DOUBLE your year-end gift to MECA
3 generous supporters will match your year-end contribution to MECA! You may have heard the terrible news that on Sunday Israeli soldiers invaded the Palestinian city of Jenin and shot dead 16-year-old Jana Zakarneh [...]
Noam Chomsky “The suffering of children is always particularly painful to observe”
Dear Friend of MECA, As you may know, I have been a supporter of the Middle East Children’s Alliance since the beginning. I‘m about to turn 94 and I have been fighting and writing about [...]
Plant trees and support resistance in Palestine today
Dear Friends, My name is Josina. I work at MECA in Palestine, so I often visit MECA partner projects and see first-hand the vital work they are doing. Most years, I have the pleasure [...]
Will you stand with children and refugees again?
Dear Friend, I want to thank you for your generous support of MECA, which has made such a significant difference in the lives of so many children and families, especially refugees. In 2022, 50 [...]
Palestinian Grandma details the brutal arrest of her 16-year-old grandson Shadi
"Shadi should not be sleeping in a prison cell. He is a child and should be home with his family." Please read this message from Samia Khoury about the brutal arrest of her grandson today: [...]
Updates from the Teach Palestine Project
“Before I read Determined to Stay, I knew nothing about Palestine or Israel. After reading it, I learned so much about the hopes that the Palestinian people feel all the time. I think it’s [...]
Death Boats: Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon Risk Their Lives
“I got into the death boat because I've been unemployed for 5 years. I want to get married but I can't because I'm without a job. I didn't find any other option”. [After the boat [...]
Solidarity Rides from Gaza to the UK to California
MECA’s first ever solidarity ride in July was inspired by Palestine solidarity activists in the UK who started The Big Ride for Palestine www.thebigride4palestine.com) in 2015 following a horrific seven-week assault on Gaza. [...]
First Annual Ride for Palestine a Huge Success
On the beautiful morning of Sunday, July 17, 2022, 93 people of all ages joined MECA’s First Annual Ride for Palestine. They rode along the beautiful San Francisco Bay Trail demonstrating their solidarity with [...]
Ongoing injustices: 40 years after Sabra & Shatila
Today we remember all of the victims and also the survivors of the brutal Sabra and Shatila massacre 40 years ago. We share with you these reflections from Dr. Olfat Mahmoud, a community leader [...]