Bringing clean water to the Beit Hanoun Preparatory School in Gaza


Noam Chomsky, Leila Farsakh, Nancy Murray, Ziad Abbas and others speaking out to bring water to the children of Gaza
Type: Causes - Fundraiser
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010
Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: The Ballroom on the 3rd floor at UMass Boston
Street: 100 Morrissey BLVD
City/Town: Boston, MA
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UMass Boston's Casa Latina student group invites you to a benefit fundraiser for the children of Gaza.

Founded in 1988, the Middle East Children’s Alliance is a nonprofit organization working for the rights and well being of children in Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq. MECA sends shipments of aid, builds playgrounds and supports projects that make life better for women and children.

When MECA asked the children in Bureij Refugee Camp what they could do to help them they responded that what they wanted more than anything was to have a clean glass of water to drink at school. Because of the Israeli occupation and the diversion of water to the settlements in the West Bank and Israel, the water table has been lowered to such an extent that the water in Gaza is almost undrinkable and causes disease.

Your contribution of $11,000 will provide Beit Hanoun Preparatory School for Boys with clean water.

Join us for an afternoon of speakers, slide show, music, fundraiser sale and refreshments

Sunday, April 25th, 3 – 6 pm
University of Massachusetts - Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd. Dorchester, MA
campus center, ballroom

Speakers:
Noam Chomsky - Professor emeritus of linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Laila Farsakh - Assistant professor of political science, the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Nancy Murray – President, Gaza Mental Health Foundation
Ziad Abbas, Associate Director, Middle East Children’s Alliance
Slide Show: Skip Schiel, photographs from Gaza
Music: Traditional Arabic music

Suggested donation: $25 (no one will be turned away)
All proceeds of this event will go to the Middle East Children’s Alliance – the Maia project
Make your tax-deductible contribution at https://www.mecaforpeace.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=8


*** if you cannot attend the event and still would like to make a donation, you can do so at https://www.mecaforpeace.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=8 make sure you write on behalf of: Beit Hanoun Preparatory School as that is how they know where the money is going. And remember this donation is tax deductable.***

If you require disability-related accommodations at this event, please contact the UMass Boston Customer Service Center by telephone at 617-287-4000 or by e-mail at customer.service@umb.edu before DATE [which should be at least two weeks prior to event date]