Orphans, Other Vulnerable Youth and Women Need Your Help!
Vocational Training for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Palestinian Refugee Youth
Since April 2008, Mercy-USA for Aid and Development, in partnership with the Women’s Program Center in the Beddawi Palestinian Refugee Camp near Tripoli, Lebanon, is providing vocational training to orphans and other vulnerable youth. Six-month courses offered at the center include basic computer software, computer and cell phone maintenance, hair cutting, sewing and basic accounting.
The average cost per student to complete each six-month training course is $300.
In April 2008, Mercy-USA also provided the women's center with an electric generator, two computers, a copy machine, two heat/air-conditioning units, and supplies specific for the training courses.
 
 
 
Pediatric and Obstetric Care for Vulnerable Lebanese Villagers
Since May 2008, Mercy-USA is supporting enhanced pediatric and obstetric care for vulnerable women and children in the village of Kfar Chouba in south Lebanon. M-USA is providing the local clinic with a pediatrician and an obstetrician, as well as needed medicines. A permit from the Ministry of Education is being obtained so regular monthly checkups can be provided to children attending the public school next to the clinic.
The average cost to treat 25 patients is $175.
In December 2008 and January 2009, Mercy-USA repaired the clinic's roof, which had been leaking. The repair involved pouring a new 1,415 square-foot layer of cement and then covering this cement with a new layer of asphalt as insulation.
In April 2008, Mercy-USA provided the Kfar Chouba clinic with an ultrasound examination machine and related peripherals, an examination chair for women, a delivery chair, a Doppler pulse monitor for checking fetal heart beats, and other obstetric and gynecological equipment.
 
 
 
Please Help!
Please help Palestinian orphans and vulnerable youth to support themselves. And help vulnerable women and children in Kfar Chouba to have access to proper health care. You may send your tax-deductible contribution (US Federal Tax ID No. 38-2846307 and Canada Revenue Agency Business No. 89458 5553 RR0001) immediately through our secure online donation page.
If you would like to donate by mail, you may send your checks to:
In the US:
Mercy-USA for Aid and Development
44450 Pinetree Drive, Suite 201
Plymouth, Michigan 48170-3869
In Canada:
Mercy USA for Aid and Development (Canada)
Fiesta RPO, PO Box 56102, 102 HWY # 8
Stoney Creek, ON L8G 5C9
Kindly indicate “Palestinian Refugee Vocational Training” and/or “Lebanon Health Care” in the memo section of your check. You may also donate immediately by calling us toll free at 1-800-55-MERCY (1-800-556-3729). Thank you for your caring and concern.
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Many companies will match the donations of their employees. Please ask your company if it has such a matching gift program.
Dedicated to alleviating human suffering and supporting individuals and their communities in their efforts to become more self-sufficient, Mercy-USA for Aid and Development is a tax-deductible 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (IRS tax ID # 38-2846307). M-USA is also a registered PVO (Private Voluntary Organization) with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and is a member of the American Council for Voluntary International Action (InterAction).
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