Children in West Bank face deadliest year of past decade
Ramallah, December 23, 2016—Israeli forces have killed 31 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in 2016. This makes it the deadliest year of the past decade for West Bank children, according to Defense for Children International - Palestine research.
Winter Clothes for Children in Gaza
I wish you the best for a New Year on behalf of thousands of women and children in Gaza. And I thank all the supporters of the Middle East Children's Alliance.
Sometimes in Gaza we pretend life is normal. But the way we live should not be normal for anyone in the world.
Ten years living under the Israeli blockade, two years after the last horrible war on Gaza—on top of decades of dispossession and occupation—what is normal for us is really a very difficult life.
New Palestinian Children’s Books Encourage Reading, Win Awards
I did not imagine that reading stories aloud is something very important for me and my kids, from this moment I will devote time every day to read to my children. —Nermin, a mother who attended a training in Gaza with Palestine Writing Workshop Director Maya Abu Alhayyat
Shoruq Children’s Debka and Girls’ Hip-Hop Group
"Debka is our heritage. I send my message to the world and resist through debka." -- Tamer, 16
VIDEO: Noura Erakat “How Israel Expanded Its Use of Force and Diminished Palestinian Resistance”
For anyone who missed our event with Noura Erakat last month, you can now watch a video of the entire presentation!
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10 Best Photos of 2016
MECA’s MAIA PROJECT BUILDS WATER PURIFICATION AND DESALINATION UNITS IN PRESCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT GAZA TO PROVIDE SAFE, CLEAN WATER. THIS UNIT WAS FUNDED BY CONNECTHER FOR AJIAL PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN.
Israeli settler physically assaults 10-year-old Palestinian child
Ramallah, November 12, 2016—An Israeli settler pepper-sprayed and physically assaulted 10-year-old Adnan Amir while he was taking a short-cut home from school in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on October 30.
Palestinian child sentenced to 12 years in Israeli prison
Ahmad Manasra, 14, is led from an Israeli court after being sentenced to 12 years in prison, in Jerusalem on 7 November. Ammar Awad Reuters
By Charlotte Silver, Electronic Intifada
Welcome Amal and Wafaa
MECA is very pleased to welcome two remarkable young women to our Palestinian staff in Gaza. Last year MECA’s previous Gaza Project Assistant Safaa El Derawi received a prestigious scholarship from an Australian university. Overcoming multiple obstacles to leaving Gaza, Safaa is now working toward a master’s degree in water engineering.