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 |
| Sebastien Petillon | 09/21/2014 | $30.00 | Great initiative! I hope these 3 days were a great experience too. | Owen Schochet | 09/16/2014 | $40.00 | Best of luck this weekend - it's a great thing you're doing | Ruba Sifri | 09/15/2014 | $300.00 | Bravo Serene we are so proud of you! Hugs The Sifris | Wedad Darwish | 09/14/2014 | $100.00 | Liam McCollum | 09/12/2014 | $100.00 | Rula Kafity | 09/09/2014 | $270.00 | The Kafitys are soooooooo PROUD of you CC. An incredible cause supported by an incredible person. BEST OF LUCK habeebetna | Mona Khoury | 09/09/2014 | $70.00 | As a two months old baby, "I" am glad you are helping other kids like me | Hibah Abuhamdieh | 09/08/2014 | $40.00 | It's so great that you're doing this Serene! | Annie Khan | 09/07/2014 | $50.00 | Karim Habayeb | 08/15/2014 | $50.00 | Anonymous Friend | 08/08/2014 | $150.00 | Best of Luck Serene! | Brigitte Barghout | 08/05/2014 | $100.00 | Thank you for cycling4Gaza. | Maria Ly | 08/05/2014 | $50.00 | It doesn't surprise me that you'd tire yourself out for the well being and benefit of others :) Best of luck to you and your brother! | Samia Kallidis | 08/03/2014 | $50.00 | This is awesome, CC! I'm so happy you'll be cycling for Gaza and wish I could be there cycling with you. It's a great chance to raise awareness and give kids a voice in the states and all over the world. We're all there behind you, supporting this great cause and praying for the children of Palestine. I'm proud of you my love. | Angelo Abboud | 08/01/2014 | $100.00 | You are awesome! | Joud Sebai | 07/31/2014 | $50.00 | Ahmed Faisal | 07/31/2014 | $20.00 | Good Luck Serene! Love ya! Thank you for raising awareness and funds for our beloved Palestine. | Mandy McMechan | 07/31/2014 | $200.00 | Loads of love and good luck from Mandy, Arianna & Izzy | George and Katie Chikhani | 07/30/2014 | $100.00 | You are an amazing person CC we are all so proud of you. Good Luck my dear! | Anonymous Friend | 07/27/2014 | $200.00 | CC there is a say in Arabic " Allah ma3 dawaleebek" !!! Go! Go! Go! Auntie Z | Jihan Achkar | 07/26/2014 | $370.00 | Achkar Family | Lutuf & Gisele Ghantous | 07/25/2014 | $50.00 | Thank you for supporting Gaza, | Tarek Jabi | 07/24/2014 | $100.00 | You make me so proud to be able to call you my friend ... from your work with autism to the many acts of generosity and philanthropy ... this being a big one! All the best and see you soon CC! | Donna Ko | 07/24/2014 | $100.00 | I love you Serene!! Go get em :) | Emile and Sima Habayeb | 07/22/2014 | $100.00 | Way to go Serene. Well done | Emile and Sima Habayeb | 07/22/2014 | $150.00 | We are so proud of you Serene for taking part in this worthy cause. | Nadine, Ziad & Leila Habayeb | 07/21/2014 | $200.00 | Go Serene. We are proud of you | Nadine, Ziad & Leila Habayeb | 07/21/2014 | $100.00 | Go Serene. We are proud of you | Nadine, Ziad & Leila Habayeb | 07/21/2014 | $500.00 | We are proud of you girls for this humanitarian cause you are supporting and for bringing awareness about the daily life conditions and the lack of infrastructure the people in Palestine and Gaza have to live under. | Nassib and Reema Habayeb | 07/20/2014 | $100.00 | So proud of you girls! We will be waiting for you guys at the finish! xoxo | Tawny Tsang | 07/18/2014 | $35.00 | GOOD LUCK! And this is so amazing. I'm incredibly proud of you! | Susie Abboud | 07/18/2014 | $75.00 | Very proud of your effort. You CAN make a difference! | Zeina Shuhaibar | 07/17/2014 | $20.00 | Yay first donation! You are amazing, Serene, and I'm so happy to support you!!! <3333 | Camille & Geni Habayeb | 07/17/2014 | $100.00 | Serene I am sooo proud of you and for doing this for the cause. May God bless you. You have our full support Amo |
| Total | $4,070.00 | ||