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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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... 

PERSONAL STORIES FROM OUR HEALTHCARE PROJECTS

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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.

A Christmas Message from Gaza
A Christmas Message from Gaza

My name is Mousa and I work with children with disabilities at the Princess Basma satellite unit in Gaza City. This year has been so very hard for us…

Ensuring access to disability support in the West Bank
Ensuring access to disability support in the West Bank

When Tuqa’s father realised his daughter needed extra support to overcome the additional challenges she faced, he was determined to do all he could to help her. But accessing disability care in the West Bank, particularly because of the severe travel restrictions, is extremely difficult. It was only through the Outreach Programme run by Embrace partner the Princess Basma Centre that they were able to get the specialist assessment and interventions Tuqa needed.

Funding vital hospital care in Syria
Funding vital hospital care in Syria

When Belal learnt he had a serious heart condition and needed open-heart surgery, the news was doubly devastating. Without surgery he was unlikely to survive – but he had no way of paying for an operation. Thankfully he was able to find help through Embrace’s partner the St Vincent de Paul Society.

Losing your hearing and then your home
Losing your hearing and then your home

Young Khaled has had a lot to deal with in his sort life. His rare neurological disorder is causing progressive physical palsy and has left Khaled with profound hearing loss. Then, during the Israel-Hezbollah war he lost his home in an airstrike. He and his family have found support through the Learning Centre for the Deaf.

Stories from the war in Gaza: “I wish I could get my leg back”
Stories from the war in Gaza: “I wish I could get my leg back”

An estimated 12,000 children in Gaza have new disabilities caused by injuries they have suffered as a result of the current war. 5-year-old Malak is one of them.

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