Fwd: Save the Date!! Water for Gaza::Sunday April 25th 2010
Katherine Hanna
Save the Date
The Maia Project – Water for Gaza
Sunday April 25th 2010
You Are Invited to a Benefit Fundraiser for
The Children of Gaza
Your contributions will provide the Beit Hanoun Preparatory School for Boys in Gaza with a clean water supply system
Founded in 1988, the Middle East Children’s Alliance is a nonprofit organization working for the rights and well-being of children in Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq. MECA sends shipments of aid, builds playgrounds and supports projects that make life better for women and children.
When MECA asked the children in Bureij Refugee Camp in Gaza what they could do to help them, they responded that what they wanted more than anything was to have a clean glass of water to drink at school. Because of the Israeli occupation and the diversion of water to the settlements in the West Bank and Israel, the water table has been lowered to such an extent that the water in Gaza is almost undrinkable and causes disease.
Your contributions of 11,000 dollars will provide the children at the Beit Hanoun Preparatory School for boys with clean water.
Join us for an afternoon of speakers, slide show, music, fundraiser sale and refreshments
Sunday, April 25th, 3 – 6 pm
University of Massachusetts - Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd. Dorchester,
MA
campus center, ballroom
Speaking at the event:
Noam Chomsky - Professor emeritus of linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Laila Farsakh - Assistant professor of political science, the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Nancy Murray – President, Gaza Mental Health Foundation
Ziad Abbas, Associate Director, Middle East Children’s Alliance
Slide Show: Skip Schiel, photographs from Gaza
Music: Traditional Arabic music
Suggested donation: $25 (no one will be turned away)
All proceeds of this event will go to the Middle East Children’s Alliance – the Maia project
Make your tax-deductible contribution to: MECA – Maia Project www.meaforpeace.org
(When making an online contribution, be sure to put the name of our school Beit Hanoun Preparatory School for Boys under “gift on behalf of”)
For any questions, or if you would like to volunteer, please email water4ga...@gmail.com