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A patient is checked for fever at a triage tent at Ahli Arab Hosptial in Gaza City

You can help Palestinian hospitals battle coronavirus

March 22, 2020- Posted in Diocese of Jerusalem, Gaza, Healthcare, West Bank

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...

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Archbishop Dawani asks for prayers, assistance to help those affected

March 12, 2020- Posted in Diocese of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, News, Palestine, West Bank

Government policies to reduce spread of COVID-19 impact Diocese of Jerusalem

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Institution Spotlight: Jofeh Community Rehabilitation Center

February 6, 2020- Posted in Disabilities, Education, Institution Spotlight, Jordan

In the Jordan Valley town of Jofeh, Jordan, just five miles from the Dead Sea, a community center alive with activity offers hope and a future to young people with physical and intellectual disabilities.

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Easter Appeal 2020

February 6, 2020- Posted in AFEDJ, Diocese of Jerusalem, Disabilities, Gaza, Healthcare, Jerusalem, Supporters, West Bank

This Easter we celebrate the hope of the resurrection by serivng our sisters and brothers with dignity and respect at Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza and Jerusalem Princess Basma Center.

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Barbara Boehm, a parishioner from St. James Episcopal Church in Montclair, New Jersey, presents a letter from student employees at the church’s thrift shop to children at the Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre in 2018. Photo courtesy of AFEDJ

Connecting NJ students to children with disabilities in East Jerusalem

December 31, 2019- Posted in Disabilities, Jerusalem, Supporters

By David PaulsenEpiscopal News Service [link to story on ENS] [Episcopal News Service] Student employees at an Episcopal church’s mission store in Montclair, New Jersey, are supporting children thousands of miles away through a campaign to raise money for an Anglican medical center in East...

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Upper school students at Christ Episcopal School with their English teacher, Ola Mazzowi

Ingalls Foundation grant to enhance student learning

December 5, 2019- Posted in Diocese of Jerusalem, Education, Israel

$75,000 will equip 30 classrooms with state-of-the-art technology at Christ Episcopal School in Nazareth The first teachers who came to teach in Nazareth in 1851 wouldn’t recognize the 21st Century classrooms at Christ Episcopal School. Learning opportunities for the 1,200 students at Christ School will...

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Grant paves the way for Holy Land study program

December 5, 2019- Posted in AFEDJ, Education

$60,000 from The Episcopal Church’s Constable Fund to develop a free, video-based educational program in partnership with the Standing Commission on World Mission We’re grateful for the generous grant from the Constable Fund to help us develop a new program that will bring you close...

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Update on current conditions in Gaza and Ahli Arab Hospital

November 14, 2019- Posted in Diocese of Jerusalem, Gaza, Healthcare

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...

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Young women know the power of an inclusive school

November 12, 2019- Posted in Disabilities, Education, Jerusalem, Palestine

watch a video interview with Lara below Perched on the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre is perhaps best known as an internationally-accredited rehabilitation center for children with disabilities, but it also operates an inclusive Kindergarten through Grade 12 school. About 40 percent of...

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Schneller School awarded $100,000 grant for strategic planning

November 12, 2019- Posted in Education, Jordan, Partners

When your mission is to provide a safe haven, quality education, and hope for a bright future to vulnerable and impoverished refugee children, a strategic plan to sustain that work is critically important. In early October the Theodor Schneller School in Marka, Jordan, received a...

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