Dr Malik Abou-Rageila, Gift of the Givers Palestine Country Manager and Mr Mohasin Atawneh, Director of Wafaa in West Bank, Palestine, sign an MOU to extend joint services across all regions of Palestine including West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza. The agreement was encouraged and witnessed by Ashraf Suliman, SA Ambassador to Palestine (in picture). Through this joint co-operation Wafaa will implement

The Islamic Development Bank and Gift of the Givers sign the Financing Agreement for the Social and Health Empowerment Project for Poor Families in Palestine.

Support for Education in Palestine, GOTG office in Gaza has launched this campaign to support more than 3000 students who have been affected by the UNRWA budget cut.

The project will cover those students for 6 months providing school bags, transportation and daily healthy meals in many schools located in various provinces.

As the death toll rises rapidly on the Gaza-Israeli border and the casualties approach 3000, Gift of the Givers increases it's intervention, expanding medical teams (we are 25m from the border and are the first responders for the injured before patients are moved to the Palestinian Ministry of Health facilities), we pay for treatment for the injured at private hospitals, provide medical equipment

Gift of the Givers has intervened in the current situation in #Gaza providing medical supplies, hygiene kits and wheelchairs, assisting various medical facilities overflowing with injured civilians having been shot by the Israeli Defence Force. More than 100 patients thus far needed amputations due to the nature of their injuries.

In Gaza most hospitals are unable to properly operate due to the lack of equipment and electricity. Last week we launched a campaign to perform minor surgical procedures for the back log of patients who were on an 18 month waiting list.

Our goal is to service 1000 patients within 3 months.

Gift of the Givers provides medical supplies to the Makassed Hospital in Jerusalem. The SA Ambassador to Palestine, Ashraf Suliman, makes the presentation on our behalf.

Over 1300 children will benefit from the Gift of the Givers Winter Warmth jacket distribution in Gaza. Our team also hosted the Gaza Winter Warmth Charity Market where people from surrounding areas could pick winter garment for themselves.

Through Gift of the Givers medical support in Gaza, 4 patients suffering from renal failure underwent kidney transplants.

As part of the Gift of the Givers Education Support Project in Gaza, our team distributes vouchers to cover student's transportation costs.

Funding cuts to the UN is going to be "catastrophic" says the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) that takes care of the education of 500 000 children across 711 schools in Palestine. The only future Palestinian children have is through education. Already many educators have lamented the absence of stationery which is hampering the learning process.

Gift of the Givers has launched an

Gift of the Givers paramedic and nursing team are stationed 25m from the Gaza border as the point of first contact for injured Palestinian civilians. Medical equipment and supplies sponsored by Gift of the Givers. Patients are assessed and moved to the Palestinian Ministry of Health tent which is another 25m behind us.

Hospitals in Gaza struggle to provide sufficient meals to patients. Gift of the Givers will distribute 90 meals over 9 days to patients.

Gift of the Givers covering of weak roofs to prevent water leakage in homes over the winter period. 60 families will sleep better this winter.