By Josina Shields-Stromsness | MECA Program Director
All of us at MECA are thrilled to tell you that we have just opened a new health center in Al-Mawasi in southern Gaza with the Palestinian Medical Relief Society.
Your contributions make it possible for more than 100 people a day to visit the center where they can see a general doctor, an obstetrician-gynecologist, a pharmacist, and a nurse. Plus, a dermatologist and an ear, nose and throat specialist come in to treat the infections that so many children and adults have from living in crowded tent camps without soap and water.
That’s not all!
Many children in Gaza were already deprived of adequate nourishment before the genocide began almost one year ago. Now, the needs are greater than ever. MECA is working with our longtime partner to examine, test, and treat malnourished kids under five through two clinics in central and southern Gaza.
MECA’s team of staff, partners, and volunteers are doing remarkable work, day after day, week after week, to meet the enormous needs in their Gaza communities. They are keeping people alive with food and water. They are organizing games that bring smiles to children’s faces. They are collecting garbage and installing latrines. Now, they are providing essential care, treating malnutrition in small children, infections, rashes and even providing polio vaccinations.
It's difficult to understand how our team in Gaza keeps going with all the horror around them and the terrible losses they are suffering themselves. But we are proud and grateful to be part of their work and we hope you are too.
Thank you.
P.S. Polio, a very contagious disease that often causes death and disability, was eradicated in Gaza 25 years ago. Now, several small children have gotten it. Our new health center is one of the locations providing vaccines to children in southern Gaza.
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