08/17/2014 | $50.00 | It is wonderful to have compassionate individuals like you, Kristin. Yeah, I agree folks in Gaza need all the monetary help as well as our prayers. Thanks! | Kristin McKernan | 08/14/2014 | $100.00 | You're amazing ... love you! | Osama Saif | 08/14/2014 | $500.00 | Good luck and thank you for doing this! | Colette Burke-Blan | 08/14/2014 | $200.00 | Bravo Kristin, you inspire us & give us hope. So proud of you. Be safe. | Brad Smith | 08/14/2014 | $200.00 | Go get em girl! | Midhat Mirabi | 08/14/2014 | $400.00 | Good luck Kristin! For a great humanitarian cause. | Hesham Tashkandi | 08/14/2014 | $250.00 | Great cause to help people in need while the world stands by watching | Nadia Blan | 08/13/2014 | $200.00 | So proud of you Kristin!! Couldn't be happier to have you in my life!! SaveGaza!! | Nasir Mukhtar | 08/13/2014 | $200.00 | Arthur Dillemuth | 08/13/2014 | $100.00 | Kristin, Good idea, win the race if there is one. Hank | Michael Finnerty | 08/13/2014 | $100.00 | Good luck ... very noble cause. | Bethany Hammons | 08/13/2014 | $50.00 | YAY! |
| Total | $4,825.00 | ||