HCI, UNICEF Canada to provide $3.5M in mental health support for Gaza children

Two international aid organizations are partnering to provide emergency programming for children living in Gaza.

Human Concern International will provide $3.5 million for UNICEF Canada to create a space with 12 classrooms that will give mental health, psychosocial and informal learning support.

HCI is Canada’s oldest Muslim international relief charity. About 1 million children in Gaza need protection and support after two years of war. They are currently living under a tenuous ceasefire. 

The ongoing conflict has destroyed or damaged 97 per cent of schools in the region. 

Before the war, Gaza had one of the highest literacy rates on Earth.

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When Elisha isn’t writing, she’s fronting her classic rock cover band, reading a good sci-fi book or snuggling on her hammock with her dog. 

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