Gaza Emergency Aid During Ceasefire

Jan 31, 2025
Israel significantly reduced, but did not entirely stop, bombing Gaza and allowed aid to enter. MECA’s staff, partners and volunteers worked day and night during this period to distribute food,...
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Treating Malnutrition in the Midst of Genocide

Oct 24, 2024
In all the decades I've been studying this, I've never seen statistics as bad as they are in Gaza today. The population of Gaza is only two million people. But...
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New Health Center Opens in Gaza

Oct 24, 2024
Everything in Gaza seems impossible until MECA’s staff makes it a reality with our local partners and others. In August, we opened a new health center with the Palestinian Medical...
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New inclusive community kitchen opens in Gaza

Mar 28, 2024
MECA has opened our fifth community kitchen in Gaza. This special inclusive kitchen is a partnership with Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children and provides hot meals, community, dignity, and income....
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Emergency Aid for Gaza – Oct 2023- March 2025

Oct 12, 2023
Israel has been killing, injuring, and displacing people in Gaza almost continuously since October 2023. It cut off electricity, food, water, and other basic necessities. Homes, schools, mosques, clinics and...
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Emergency Aid for Jenin Refugee Camp

Sep 19, 2023
Attack on Jenin Between July 3 and July 4, Israeli occupation forces carried out an extensive and brutal attack on Jenin refugee camp with multiple drone strikes and over 1,000...
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Summer Fun & Healing for Children in Palestine

Aug 23, 2023
“I dreamed of riding a bicycle and when I came to this camp, my dream came true.” - Somaya, Khuza'a, Gaza, Summer 2023
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Delivering Warmth and Solidarity: MECA’s 2022 Winter Relief Campaign

Feb 28, 2023
Each year in November, MECA launches a Winter Relief Campaign to alleviate the cold, wet, and dangerous conditions in Gaza and in Lebanon’s refugee camps. The campaign lasts for months and includes distribution...
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Food Delivered with Solidarity and Received with Dignity

Oct 18, 2022
“I’ve never seen hunger like this is Gaza.” This is what MECA Director of Gaza Projects. Dr. Mona El-Farra said to a group of staff and supporters more than two...
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Summer Fun in Palestine 2022

Sep 27, 2022
When we think about the lives of children in Palestine we don’t usually think of fun. We think of soldiers, settlers, checkpoints, military attacks, arrests, and home demolitions. But in...
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