WE NEED TO ACT NOW FOR CHILDREN IN GAZA
When Tima* found out she was pregnant in July 2023, she was excited to be having her second child and started to think about how she would spoil her new baby. Then in October 2023, the war in Gaza started and everything changed. Tima and her family were displaced multiple times as fighting expanded across the Gaza strip. They were living in a tent in central Gaza. Tima was terrified about where she would be able to give birth safely, given the continuous attacks on healthcare facilities during the war.
On 26 April 2024, baby Lana* became the first baby to be born at Save the Children’s new maternity unit in the Gaza Strip.
Make a donation now to support our work in Gaza and in 113 countries worldwide – you’ll be there for children who urgently need life-saving care, supplies and support.
Your $138 gift could provide three baby kits with basic care items for infants like Lana in Gaza and around the world
The resumption of hostilities in Gaza is nothing short of a death sentence for children. Dozens of children are reported to be among the victims of recent Israeli airstrikes.
Gaza’s children are being bombed in their tents and make-shift shelters as the inescapable living nightmare continues in Gaza. This massacre comes after they’ve been cut off from essential and much needed food and aid, compounding already decimated conditions for their survival after months of war and aid restrictions by Israeli authorities. We urgently need international action to protect children and families now.
Denying humanitarian aid is a crime under international law and a grave violation against children. The international community must act now to ensure that international humanitarian law in Gaza and human rights law in the West Bank is followed. A definitive ceasefire remains the only way to ensure children are protected from further bodily and mental harm.
*Names changed to protect their identity
WHY YOUR DONATION IS SO IMPORTANT FOR CHILDREN
Every child deserves the right to a safe birth and the future they deserve. Your donation means we could deliver:
1. Mental health services to help children cope with traumatic experiences
2. Education through learning centres
3. Long-term medical care
4. Access to cash and food vouchers to empower families to choose how they support their children
5. Child-friendly spaces (safe spaces for children to play, recover and regain a sense of normality) to give children a sense of normality
1 in 6 children globally are living in conflicts they did not create. Your donation can help give them a better future.
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Every child has a unique story. We help children rewrite theirs.
Save the Children fights for children every single day so they can fulfil their unique potential. Day after day, around the world, we make sure children stay safe, healthy and keep learning, so they can become who they want to be.
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