Disabilities

Meet Farah. Since the age of six months, Farah has been attending the Jerusalem Princess Basma Center, where she has flourished under their care. Now at the age of five, she shows confidence and displays impressive skills such as walking and running, and she fills...

Your Easter Appeal gifts will offer 50 Palestinian families hope for the future When good things happen, word gets around. With the recent expansion of the Jerusalem Princess Basma Center’s outreach services to community clinics across the West Bank, more parents of children with disabilities...

A message from AFEDJ Executive Director Eileen Spencer As each new report of violence in the West Bank and Jerusalem arrives, my heart goes out to all people of the region affected by unrest, uncertainty, and fear for themselves and their loved ones. In recent...

A $290,000 grant from Islamic Relief USA will allow the Jerusalem Princess Basma Center to expand its partnerships with six Community-Based Rehabilitation Centers across the West Bank. Children with disabilities in Palestine face enormous barriers to education, inclusion, and acceptance. For families who live in...

With its new van to serve as a mobile clinic, JPBC’s partnership with eight clinics in West Bank communities will offer more families with children with disabilities access to diagnostic services and treatment At a time when programs for children with disabilities are being cut...

When the Jerusalem Princess Basma Center’s aging community outreach van died last year, things looked grim to the leaders at JPBC. But thanks to a generous donor, a new, fully-equipped van will soon hit the road to serve children with disabilities across the West Bank....

A generous grant will enable Jerusalem Princess Basma Center to offer advanced audiology services for children in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. In early 2021JPBC received a grant from UNICEF Norway to purchase state-of-the-art audiology equipment and create the first advanced Audiology Unit in Palestine....

“I can’t express my happiness receiving these vouchers. My kids were always asking for milk and cheese. This voucher brought a smile to us. God bless the donors.” – Lena, mother of three Thanks to your support and a $40,000 grant from the Holy Land...

Four years ago, Ahmad, a boy born with a rare genetic syndrome, was granted permission to travel from his home in Gaza to receive evaluation and treatment at the Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre (JPBC).  During Ahmad’s three-week stay JPBC developed an individualized therapy treatment plan and...