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Extra Commitment Opportunities
There is a channel through which gifts can be designated for specific items that support the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s work around the world. These are called Extra Commitment Opportunities (ECOs). You can give directly to an ECO account online or by mailing your check designating the name and account number of the particular item you have chosen to:
PC(USA) Individual Remittance Processing
P.O. Box 643700
Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3700 Your gift will go directly into the ECO Account designated,
and you will receive a letter indicating that your gift has
been received and will be used for the purpose intended.
Below are some ECOs related to Israel/Palestine. For a
complete listing visit Mission
Funding's Web site and type Israel or Palestine into
the search box. |
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Agriculture and Hunger
Joining Hands for Justice
Gifts to this fund give general support for program activities by the Joining Hands partner network in Palestine focused on the effect of increasing isolation brought about by the construction of the Wall and by international sanctions on the Palestinian population and the need for income-generating activities as mitigating strategy.
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Goal: $30,000 |
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Children and Youth
Atfaluna (Palestine)
Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children in the Gaza Strip has been working in the field of deaf education and allied services since 1992. Literally thousands of deaf and hearing-impaired persons and their families are served annually through deaf education, audiology, speech language pathology, vocational training and better parenting programs.
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051793 |
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Goal: $500,000 |
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Bright Stars/The International
Center of Bethlehem
Children in Palestine constitute over 50 percent of the
Palestinian population. They have increasingly become children
at risk. In an environment of increased violence this project
focuses on expressing the emotions, fears, thoughts and visions
of the young people with a creative, holistic approach and
a large variety of techniques to motivate and stretch their
imaginations and possibilities. The children gather in different
art, music, sports, communication and environmental clubs
according to their talents and gifts. The hope is that during
the process they discover themselves as " Bright Stars " in
art, music, sports, communication and environment. Children
participating in this program are between the ages of 6
and 16. They come from different parts of the Bethlehem district
and are both boys and girls. |
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051739 |
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Goal: $250,000 |
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The Palestine Children's Relief Fund
The Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF) is a non-political, nonprofit American relief group that was established in 1991 to address the extraordinary medical and humanitarian crisis facing Palestinian youth in the Middle East. Since then it has expanded in order to help suffering children from other Middle Eastern countries. PCRF helps to locate cost-free medical care and treatment for children who are unable to obtain the necessary and specialized treatment in their home country. In Iraq, for example, the PCRF works with local NGOs, U.S. military personnel and the Iraqi Ministry of Health to identify children who were either injured in the current conflict or who were born with medical disorders that cannot be treated in country. |
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052804 |
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Goal: $500,000 |
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Development
Affordable Housing for Palestinians
Funds given through this ECO account will be channeled to four housing projects undertaken by churches in Palestine. (1) The St. Andrews Housing Society, sponsored by St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Ramallah. (2) The Taybeh Orthodox Housing Project, which is constructing housing for Orthodox Christian Palestinian families in Taybeh, a Christian village northeast of Ramallah. (3) The Lutheran World Federation owns land on the Mount of Olives and is seeking to construct homes on that land for Christian tenants who will rent the apartments at subsidized rates. (4) The Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation has a program aimed at the repair and rehabilitation of deteriorating homes owned and occupied by Christian families in older sections of Bethlehem and its environs. Donors may designate which of the projects they wish their gifts to support. |
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052805 |
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Goal: $500,000 |
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Churches in Danger Palestine
This project is to enable partnership
churches in Palestine to help create stable economic opportunities
for the younger generation of Christians so that the rate
of their emigration is reduced. |
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051646 |
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Goal: $50,000 |
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Education
Mar Elias Educational Institutions
What is now Mar Elias Educational Institutions began in 1982. The ambition from
the beginning was, and still is, to overcome denominational and national controversies
and to bring together Christians, Muslims, Jews and Druze to study, to search,
to question, to find answers and together to prepare a common future of life
in harmony side by side. Ranging from Kindergarten through University, the focus
remains on the importance of helping Christians stay in the Holy Land instead
of immigrating. |
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051794 |
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Goal: $50,000 |
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Health
Ahli Arab Hospital, Gaza
Contributions to this ECO support the only Christian hospital in the strife-torn Gaza area as it faces an increased patient load and a shortage of medical supplies. |
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Goal: $20,000 |
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Human Rights
B'Tselem
Established in 1989 by a group of prominent academics, attorneys, journalists and Knesset members, B'Tselem endeavors to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about the human rights violations in the Occupied Territories, combat the phenomenon of denial prevalent among the Israeli public and help create a human rights culture in Israel. B'Tselem in Hebrew literally means "in the image of" and is also used as a synonym for human dignity. The word is taken from Genesis 1:27, "And God created humans in his image. In the image of God did He create them." |
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052806 |
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Goal: $80,000 |
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Israel and Palestine Network
The Israel and Palestine Network, in solidarity with churches and other partners in Israel and Palestine, covenants to engage, consolidate, nourish and channel the energy in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) toward the goal of a just peace in Israel and Palestine by facilitating education, promoting partnerships and coordinating advocacy.
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052802 |
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Goal: $15,000 |
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Israel/Palestine Peacemaking Project
This is a project assisting PC(USA)'s pursuit of a just peace in Israel/Palestine-a pursuit that is rooted in Christ's call to be peacemakers and demonstrated in GA actions and Presbyterian witness in the region. |
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051754 |
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Goal: $60,000 |
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Peacemaking in the Middle East
Gifts to this ECO support the PC(USA)'s pursuit of a just peace in Israel/Palestine — a pursuit that is rooted in Christ's call to be peacemakers and demonstrated in General Assembly actions and Presbyterian witness in the region. |
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Goal: $50,000 |
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SABEEL Center
Sabeel, Arabic for "the way" and also "a channel" or "spring" of
life-giving water, is an ecumenical grass-roots liberation
theology movement among Palestinian Christians that encourages
women, men and youth to discern what God is saying to them
as their faith connects with the hard realities of their daily
life: occupation, violence, discrimination and human rights
violations. Sabeel strives to develop a spirituality based
on justice, peace, non-violence, liberation and reconciliation
for the different national and faith communities. |
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051682 |
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Goal: $25,000 |
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Mission Personnel
Douglas Dicks — Regional Liaison for Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Territories
Doug Dicks serves as the PC(USA)’s regional liaison for church partnerships in Israel, Palestine, and Jordan. After living for many years in Bethlehem and Jerusalem, Doug moved to Amman, Jordan, in July 2007. As a liaison, Doug helps Presbyterians connect with churches in the Middle East and understand the context in which those churches minister. Recently Doug began to give priority to building partnerships with PC(USA)’s Jordanian partner, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and Palestine. |
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E200332 |
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Michele and Terry Finseth — Companionship Facilitator, Joining Hands
Since March of 2006 Michele and Terry Finseth have been based in Jerusalem, where they are facilitators for the Joining Hands network in Palestine, which is called the Joining Hands for Justice Network. The network produces programs and activities that educate, advocate, and foster community economic empowerment. The Joining Hands for Justice Network of Palestine includes faith-based organizations and NGOs from Ramallah, Jerusalem and Bethlehem. The Finseths have been mission co-workers since 1995, first in Sudan and then in Italy. |
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Other Support
Regional Liaison for Palestine,
Israel and Jordan — Expenses
Funds will be used for operating expenses,
travel and administrative expenses for the work of regional
liaisons in helping implement agreed-upon programs with partner
churches and institutions; supporting PC(USA) congregations
and presbyteries in direct mission involvement with partners;
and giving practical, pastoral and culture/language transition
support to other PC(USA) mission personnel serving in the
region. |
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051726 |
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Goal: $15,000 |
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