DOUBLE your year-end gift to MECA now
Dec 18, 2025
This message will be brief. You understand that Israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza continues, even if it’s in a different, slower form. You know that people are still without...
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In loving memory of our co-founder Barbara Lubin
Dec 15, 2025
"I think what carries me on is my anger at injustice. I know a lot of people say it’s not good to be angry, but in reality, it’s the anger...
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Gaza’s Community Kitchens: Hot Meals During the Cold Winter
Dec 11, 2025
As we write this message to you about MECA's community kitchens that provide thousands of meals a day, a major storm is creating new catastrophic conditions in Gaza. MECA's Gaza...
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Tiny, Brave, and Still Here: Mila’s Battle to Live
Dec 10, 2025
By Eman Al-Astal “Mila plays now like the other kids. She’s so much more energetic,” Mila’s mother comments on the improvement in her daughter after her treatment at a MECA...
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Plant TWICE as many trees in Palestine for Giving Tuesday
Dec 02, 2025
? Thirteen-year-old Aysam was harvesting olives with his family on October 11 in the northern West Bank when Israeli soldiers heavily bombarded the area with tear gas. A month later,...
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Gaza Diaries: Tulip’s Story
Oct 28, 2025
By Eman Al-Astal On October 4th, at around 1:00 a.m., an Israeli airstrike bombed the home of Tulip, a ten-year-old Palestinian girl who was asleep in her family’s living room....
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Gaza Diaries: Because Baba Named me Eman
Sep 10, 2025
When mama knew that she was pregnant with a girl, Baba wanted to name me Saba’a. For 9 months I was Saba’a, the first grandchild of my mom’s family, and...
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Famine in Gaza: A War Crime Robbing Children of Their Future
Aug 31, 2025
By Eman, MECA staff in Gaza There are 5 phases of declaring a situation of catastrophe/famine according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) and the Famine Review Committee...
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