Health is widely recognized as a cornerstone of human development because it underpins the gamut of human functioning. But health is also essential to human security, since survival and protection from illness are at the core of any concept of people’s wellbeing. There are many in the Middle East with little or no access to [...]
Mahmoud; father of three and owner of cell phone repair and accessories shop, Ahmed; owner of electrical hardware shop, Doaa, owner of a small beauty center, Farouk; the sole breadwinner of a family of seven and owner of leather manufacturing workshop, Hamdeya; mother of seven and owner of sandwich shop, Abdel Hamid; tailor of men’s [...]
This year HCI celebrates Arab Orphan day in support of the tens of thousands of Arab orphans many of whom are sponsored by HCI’s regional Child Sponsorship Program, which is active in the poorest communities of Khartoum, Tripoli, Jerusalem, Cairo, Darfur and Gaza. HCI’s Child Sponsorship Program is designed to assist orphans and their families [...]
When natural disasters destroy housing or conflict forces families to flee their homes, HCI provides temporary and permanent shelter. HCI also contributes to local infrastructure by building schools, irrigation canals, and community centers in impoverished communities. During the 2009 war a large section of Gaza’s infrastructure was destroyed and the crippling blockade has prevented any [...]
Millions of individuals in the region face discrimination, persecution, and even violence solely because of their ethnicity, beliefs, language or social class. Their path out of poverty is especially challenging. HCI helps them to be heard and recognized so they can exchange oppression for opportunity. In 2010, HCI built the capacity of a diverse group [...]
(Due to the sensitive nature of this information we are unable to disclose specific information and full names in this story. Please contact us if you want more specific information.) “Across the border the roads were dark and completely deserted, there wasn’t a single vehicle anywhere, the weather was very cold, we heard two or [...]
Over this weekend, thousands of vulnerable families in Libya received family-sized food packages containing essential items including rice, sugar, pasta, canned food and wheat flour. HCI’s relief supplies crossed the Salloum border with Egypt overnight and in the early morning hours the much needed food items were taken to designated distribution points in cooperation with [...]
Help us Help the Vulnerable People of Libya Now that the unrest in Libya has ended, it is time to make the shift from relief to development; there is an urgent need to undertake rehabilitation initiatives that have a quick and high impact to improve the socio-economic conditions of the Libyan population. Throughout the [...]
This International Women’s Day, HCI and its local partners in Gaza celebrated together with a group of breast cancer survivors the launch of the Entrepreneurship Support for People with Special Needs project in Gaza which will provide breast cancer patients and other women entrepreneurs with special needs in Gaza the support and training needed to [...]
Life can change for millions of families in an instant: natural disasters can take loved ones and the outbreak of war drive families from their homes. When the unthinkable happens, HCI delivers rapid, lifesaving aid to hard-hit communities with the provision of food rations, clean water, non-food items, transitional shelter and emergency medical supplies and [...]
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