UPDATE WITH VIDEO
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 6:45 p.m.–8:15 P.M., in Bloedel Hall and via Zoom
Join Zeiad Shamrouch, Executive Director of the Middle East Children’s Alliance, as he discusses MECA’s Maia project, which is supported by Bishop Rickel and the Diocese of Olympia.
The Maia Project began in 2007 when the Student Parliament at the UN Boys’ School in Bureij Refugee Camp, Gaza were given the opportunity to choose one thing they most wanted for their school: They chose to have clean drinking water. The reason: 95% of Gaza’s water is unfit for human consumption. Since then The Maia Project has completed 73 water purification and desalinization projects, bringing clean water to 90,000 children in Gaza.
The Middle East Children’s Alliance is a nonprofit organization working for the rights and the well-being of children in the Middle East.
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Fakhri A Mahmoud
Hello,
I’m Jordanian and I am interested in volunteering to go do any kind of help for people inside Gaza strip. Do u have any programs I can volunteer for ?
Saint Mark's Cathedral
Fakhri, the forum described above was in 2022, and obviously the situation has changed, tragically, since then. We encourage people to donate to relief efforts through the American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, but volunteering is very difficult at this time. We pray for the situation to improve, the violence to end, and a just and lasting settlement to be found. Peace to you.