I Witness Silwan: Mural Project in East Jerusalem
We're excited to share with you this article from the Jerusalem Quarterly about a community mural project in Silwan, East Jerusalem. MECA partners ArtForces and Madaa Creative Center have worked together on many beautiful murals [...]
MECA Stands with the Movement for Black Lives – statement and resources
In the month since George Floyd was murdered, the Black Lives Matter movement has exploded across the United States and across the world. We can feel the momentum in the streets—day after day, week after [...]
Urgent update from Gaza
I’m sorry to be sharing very frightening news from Gaza but I know you care about us and what we are facing in this pandemic. There are now 55 known cases of coronavirus in Gaza [...]
Update with Photos and Videos of MECA’s Emergency work in Palestine & Lebanon
Health worker in Gaza tries on Personal Protective Equipment Thank you to the hundreds of supporters who contributed to MECA’s pandemic relief efforts. We wanted to let you know what we’ve done in [...]
The Tata Aicha Remembrance Fund: In Loving Memory of Tata Aicha (Um Kameel)
Our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Aicha Chamelly. Below is a guest post from the family of Aicha Chamelly setting up a fund to support children's programs for refugee children in her [...]
PaliRoots Raises more than $100,000 to Provide Nutritious Meals for Children in Gaza
PaliRoots campaign has raised more than $100,000! Huge thanks to our partner PaliRoots for organizing this campaign benefiting MECA. All donations from the LaunchGood campaign will come directly to MECA and be used [...]
VIDEO: Distribution of 2000 food parcels in Gaza
? With support from Zam Zam Water, PaliRoots, and MECA donors, we distributed 2000 food parcels to families in Gaza.
Nakba Reflection: The spirit of resistance
Palestinians—in Palestine and throughout the world—and allies commemorate the Nakba this week. Because of the pandemic, many people must stay sheltered, but as usual they find their ways to mark the 1948 catastrophe. In fact, [...]
Providing Clean Water to Families in Gaza During COVID-19 Emergency
As Gaza braces for an outbreak of COVID-19, schools have closed. But the Maia Project units in kindergartens all over Gaza are continuing to provide clean drinking water for families during this crisis. Here's an [...]
Support Palestinian women protecting their communities on Giving Tuesday!
I live with my family in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. We have been under a lockdown for two months – this time not from a curfew imposed by the Israeli occupation but in [...]