Meeting with Khaled Abu Samra who runs the Charitable Association for Palestinian Relief, our partner for milk distribution and regular mobile clinics at Palestinian camps in Syria. These are small but crucial projects and every medical week serves over 1,000 residents who live under siege and have no access to medicines or medical care. Please continue to donate so we can keep these projects going.

Over the last week of September, Viva Palestina Malaysia with our partner in Syria, the Charitable Association for Palestian Relief, distributed 1000 cans of baby milk to refugees around Damascus who still live under harsh conditions, in Yarmouk, Khan Eshieh and Qudsiya.

Inshaa Allah we will also be conducting our 7th weeklong mobile clinic to serve the besieged residents of Yarmouk soon.

Eid Adha Mubarak! For the poorest families in Gaza, this is one of the rare times they can eat meat.

Alhamdulillah this year we have distributed meat to over 2500 families in need with the qurban of 8 cows and 14 sheep for Gaza, as well as a cow and 5 sheep for the Palestinian refugees at Yarmouk in Syria. Jazakalllah khairan to all donors including those who donated through the UK NGO One Life Global Welfare , and to Hani Thraya for your hard work organising the Gaza project from purchase to sacrifice to distributing the meat.

Alhamdulillah

Despite the higher price of animals in Gaza due to the 10 year siege, the animals are bigger than ours.

Average weight of cow - 550 kg
Sheep - 60 kg

Engineer Hani Thuraya our VPM rep has bought 7 cows & 11 sheep for Qurban 2017/1438

May Allah accept our Qurban for the poor & needy in Palestine, the land of the Abiya' (prophets) & Syuhada' (martyrs)

Pictures showing Preparation for Qurban for Palestine.

Final ceremony for project No. (28/2017)
Enjoy and learn swimming.
Funded By: Viva Palestina Malaysia - VPM
Supervised By: Rowad Society for social development.
Implemented By: North Gaza Culture Center.

Activities: Friday (28/08/2017)
- Final competitions between best trainees.
- Distribution gifts and motivations for winners.
- Trainees' graduation.
- Giving advice by Naval Police for trainees about safe swimming.
- Enjoying in free swimming at final day of camp.
- Drawing smiles on Palestinian children faces.

Our great thanks for all donors who contributed in this project, may Allah reward you.

Qudsiya village is located 10km from Damascus. It was previously under blockade causing severe food shortage until the rebel fighters left . Alhamdulillah we got approval to run the milk distribution project so last week Viva Palestina Malaysia distributed 200 cans of milk to babies and toddlers at Qudsiya.

Project No. (10/2017)
Project Name:Rehabilitation poor families houses in Gaza Strip.
Targeted group:10 of poor families in Gaza city and north of Gaza.
Fund by:Viva Palestine Malaysia.
Supervised & Implemented By: Rowad Society for social development one of Palestinian local NGO in Gaza Strip.
Beneficiaries Name: Mahmoud M. S.
Family members: 6.

Mahmoud’s family live in north of Gaza governorate near Al Slateen area, this family live in extreme poverty condition, where family’s father is jobless, they live in two small rooms with inadequate facilities “bathroom & kitchen” , the house’s roof is very old and bad, and this make rainfall enter into house in winter season.

so in order to reduce the suffering of Mahmoud’s family and protect them from rainfall in winter, VPM worked on changing the old roof to new one with installing all needs to make the new roof fit for house.

as stated in updated reports, more than 5000 of poor families in Gaza strip need to rehabilitate and furnishing their houses to match the minimal standards of adequate housing that are consider one of simplest human rights that these poor families are looking for.

Providing food baskets , and distribution Zakat Money

VPM Project No. (28/2017)

Enjoying & Learning Swimming PTSD rehabilitation program. Provides swimming course for 140 Palestinian children during summer. A form of psycho-social rehabilitation for the war afflicted children, And an opportunity to enjoy life as a child in a peaceful and friendly environment.

Project No: (29/2017)
Project Name: Prevention of Apartheid in Israel/Palestine Advocacy Campaign.
Project description: The project aims to advocate the monitoring and defense of international law and human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Funded By: Viva Palestina Malaysia.
Implemented By: The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor – Gaza Regional Office.

Viva Palestina Malaysia's project to provide cans of milk to various camps in Syria has ensured that over 500 babies have received a regular supply of milk in 2017. Alhamdulillah for our donors who help to keep this going.

Viva Palestina Malaysia's project to provide 900 cans of milk formula to babies and toddlers at Neirab camp and surrounding areas in Aleppo , Syria last week. Alhamdulillah.

" Most days we sat outside the house as we had no light inside the house." Alhamdulillah she can now sit indoors , with the completion of Viva Palestina Malaysia's first project in Lebanon , providing lighting for 15 homes of elderly and disabled Palestinian refugees at Burj-alBarajneh and Shatila camps.

The situation of Palestinian refugees at these camps is extremely miserable and there is a lot we can do to help.