This August, I will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for HEAL Palestine, a charitable organisation aiding children in Palestine. The funds raised from this climb will go towards providing support to the children in Gaza specifcally. The situation in Gaza worsens by the day, with a food and health crisis already at hand (as reported by WHO). These are issues that disproportionately affect children, who are more susceptible to disease and famine. Now, more than ever, the children of Gaza need our help.

HEAL palestine has been providing food to Palestinian children for over 20 years by carrying out food programs on the ground. With your help HEAL Palestine can both expand and continue operations in order to reach even more children directly. 

Any support you can provide is greatly appreciated :)

This August we will be climbing Kilimanjaro while raising funds for HEAL's program to provide food in Gaza. 

A Guardian Article outlines that all Gaza residents have reached a "crisis" stage of hunger, while 50% of them have reached "catastrophic famine". Yet the restrictions on imports of humanitarian needs into Gaza keep getting tighter resulting in more than 25 people killed purely from starvation (Jazeera). Almost all laws and acts like the Rome Statute Act declare this - purposeful imposition of hunger as a war crime, yet the conditions are getting worse and worse. 

With up to 50% of the population under the age of 18, children are disproportionately impacted by the disastrous situation in Gaza.  An entire generation of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip suffers from both physical conditions and life-changing injuries, as well as mental health disorders as a result of desperate living conditions and repeated exposure to war and violence.  Furthered by the lack of food/water which has reportedly caused 50% of the population to suffer from muscle wasting syndrome (where your muscles literally melt away so that your body can use it as fuel).

Kilimanjaro4Gaza is a project that aims to raise funds and awareness of the urgent situation in Gaza by teaming up with HEAL Palestine on the ground which is providing meals to the children who desperately need it in Gaza. Supporting this project has the potential to positively impact the lives of countless Palestinian children who urgently need your help.