Kiwi women 'Stride for Gaza' to support Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)
25 years ago we lived in Gaza and met so many generous and courageous people. We're fundraising for them, their children and grandchildren.
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[Picture: Immy with colleague Souad and daughter at their home in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, 1999]
We - Marianne, Imogen (Immy) and Amanda - are three Kiwi women who found ourselves living and working in Gaza together 25 years ago. The experience shaped the rest of our lives. Last week marked the one year anniversary of the launch of a bombardment of unprecedented intensity, deadliness and cruelty by Israel against the civilians of Gaza, a strategy now extended to West Bank and Lebanon. We’re joining together here to ‘Stride for Gaza’ alongside many others to raise funds for UK charity Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). [We've allowed ourselves a little longer than the official MAP timeframe due to NZ school holidays].
We each set a personal stretch goal achieve by the end of October. We’re asking you to sponsor us. Here's what we will do:
Amanda: will walk 50km & climb 4000m (1m for every 10 Gazans killed before numbers stopped being updated a while ago) over 2 wks.
Marianne: will run 50km/week for 2 wks.
Immy: will walk 50km (length + width of Gaza) by end October.
Funds pledged will be sent to MAP for their work in Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon. Hospitals and health workers in Gaza have been heavily targeted by the Israeli army. MAP continues to provide essential health services to those under attack and to speak out about what is happening.
More about the Stride for Gaza campaign at: https://www.map.org.uk/challenge-events/stride-for-gaza
More about MAP: https://www.map.org.uk
Amanda (Rachel) Scothern's involvement (page creator)
We trust MAP as an established, well-regarded charity that we know continues to be active supporting Palestinians under the ongoing assault. Amanda originally traveled to Gaza as a volunteer with MAP in 1998.
Use of funds
Funds will be donated via the https://www.map.org.uk website. They are in need of funds for medical aid for Palestinians.
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Latest update
Challenges completed - and the power of action together. 14 November 2024
Our fundraising will close tomorrow (last chance in case you've yet to donate!) We've raised over $9000 for medical aid to Palestinians and our hearts and hopes are buoyed by this support that exceeded our expectations. Once this campaign closes, funds are sent by Givealittle to our designated bank account. Amanda will then transfer all funds raised to Medical Aid for Palestinians to support their work in Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon.
Amanda and Immy posted brief updates on our challenges. Marianne completed her challenge (to approximately double her usual run kms) and in spite of challenges completed this to run 100km in 2 weeks! Her message: The situation in Gaza, now extended to West Bank and Lebanon is horrifying and it can be easy to feel despair. Taking these small actions that we can, together, is the way I know to get through, to keep on going. Thank you for being part of that with us.
We three will keep on taking those actions - the next right thing - and we hope you will too. Keep up the Boycott-Divest-Sanction pressure - and tell others about it; keep writing to your MPs, signing the petitions, joining the rallies. Keep talking about what is happening, about the people of Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon. These are the actions we can take, and though they feel so inadequate, when we add them together - the thousands of us and our small actions - they make a difference.
With love and gratitude - Marianne, Immy & Amanda.
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