#Children

MAP’s partner: Bringing smiles to hospitalised children in East Jerusalem

At the end of November, nine young people from Al Saraya Centre visited Al Mekassed hospital in Jerusalem as part of a community support initiative they had devised.

The outstanding work of MAP's community midwives

The health of women and children is a major cause for concern for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.

Learning with lightbulbs: Adapting education for refugee children with autism

Wafa Dakwar, MAP’s Senior Programme Officer in Lebanon, discusses how the MAP-supported Ghassan Kanafani Cultural Foundation’s Habilitation preschool, in Mar Elias camp, Beirut, helped seven-year-old Hasan and his family.

Israeli airstrike kills three boys in Gaza, ambulance access impeded

On Sunday 28 October, three Palestinian children were killed during an Israeli airstrike, suspected to have been from a drone in Gaza, northeast of Khan Younis.

Mohamad’s story: “They helped me become confident and dependable”

Wafa Dakwar, MAP’s Senior Programme Officer in Lebanon, met with 17-year-old Palestinian refugee Mohamad to discuss the impact our ‘Adolescents Health and Life Skills Education’ programme has had on his life.

MAP’s Director of Programmes in Gaza speaks at Labour Party Conference

This week, MAP was at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool speaking to Parliamentarians, delegates and the public about the humanitarian emergency in Gaza, and barriers to the right to health of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees.

Developing physiotherapy care for Gaza’s youngest generation

This summer Sioned Davies, Senior Paediatric Physiotherapist at the Countess of Chester Hospital, and Colin Hamilton, Senior Paediatric Physiotherapist at Cambridge University Hospitals, joined MAP in Gaza to provide training to 32 local physios working with children and new born babies.

Promoting dignity for children growing up in East Jerusalem

Read how our partner in East Jerusalem, the Al Saraya Centre, is helping to support the psychological wellbeing and dignity of Palestinian children growing up in the tense environment of East Jerusalem.

Alarming mortality trend among young Palestinian refugees in Gaza

A new study by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has found an alarming mortality trend among young Palestinian refugees in Gaza.

“Life-changing” - 20 years of supporting parents of children with disabilities

Last month we celebrated the 20th anniversary of a support group for parents of children with disabilities enrolled in the Ghassan Kanafani Cultural Foundation’s Habilitation preschool, in Mar Elias camp, Lebanon.

Hope for a healthy future: Combatting malnutrition in Gaza

Many of Gaza’s almost two million residents struggle to afford the nutritious food their families need. MAP, in partnership with Muslim Aid, provides support to a nutrition centre in Gaza, run by local charity Ard El Insan.

9-year-old girl dies after travel for treatment obstructed

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is very saddened to learn of the death of a 9-year-old Palestinian girl with special needs whose access to urgent medical treatment was obstructed by occupying forces.

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