Basma’s Story

Gazans continue to struggle in a region with massive unemployment, toxic water, and crumbling infrastructure under a blockade of land and sea for 15 years. Food and fuel enter Gaza based upon “mathematical formulas” determined by the occupying forces, in a drip-feeding fashion, or just “enough for survival” according to the Amnesty International February 2022…

Thank You From Lebanon

Life in Lebanon is difficult for most people the economic free fall, COVID-19, and the conflict next door in Syria. Palestinian and Syrian refugees live 88 percent below “minimal survival conditions,” according to a UN representative. Many families are food insecure with both petrol and food prices soaring and out of reach for most placing…

We Are So Grateful!

This Ramadan the need was great and our efforts together have made the difference in the lives of thousands of children and their loved ones. Ferial is a widow caring for 8 members of her family. At 69 years of age, her health is deteriorating, in addition to suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder since the…

Empowering Mothers During Ramadan

Seventy percent of the workforce in rural areas of Gaza is performed by women as laborers. Many of these women will do most anything to feed their families, earning sometimes as little as $1 a day. Working with our partner the Palestine Environmental Friends (PEF), KinderUSA funded through generous donors the Women Empowerment through farming…

Mohammed’s Story

Once again, Muslim and Christian worshippers have been attacked during the sacred days of Easter and Ramadan. Acts of provocation designed to instigate further conflict require Palestinians to exercise restraint as they do their best to observe the holiday rituals. Our work during the month of Ramadan attempts to ease the suffering so many families…

Zahraa’s Story

In May 2021, a devastating assault on Gaza, as Ramadan was coming to a close, left 261 Palestinians dead, one third of whom were children, many of whom were members of the same family. Hundreds more were injured and tens of thousands displaced. This is the story of Zahraa and her family who lived in…

Zaid’s Story

In Palestine, KinderUSA’s primary mission is to provide an environment of safety and the nurturing of good health in children living under such brutal conditions. Providing all children the chance to live with dignity, good health, education, and shelter should be the mission of all. Subjected to one of the longest blockades in human history,…

Creativity and Innovation In Education

In Palestine, similar to all other nations, education plays a fundamental and crucial role in fostering social and political change. Creative and innovative approaches to education are a means to mobilize disenfranchised members and groups of society towards better wellbeing and better futures. Central to this view is that teaching and learning should enable critical…

Ramzi’s Story

One of our families who benefited from our emergency food distribution, Ramzi, cares for 9 family members and must use a wheelchair to get around. His oldest son has been diagnosed with kidney failure bringing more economic hardship to the family. Ramzi, always smiling, does what he can to provide for his family getting by…