OUR HEALTHCARE PROJECTS

HEALTHCARE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Embrace works in regions across the Middle East to ensure high-quality healthcare is available to those from all backgrounds and walks of life. Embrace’s work in healthcare ranges from training programmes to ensure the availability of well-trained healthcare professionals, to the funding of mobile medical clinics so that medical assistance is accessible to those living in rural and remote areas.

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Healing the trauma of child-detention in the West Bank
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
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
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.

PERSONAL STORIES FROM OUR HEALTHCARE PROJECTS

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Escaping domestic violence in Syria
Escaping domestic violence in Syria

Amina was pulled out of school at the age of 12 and sent to work, before being married off to an older man who treated her violently for many years. Here, she recounts how a support centre at a local church - which Embrace is helping to fund through our partner MERATH - has helped her to rebuild her life…

From Gangster to Minister
From Gangster to Minister

The remarkable story of how Eduard turned his life around after an encounter with a Christian. He is now on the team of Embrace’s partner Aviv Ministry, providing shelter and support for Tel Aviv’s rough sleepers.

Stories from the war in Gaza: Growing up with a physical disability in a warzone
Stories from the war in Gaza: Growing up with a physical disability in a warzone

Esma has faced many difficulties in her short life due to a suspected metabolic disorder that has impeded her motor development. Born into a warzone, she has none of the usual scans or hospital treatment available. But thanks to the dedicated work of the staff of our partner the Princess Basma Centre, she is making remarkable progress...