Gaza Diaries: Clean Water in Gaza, a Lifeline during the Genocide

Dec 23, 2025
I have been working with MECA on the Maia Project to provide safe, clean drinking water to Palestinian children in Gaza for nearly a decade. During this time, we have...
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Gaza Diaries: Today I came to see what was left…

Nov 11, 2025
https://www.mecaforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/WhatsApp-Video-2025-11-06-at-8.47.23-PM.mp4 "The place where I’m standing now was once the site of a water desalination unit that MECA installed. It used to provide clean water to about 2,500 people every...
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What we are still able to do in Gaza

Mar 22, 2025
During these terrifying and difficult times, MECA's team in Gaza is still working After a temporary ceasefire, Israel is dropping bombs on hungry, sick, and traumatized children in Gaza. You’re...
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“A cup of clean water for my baby girl means so much to me”

Dec 28, 2024
No one in Gaza can get enough water to meet their most basic needs but with your support MECA provides nearly a million gallons of clean drinking water each month...
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“We are still here”: Updates from MECA’s emergency response in Gaza

Jul 09, 2024
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...
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World Water Day 2022

Mar 22, 2022
Biddun mai, fish heyya An Arabic saying for a universal truth: "Without water, there is no life." Dear Friend, Hello from Gaza. I’m the MECA Director of Gaza Projects and...
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Gaza Diaries: Stories from a Normal Workday in an Un-Normal Place

Feb 21, 2022
Me visiting one of the schools with a water purification and desalination unit built through MECA's Maia Project Hey again, this Ghada Mansi, the Maia Project Coordinator.  Part of my...
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No Longer My Familiar Streets: Gaza Diary

Jun 09, 2021
Our Maia Project Coordinator, Ghada Mansi, spent the last few weeks checking the water purification units that we have installed in schools throughout Gaza in order to assess the damage,...
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