We Have No More Words: Reflections on a Year of Genocide
My friend Iyad says, “so far, I’m a genocide survivor. Everyone living in Gaza is on the waiting list. And every day that passes, I consider myself lucky. Now, a year later, I have no [...]
Gaza: New Israeli orders force thousands in Deir al-Balah to flee again, and disrupt last aid hub
RAMALLAH, 22 August 2024 – New displacement orders issued by Israeli authorities have forced another mass movement of families and humanitarian workers from areas in Deir al-Balah - one of the only remaining areas in the [...]
The War on Palestinian Infants and Children
A Palestinian woman carries the shrouded body of her infant killed in an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza, 19 December. Abed Rahim Khatib You may have already seen the news of the [...]
Bay Area Midwife Report-Back from Gaza
In July MECA hosted Bay Area Midwife Bridget Rochios about the mission to Gaza in conversation with UCSF Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health Sciences, Dr. Jess Ghannam. Driven by her commitment to global health [...]
“We are still here”: Updates from MECA’s emergency response in Gaza
You will find us in every street, among the tents of the displaced, and amid the rubble of destroyed homes, even during the most dangerous times. We are there, carrying water, food, and medicine, [...]
Yes! MECA is still delivering aid to people in Gaza
For eight long and horrifying months, MECA staff, partners, and volunteers in Gaza have been taking enormous risks every day to provide families in their communities with food parcels, tents, water, new clothes, hygiene kits, [...]
This Nakba Commemoration is Different
Today we mark the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, the “catastrophe,” in which three-quarters of the indigenous Palestinian population was forced from their homes to create the settler-colony of Israel. We have continued to [...]
Trucks of fresh vegetables delivered to north Gaza
? In the north of Gaza where people are barely surviving on plants and animal feed, the MECA team delivered fresh vegetable parcels to 2,500 families! This felt like a small miracle. Actually, it is [...]
Remembering Khaled, a young nurse killed in Gaza
Khaled graduating with a degree in nursing The story of Khaled is similar to those of more than 400 health workers killed by Israel's genocidal attack on Gaza. Nurses, doctors, health educators, [...]
MECA mourns World Central Kitchen team killed by Israeli attack in Gaza
We are devasted by Israel’s horrific attack that killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza this week. MECA had the pleasure of working side by side with many of them over the last [...]