Action Alert: Al-Awda Asks Your Support for Health Care Projects

For Immediate Release
October 22, 2006

Action Alert: Al-Awda Asks Your Support for Health Care Projects

In recent months, the economic, social and health conditions in occupied
areas of Palestine, especially the West Bank and Gaza Strip, have
deteriorated to an unprecedented and alarming level. A humanitarian
catastrophe is taking place due to the continuing economic sanctions and
trade embargo imposed by Israel, the United States and European countries.
The health situation, in particular, has been seriously undermined as a
result of external funding cuts, together with Israel's refusal to transfer
tax monies collected on behalf of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the
freezing of PA accounts by commercial banks. The large number of people who
can no longer afford needed medical care due to lack of employment and/or
loss of income is alarming. The health system is on the verge of collapse,
and thousands of patients will not receive treatment placing their lives in
grave danger.

The Ibdaa Health Committee (IHC) in the Dheisheh refugee camp and greater
Bethlehem area is a collaboration of professional health care workers and a
mobilized grassroots community doing their best to provide critically
needed medical and mental health services through education, prevention,
treatment, and professional training under extremely difficult
circumstances. The majority of funds earmarked for health care come from
international donors like you, both large and small.

Please Join Al-Awda in Supporting the Work of The IHC

The IHC is currently seeking much needed financial support for its surgery
and medication projects. The IHC aims to provide surgeries, at no or minimal
cost, to approximately 100 Palestinian children and youth. In addition, the
IHC needs funds to purchase and distribute critically needed medications to
local hospitals and clinics. The IHC has an established record in providing
needed medical care and supplies.  For example, in 2004, 85 children and
youth received surgeries including ear, nose and throat, emergency general,
orthopedic and ophthalmology. This past summer, the IHC disseminated more
than $2,000 worth of medicines to Beit Jala Hospital.

The IHC cannot do this work without your financial support. Your
contribution can help alleviate some of the suffering the sanctions have
inflicted on the Palestinian people and will show they are not alone in
their heroic struggle.

Please join with Al-Awda and make your tax-deductible donation today!

Address your check or money order to:

Al-Awda, PRRC
PO Box 131352
Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA

Please note on the memo line of the check that your donation is for the IHC.

To donate online using your credit card, go to
http://www.al-awda.org/donate.html and follow the simple instructions.
Please indicate that your donation is for the IHC with your submission.

Thank you for your generous support!

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
PO Box 131352
Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA
Tel: 760-685-3243
Fax: 360-933-3568
E-mail: info@al-awda.org
WWW: http://al-awda.org


Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (PRRC), is a non profit
educational and charitable 501(c)(3) organization committed to comprehensive
public education about the rights of all Palestinian refugees to return to
their homes and lands of origin, and to full restitution for all their
confiscated and destroyed property in accordance with the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, International law and numerous United Nations
Resolutions upholding these rights. Under IRS guidelines, your donations to
Al-Awda, PRRC are tax-deductible.