MAP Children Appeal
9 December 2011
The young children in the occupied Palestinian territory have lived through horrendous atrocities: air strikes and rocket attacks by the Israeli military, death and destruction on an unimaginable scale and grinding poverty caused by decades of military occupation.
Many children in Gaza are deeply scarred by what they have witnessed: frightened, confused and angry. How could they not be? So many still suffer from flashbacks, nightmares, bedwetting, sleep disorders and depression.
The children need our help to heal deep emotional wounds that have harmed their young lives. Please give today. Your donation could help us bring comfort and support to a young child who has lost their childhood.
We have helped many children so far - but there are still more who need our help. Children like nine-year-old Fatima. She was six years old when Israel invaded Gaza and took her childhood, leaving her a terrified shell of a girl who still finds it hard to cope and play with other children. Through play therapy Fatima is now more confident, able to express herself and is less scared. With your help we can reach more children like Fatima, giving them the care and support they need to recover.
MAP's programmes save and improve the quality of lives in many ways - but none is more important than giving scared children the chance to just be children. Imagine if we could help more children who are hoping that someone will listen, giving them the space and time to find their feet again.
We could reach more of these children, but we cannot do this without your support. If you could help us, we could make sure that Palestinian children receive the care they need to heal their physical and mental wounds. Please will you make a donation today.
To help children cope with trauma, MAP provides a programme of specialist care. We give children the time, attention, support and professional care that helps them to recover and begin to enjoy their lives, to be children again.
We also want to help mothers like Saida, who tell us of her distress at seeing her son, Mohammad, traumatised by the bombardment of Gaza. Before Mohammad joined MAP's programme he was having nightmares. Struggling to sleep on his own, he had become irritable and withdrawn. With MAP's support Mohammad stopped being such a nervous and worried child and was able to play with his friends again.
Please will you make a donation today so MAP can continue to give children like Mohammad the medical aid and practical support that could save their lives?
