Peer-to-peer: Helping young Palestinian refugees support their communities
Lebanon’s overcrowded Palestinian refugee camps are a stressful and challenging environment to grow up in. Poverty, marginalisation and the shadow of armed conflict can lead young people towards...
View ArticleâPeace has two parents: Freedom and Justiceâ
MAP CEO Aimee Shalan writes on the situation in Gaza, amid the most dangerous escalation since 2014:Three people in Gaza were killed by Israeli airstrikes last night, including a 23-year-old, pregnant...
View ArticleâCollective punishmentâ of Gaza cancer patients denounced by human rights...
Many medical specialties and treatments – such as radiotherapy for cancer and some cardiac surgery – are completely unavailable in Gaza, meaning that patients must be referred to hospitals elsewhere...
View ArticleMedics in Gaza are again injured by Israeli forces
Update (10 August, 18.00): Since this article was published news arrived that Palestinian medical volunteer Abdallah Alqatati was killed in Gaza by Israeli forces on Friday 10 August close to the...
View ArticleFollowing the fantastic work of MAPâs community midwives in Lebanon
Wafa Dakwar, MAP's Senior Programme Officer in Lebanon, describes the outstanding work of MAP's community midwives in Palestinian refugee camps across Lebanon: The health of women and children is a...
View ArticleTraining physios to improve care for Palestinian burns patients
Burns injuries are a prevalent health risk for Palestinians in the West Bank. Whether caused by industrial accidents, house fires or even arson attacks by settlers, they can cause extreme pain and...
View ArticleA helping hand to children with disabilities in Lebanonâs Palestinian...
Rana is a single mother of triplets, two boys and a girl. Shortly after giving birth five years ago, Rana and her husband got divorced. Since then, Rana and her three children have been living at her...
View ArticleGaza cancer patientsâ lives endangered as chemotherapy stocks dwindle
Medicine shortages and growing barriers to movement out of Gaza are increasingly putting the lives of cancer patients at risk. This week Al Rantisi Hospital in Gaza City, which provides oncology...
View ArticleAbdallah al-Qutati: Family and colleagues of third paramedic killed in Gaza...
In Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s latest film, the family, colleagues and friends of 22-year-old first responder Abdallah al-Qutati, who was shot dead by Israeli forces last week, speak out...
View ArticleUN warns âcollapse of critical life-saving servicesâ in Gaza as emergency...
This week, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, Mr. Jamie McGoldrick, warned of the “collapse of critical life-saving services” in Gaza as UN emergency fuel runs...
View ArticleTackling taboos: MAP-supported reproductive health services for Palestinian...
Naba’a's centre in Ein el Helweh Camp, south Lebanon Arwa* is a 40-year-old mother of six children in the Ein el Helweh Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon. They live in a two-roomed home in an...
View ArticleFurther US aid cuts threaten to deepen Gaza humanitarian emergency
Growth monitoring at Ard El Insan, Khan Younis The US State Department announced on Friday 24 August that it is cutting an additional $200m of funding for charities providing medical assistance, food...
View ArticleSupporting young Palestinian refugees: âIt helped me get through a dark...
In May, Palestinians marked the 70th anniversary of the ‘Nakba’, or catastrophe, when over 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from or fled their homes in historic Palestine. Today an estimated five...
View ArticleFive months under fire: Gaza health workers speak out
Today, Friday 31 August, marks five months since the widespread civil society-organised “Great March of Return” demonstrations began in Gaza. Demonstrators are demanding the realisation of their right...
View ArticleMPs witness occupation first-hand in the West Bank Â
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is proud to have supported with its partner Caabu another visit of British MPs to the occupied Palestinian territory this week. Bambous Charalambous (Labour, Enfield...
View ArticleNew MAP film: Gaza health workers risking life and limb
Since the “Great March of Return” demonstrations began on 30 March, three Palestinian health workers have been killed and hundreds injured by Israeli forces using live ammunition, rubber bullets and...
View ArticleIsraeli High Court of Justice approves demolition of Khan al Ahmar
The Palestinian Bedouin community of Khan al Ahmar, in the occupied West Bank, faces an imminent threat of forcible transfer following the Israeli High Court of Justice’s rejection of final appeals...
View ArticleJoint statement: The UK must show leadership on UNRWA and the rights of...
Joint statement on behalf of 15 UK-based humanitarian, development, human rights and faith organisations, calling on the UK to show leadership on UNRWA and the rights of Palestinian refugees, 7...
View ArticleUN: Gaza hospital emergency fuel to run out within days
On Wednesday 5 September the UN warned that emergency fuel stocks at critical health facilities in Gaza will run out within days, unless urgent funding is secured from international donors. Hospitals,...
View ArticleUN: âGaza health sector is collapsingâ amid international inaction
Amid a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza and massive cuts to aid announced by the US administration, the UN has outlined a significant funding shortfall as it seeks to address immediate...
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