In September, I’m participating in a bike ride from Philadelphia to DC to raise money for Cycling 4 Gaza. It’s the 5th year the organization has partnered with Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has raised over $1 million through Cycling 4 Gaza. The donations we raise go directly towards supporting children in Palestine by improving Gaza’s healthcare system, providing urgent medical attention to children in Gaza either in local hospitals or abroad, treating PTSD symptoms suffered by almost every Palestinian child in Gaza, and many other vital services. I’m helping to raise money for their REACH Gaza (Reach Every Affected Child in Gaza) initiative that was started in 2013 and has already succeeded in helping over 1000 Gazan children.

The current war in Gaza has made a dire situation even worse. With over 2,100 casualties and many thousand injuries, innocent children are bearing the brunt of these tragedies. The healthcare system in Gaza was already under enormous strain before this war, and is now completely overstretched in dealing with the growing number of victims. We can help ensure that Palestinian children receive the medical attention they need during and after this war by supporting the PCRF.

I am asking for some help to advance this important mission to help Gazans rebuild after this war. My goal is to raise $3000 by September and with your help I can get there for sure.

Thanks for visiting my page and please share this with anyone you know who is looking to help.

-Dina

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.