Support Health 4 Palestine.
There are over 1 million Palestinian refugees in the West Bank. There are 19 UN-run Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank. Health 4 Palestine, 1for3’s program, works in 6 of them with a total population of over 100,000. We want to do more. You can help. Join Our Campaign.
Pic. A child from the Aida refugee camp turns the tables on a Health 4 Palestine international physician with a stethoscope.
Health 4 Palestine is an amazing community-based program. For the past 8 years, it has brought together an international team of medical professionals with local doctors & nurses to train & employ young Palestinians to be community health workers. Together, they now serve 6 refugee camps with much needed high-touch home-based care.
Building Healthcare in Palestine
How We Will Use Donated Funds
#1. Make a Health Clinic Ready for Large-scale Use. It will serve 2 camps with a total population of over 10,000 -- expanding screenings, chronic disease management & follow-up care.
#2. Train & Employ Young Health Workers in Jalazone Camp. This will strengthen healthcare access while addressing unemployment. Photo: UNRWA.
#3. Launch a Multi-year Expansion of Community-based Healthcare with Bethlehem University. Through this partnership, we are building a sustainable training & expansion pathway for community-based healthcare.
#4. Support Community Health Workers in Besieged Camps. We will equip & sustain health workers, who are already serving families, under severe movement restrictions & forced displacement.
#5. Expand Pediatric Wellness Training. We will continue to grow education & preventative care efforts to improve children's health outcomes.
#6. Use Locally Grown Food for Better Health. Through rooftop gardens & other environmental initiatives, we are integrating nutrition & chronic disease care using locally grown produce.
*You can contribute by clicking on the Donate to Health 4 Palestine button at the top of the page. It goes to the fundraising campaign website that has all the details on Health 4 Palestine. You can also send a check to: 1for3, 58 N. Border Road, Winchester, MA. 01890.
Goal: Build out a Health Clinic
One of the goals of our fundraising campaign is to pay for the completion of a health clinic. It will serve 2 camps, totaling over 10,000 people. This goal is not new but now is the time for it to be completed. Here is the story of the clinic.
Backstory: The communities in Aida & Azza refugee camps have asked for a health clinic for years. UNRWA, the UN agency that is supposed to provide health care to Palestinian refugees, has been hobbled. This has dropped off a cliff during the last 2 years.
Health 4 Palestine, our community health worker-based program that has been operating in both camps for 8 years, is stepping in to help. Working with Design Palestine, a group of local designers & architects in both Palestine & Boston, a remarkable clinic is being finished.
The finished clinic will do a lot in a small space. Above is a rendering by architects in Design Palestine. The clinic needs to fit an exam room with privacy, a reception area, a place for emergencies, a laboratory & work space for community health workers.
The built out clinic will have more space for seeing patients, a laboratory & workspace for community health workers. This is a rendering of what the clinic space will look like when completed. It was prepared by Design Palestine.
This is what a built out clinic will make possible. Here, 2 CHWs conduct a pediatric wellness exam.
Kindergarten + Food = Park.
9 families from the Aida refugee camp in the West Bank are gaining small plots to grow sustainable food. This development of our support for food sovereignty comes from a unique partnership. Design Palestine, a local Boston-based group we partner with, has worked with their colleagues to create an amazing public space, the Olive Grove Park. Working with our kindergarten, the food program of 1for3 helped identify families to use the growing spots. The produce they harvest will support their children & the wider community.
1for3: 1 Organization - 3 Palestinian Rights.
Health
Health 4 Palestine (H4P) is our program that supports community health. In it, 26 trained community health workers (CHWs) work in 5 camps with over 700 patients. Most care focuses on treating chronic diseases & trauma.
Environment Food
Our work in food encompasses the construction & operation of three community hydroponic gardens & a number of micro growing towers. We provide training in hydroponics. Women & young people make up the core participants in our food work. Our goal is to advance Palestinian food sovereignty & support healthy lifestyles.
Environment Water
We established potable water quality monitoring programs, built two community cisterns, replaced 30 rooftop water tanks to safeguard household water supplies & trained refugees to conduct independent water testing that resulted in upgraded infrastructure improvements. We also led four delegations to build water testing labs & train testing technicians.
Education
Zahrat Al-Yasmeen kindergarten.
Since 2019, 1for3 has brought together Palestinian & US educators to support child-focused learning. Together, they build curricula, teaching methods & new offerings of student support. Opened in 2021 & located in the UN-run Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, West Bank, Zahrat Al-Yasmeen kindergarten provides a great pre-school education for 50 children from two UN-run camps.