We’ve curated a list of our charity partners who are providing medical care, food, and shelter to those affected. You can support them by making a gift from a Giving Account or donating to them directly.
Amos Trust
Amos Trust are a small creative human rights organisation committed to challenging injustice, building hope and creating positive change in the Middle East. A gift to Amos Trust will help support their partners in Gaza to provide emergency care and meet the essential needs of affected communities.
British Red Cross
Staff and volunteers from the British Red Cross, and its international connections, are working around the clock to respond to the urgent needs in both conflict areas. They are helping to treat causalities and provide humanitarian assistance through their local teams. They are currently asking for donations to help people on the ground provide direct assistance.
Christian Aid
Christian Aid has been working with the poorest and most vulnerable people in the Middle East since the early 1950s, when they provided humanitarian relief to Palestinian refugees. They are currently working with Zochrot, an Israeli civil society organisation based in Tel Aviv, to provide trauma based psychological assistance to Israelis who have been affected by the escalation of violent conflict.
Their established partners in Gaza are all responding heroically in difficult circumstances. They're responding with medical relief and community-led initiatives such as food, shelter, sanitation and cash. This includes building mobile bathrooms to working with local farmers to get fresh vegetables for families that have left their homes to escape airstrikes. However, it's dangerous to move around, and supplies of essentials are running low.
They are ready to scale up their work with or without the ceasefire, but to do so need more funding. Please give what you can. Your donations can make a huge difference to those affected by this crisis.
Embrace the Middle East
Embrace the Middle East have been supporting Christian partners in the Middle East for 170 years. They currently support projects in Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq and Syria as they work to transform lives and restore the dignity of the most excluded and marginalised communities. Their goal is to contribute to a culture of human flourishing in a troubled region.
Their emergency Gaza appeal that was launched in October, has been the biggest appeal in their 170-year history. Their partner, Al Ahli Hospital, was hit by an aid drop damaging their power supply but they also managed to get a fuel delivery from WHO so they have been able to continue for now whilst repairs are made to the solar panels if possible. Another partner has said up two health clinics outside the church compound to treat as many people as they can without adding to the hospital’s capacity. This is all possible thanks to the generosity of supporters.
Friends of the Holy Land
Friends of the Holy Land, is a non-political Christian Charity. Their mission is to secure a resilient and enduring Christian community in the West Bank, Gaza, Israel and Jordan - the part of the world that Christians call the Holy Land. The focus of their work is providing practical help directly to the most needy and vulnerable of our Christian brothers and sisters through a balance of funding immediate relief of emergency needs and practical small projects to help create a sustainable future in the Holy Land – most importantly to give them hope.
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Great Commission Society (GCS) Israel-Gaza Appeal
In the midst of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza, the Great Commission Society (GCS) has is focussed on providing humanitarian aid and spreading gospel hope. One area that drew their attention was Ashkelon in southern Israel, where 350 residents had to evacuate due to relentless attacks from Hamas. Among these evacuees were particularly vulnerable individuals, including single mothers and children who are unable to access state assistance.
GCS volunteers, in collaboration with partner organisations, have also been working diligently to provide displaced families with shelter, food, clothing, and other essentials. Despite limited resources, they managed to provide three weeks’ worth of aid to forty-five individuals in dire need. Their volunteers have also been offering trauma counselling to help people cope with the emotional scars of conflict. Alongside this, they share the message of hope and resilience found in the Gospel.
To sustain their vital work, GCS urgently requires support for life-saving resources, including medicine, food, water, and fuel. Every contribution, no matter how small, can make a significant difference in the lives of those who are suffering.
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Help The Persecuted
Help The Persecuted are ministers of the Gospel who rescued, restored and rebuilt the lives of over 82,000 Persecuted Christians in 13 countries last year including, The Middle East, Turkey, Iran, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Yemen & North Africa.
They currently provide a safe refuge in Lebanon to those fleeing the Middle East Conflict.
- A Safe Place to Sleep - Refuge Centre that can host a larger number of Christians families, offering beds, food, clothing and pastoral care.
- Nutritious food - They have doubled the capacity of their 'Seeds of Hope' farm above Beirut which already provides vital fresh vegetables and fruit to thousands of persecuted and vulnerable people each year. This includes a local community of Muslims and Druze who they can share the love of Jesus with. They have also been increasing the Emergency Relief Kits, which contain a month's supply of food basics along with Bibles and Christian literature.
- Long-Term Hope-Through their successful 'Enduring Livelihood' program, they plan to help many families rebuild their lives through owning their own small businesses.
Samaritan's Purse
Samaritan’s Purse is helping meet the physical and spiritual needs of people and communities on both sides of the Israel-Hamas war in partnership with local churches and ministry partners.
Following the October 7th Hamas attack, Samaritan’s Purse has been helping displaced survivors with essential food items and emergency relief supplies, including 14 new ambulances for Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency medical services provider.
Alongside their work in Israel, Samaritan’s Purse are supporting local partners who are working to provide desperately needed relief to hurting Palestinians. In addition, they are operating Samaritan’s Purse medical clinics in various Palestinian areas to help those affected by the conflict.
Save the Children
Save the Children have been working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) for 50 years and are calling on all sides to do their utmost to protect the children and stop the violence. A gift to Save the Children can help their teams provide support, shelter, educational supplies, and baby hygiene kits to the most vulnerable in this conflict.
World Vision
World Vision have been working in the OPT for many years and this year they have already helped 136,000 people including 95,000 children. Their support is needed now more than ever and they are ready to meet people's immediate and long-term needs including providing emergency response kits, child-friendly spaces and psychosocial support. A gift to World Vision will go to helping vulnerable children, families and communities impacted by the crisis.
UNICEF UK
UNICEF UK are in Gaza providing life-saving humanitarian support. Medical equipment, food, fuel and access to safe drinking water are desperately needed. As UNICEF, we are also calling for an immediate ceasefire. With more than a million people, nearly half of them children, are in danger ahead of a planned ground assault. The situation is rapidly deteriorating. And children continue to pay the highest price for the violence.
UNICEF UK asks for donations to help protect children in Gaza and the wider State of Palestine.
We’ll be updating our list of our charity partners and fundraisers that are responding to the Israel and Palestine crisis as we receive more information.
Gifts to support charitable organisations will normally be applied to their general funds. However, you may request that your Gift is allocated to a specific purpose by selecting a Partner’s Project Fund or providing a specific reference in the ‘message of support’ field and we ask our Partners to give consideration to the Giver’s request (specific reference) and where possible, use the Grant for the purpose intended.
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