Healthcare

What’s it like right now in Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza, Israel, and Jordan? Ramallah, West BankArab Evangelical Episcopal SchoolAs with other schools in the West Bank, AEES, a K-12 academic school, moved to online instruction for its 840 students in March when the Palestinian...

Your donations provide critical emergency support to Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, St. Luke’s Hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus, and the Archbishop’s Fund to help impoverished families. Thanks to your generosity the Diocese of Jerusalem is better able to respond to the...

In the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza, the hardship brought by the coronavirus pandemic is compounded by the struggles Palestinians face every day. The challenges of economic instability, travel restrictions, limited access to water and electricity, and a deteriorating healthcare system are daunting, but...

Update: April 2, 2020 Thank you for your help in this emergency One of the best things about AFEDJ donors is the passion you feel for the people and institutions you support in the Holy Land. When the call goes out, you respond. Thanks to...

Dear Friends, I’m sure you’ve followed the tragic news from Gaza and Israel over the past several days. In the wake of the killing of an Islamic Jihad leader in Gaza by Israeli security forces, subsequent missile strikes from Gaza into southern Israel, and retaliatory...

A shoutout to our good friends at Grace Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Virginia. They are profiled in this week’s online edition of the PCUSA’s national magazine, Presbyterian Outlook, and also featured in the August print edition. Grace has nurtured a long-time partnership with St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Nablus,...

While the leaders of Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza rarely start the day with good news, one morning in mid-May was the exception for Ahli’s director, Suhaila Tarazi. She awoke to word that the American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem (AFEDJ) was awarded...

Thanks to AFEDJ Trustee, the Rev. Matthew Dayton-Welch, for taking time during his pilgrimage to interview Ms Sondos, a participant with her daughter in the Mother Empowerment Program at Princess Basma Center in East Jerusalem. A signature program of Princess Basma, this two- to three-week...

Recently-released research on child welfare in Gaza by the Norwegian Refugee Council makes for sobering reading. Researchers studied the welfare of children since the right-of-return demonstrations at the border began in the spring of 2018. The report finds that “68 percent of schoolchildren in areas close to...