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Affordable Housing For Palestinians
Funds given through this ECO account will be channeled to four housing projects undertaken by partner churches in Palestine. (1) The St. Andrews Housing Society is sponsored by St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Ramallah. Construction of the exterior and interior partitions of the facility is complete. An additional $66,667, to be matched on a 2-for-1 basis by gifts from the Arab bank, is needed to complete the project. (2) The Taybeh Orthodox Housing Project is constructing housing for Orthodox Christian Palestinian families in Taybeh, a Christian village northeast of Ramallah. $48,000 is needed to complete the construction of ...
E052805. Read moreAhli Arab Hospital, Gaza
Contributions support the only Christian hospital in strife-torn Gaza area as it faces an increased patient load and a shortage of medical supplies.
E862371. Read moreAtfaluna
Helping the deaf in the Gaza Strip - Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children has been working in the field of deaf education and allied services since 1992. Literally thousands of deaf and hearing-impaired persons and their families are served annually through deaf education, audiology, speech language pathology, vocational training and better parenting programs.
E051793. Read moreB'Tselem
Established in 1989 by a group of prominent academics, attorneys, journalists and Knesset members, B'Tselem endeavors to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about the human rights violations in the Occupied Territories, combat the phenomenon of denial prevalent among the Israeli public and help create a human rights culture in Israel.B'Tselem in Hebrew literally means "in the image of," and is also used as a synonym for human dignity. The word is taken from Genesis 1:27 "And God created humans in his image. In the image of God did He create him." It is ...
E052806. Read moreBright Stars
Children in Palestine constitute over 50% of the Palestinian population. They have increasingly become children at risk. In an environment of increased violence, the project focuses on expressing the emotions, fears, thoughts and visions of the young people with a creative, holistic approach and a large variety of techniques to motivate and stretch their imaginations and possibilities. The children gather in different art, music, sports, communication and environmental clubs according to their talents and gifts. Our hope is that, during the process, they discover themselves as Bright Stars in art, music, sports, communication and environment. Children participating in this program ...
E051739. Read moreChurches In Danger
This project is to enable partnership churches in Palestine to help create stable economic opportunities for the younger generation of Christians so that the rate of their emigration is reduced.
E051646. Read moreIsrael Palestine Mission Network
The Israel Palestine Mission Network, in solidarity with churches and our other partners in Israel and Palestine, covenants to engage, consolidate, nourish and channel the energy in the Presbyterian Church (USA) toward the goal of a just peace in Israel and Palestine by facilitating education, promoting partnerships and coordinating advocacy.
E052802. Read moreIsrael/Palestine Peacemaking Project
Support PC(USA)'s pursuit of a just peace in Israel/Palestine - a pursuit that is rooted in Christ's call to be peacemakers and demonstrated in GA actions and Presbyterian witness in the region.
E051754. Read moreMar Elias Educational Institution
What is now Mar Elias Educational Institutions began in 1982. The ambition from the beginning was, and still is, to overcome denominational and national controversies and to bring together Christians, Muslims, Jews and Druze to study, to search, to question, to find answers and together to prepare a common future of life in harmony side by side. Ranging from kindergarten through university the focus remains on the importance of helping Christian stay in the Holy Land instead of immigrating.
E051794. Read morePeacemaking In The Middle East
Gifts toward this project will assist peacemaking, reconciliation and conflict resolution in the Middle East. Other goals include developing educational and human resources to enable US Presbyterians to learn about the complexities that exist in the region.
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