
THE EMBRACE BLOG
In Pictures: Getting Food to Families Facing Starvation Conditions in Gaza
As malnutrition and starvation conditions spread across Gaza, we’ve responded by supporting an emergency project run by our partners in Gaza, providing vital supplies of flour to over 500 families in Gaza City.
Serving Gaza’s children against all odds
The Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre satellite unit, based at Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza City and supported by Embrace, is continuing to provide rehabilitation services for children with chronic conditions and post-trauma injuries.
Refugee Week: Serving Sudanese refugees in Egypt
The war in Sudan has resulted in the displacement of nearly 13 million people. Staff at our partner, Refuge Egypt, are working tirelessly to meet the urgent and growing needs of Sudanese refugees arriving in Cairo…
Healing the trauma of child-detention in the West Bank
Experiencing arrest and imprisonment by the Israeli authorities has left many children and young people across the West Bank with profound psychological wounds. Embrace supports a Rehabilitation Programme run by East Jerusalem YMCA, providing psychological support and vocational training to help ex-detainees find hope, purpose, and a path forward. Embrace’s David McColl recently visited...
Steadfast service continues at Gaza’s Al Ahli hospital and clinic
Al Ahli Hospital has been a beacon of light amid the devastation in Gaza, with dedicated medical staff serving patients in great need – despite severe shortages of medicine and equipment. As a fragile ceasefire takes hold, its role will continue to be pivotal as it responds to an enormous volume of medical needs. In this blog, we take a look back at the steadfast service at Al Ahli’s hospital and clinic over the past 15 months.
Exhausted but still serving in Gaza
It’s been over 8 months since the war in Gaza began. Nader Abu Amsha, Executive Director of Embrace partner DSPR, tells us in this searing and personal blog what the war has meant for his staff (and their families) in Gaza, caught up in the catastrophe themselves but continuing, with extraordinary courage, to meet the needs of a traumatised and suffering population.
The risks and realities facing the children of Gaza
For many years, Embrace’s partners have served to provide medical care for the mothers and children of Gaza, whose health was severely impacted by the blockade. Now Gaza’s children are being disproportionately affected by the current war, as Embrace’s Programmes & Partnerships Manager, Rhiannon, explains.
Finding Light Amid the Darkness: Life in Gaza
‘There is so much hurt, pain, shock and terror at the moment, but we can learn from our partners in Gaza and rejoice in the good where we find it, it will help us to keep pushing back the darkness.’ Embrace’s Progammes and Partnerships Manager for Gaza, Rhiannon recalls incredible people that she has met on her visits to our partners there.
Providing Mental Healthcare in Lebanon
There has been a dramatic rise in mental health issues in Lebanon. Find out what the Karagheusian Health Centre are doing to help.