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2012
Major construction: Audiology & Speech Center at Birzeit University, Kidney Dialysis Center in Lebanon, children’s library in Beit Jala
Construction: Craniofacial Surgical Unit at Al-Shiekh Zayed
Hospital in West Bank and covered sports
2015 field in Lebanon 2017
Humanitarian 2013 support program
established with $2.2 million worth of pharmaceuticals distributed to refugees in Lebanon.
touch with the ground reality for our people. UPA chose instead to pour our energy into amplifying our work.
Many civilizations glorify war by emphasizing the idea of “having something worth dying for.” Palestinian culture values life by emphasizing the sentiment of “having something worth living for.” This love of life inspires Palestinian endurance. It also continues to inspire and motivate UPA as an organization that for 45 years has never let our people down.
2016 Begin collaboration with Mahmoud Darwish Foundation and officially
Rename scholarship initiative Mahmoud Darwish Scholarship Fund
It is very easy to look at the struggle of Palestinians and the conditions under which they must live and concentrate only on alleviating suffering. But along the way, UPA—which began with a strong focus on standard humanitarian aid—decided to expand that work and lean into the true definition of the word, humanitarian. We understood that stepping in during times of great tragedy, while important, must be done alongside the building of real lives for very real people. We centered the concerns of Palestinians: for enriched lives, for opportunities for success in all fields, for connection with one another, for strong emotional and social skills,
Healing Through Feeling, our flagship initiative to address trauma in children, launched in Gaza
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