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.

LATEST UPDATES FROM OUR HEALTHCARE PROJECTS

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Rats, rubbish and lice: The horrific conditions in Gaza’s displacement camps
Rats, rubbish and lice: The horrific conditions in Gaza’s displacement camps

The media reports on Gaza have diminished, but this doesn’t mean the situation is getting better – far from it. Conditions are catastrophic, and our partners there warn that they are getting worse.‍ ‍We’ve the latest update on the health situation there and the headline issues that our partners say need urgent intervention.

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Disability support continues in Gaza but impact of war still a daily reality
Disability support continues in Gaza but impact of war still a daily reality

Thousands of children in Gaza have sustained life-changing injuries in the recent war. Thousands more have chronic conditions and disabilities that have deteriorated over the last two years because they’ve been unable to access the medical support they need. A team of specialists from the Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre are providing vital treatment and rehabilitation therapies.

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Life after the ceasefire: Update from Gaza
Life after the ceasefire: Update from Gaza

“As winter sets in, the hardship grows even more severe, more than half of Gaza’s population is living in tents or beneath the remains of destroyed homes, many of which have already flooded from the rain…” Our partner the DSPR give an update on the situation in Gaza and their continuing work on the ground there.

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In Pictures: Getting Food to Families Facing Starvation Conditions in Gaza
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.

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Serving Gaza’s children against all odds
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.

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Refugee Week: Serving Sudanese refugees in Egypt
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…

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PERSONAL STORIES FROM OUR HEALTHCARE PROJECTS

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The greatest expression of faith: Helping others with impartiality and respect
The greatest expression of faith: Helping others with impartiality and respect

Lily (Programme Manager at the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) - an Embrace partner based in Damascus, Syria) has worked in the development sector providing humanitarian aid for many years. She considers her work to be the greatest expression of her Christian faith.

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“I believe that in helping others, I am doing what God wants me to do.”
“I believe that in helping others, I am doing what God wants me to do.”

Wael is Programme Manager at the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) - an Embrace partner based in Damascus, Syria. One project currently providing a great source of hope for Wael is the training programme for Community Health Peer Educators, funded by Embrace.

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Healthy foundations for children in the West Bank
Healthy foundations for children in the West Bank

Sarah’s priority is to empower families in the West Bank to be able to access the essential nutrients, vitamins and protein they need for children to have a healthy start in life, developing strong bones and muscles and a robust immune system.

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Therapists bring rehabilitation, nutrition, and hope to Gaza
Therapists bring rehabilitation, nutrition, and hope to Gaza

Mousa co-ordinates the team of therapists from Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre working at its satellite clinic at Al Ahli hospital in Gaza City. Mousa says, “All of us are brothers in humanity. When Embrace support us it says to me that, all over the world, your brothers see you.”

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Coping with the emotional toll of fear and displacement in Lebanon
Coping with the emotional toll of fear and displacement in Lebanon

As the recent war engulfed much of southern Lebanon, Maya had to flee her home with her family and endured 10 terrifying days with no shelter except their car as airstrikes struck across the country. Still unable to return to her damaged home, the experience has left her struggling with a complex mix of emotions, but she’s found help thanks to one-to-one intervention sessions run by our partner Tahaddi.

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Stories from the war in Gaza: A mother reunited with her infant son
Stories from the war in Gaza: A mother reunited with her infant son

Badly injured in an Israeli airstrike moments after giving birth, Aisha was separated from her new baby. For months she feared he had been killed.

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