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A Mental Health Center for Gaza’s Children
Part of FAJR's Gaza Mental Health Support for Families program
Palestine (Gaza)
Medical
Help establish a mental health center in Gaza and run it for 12 months, so children and caregivers have somewhere to turn.
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Gaza’s children have lived through bombardment, displacement and loss, and most have nowhere to turn for mental health care. FAJR Global is raising $100,000 to establish a mental health center in Gaza and run it for 12 months, led by FAJR’s mental health team and Gaza clinicians and educators.
Why Gaza’s children need mental health care
Nearly nine in ten children consulted by UNICEF in the Gaza Strip asked for psychological support, and 91.8 percent said they lived in fear of bombardment (UNICEF, August 2026). The care that once existed is largely gone: all six government community mental health centers in Gaza were destroyed between April 2024 and 2025 (BJPsych Open, 2026).
For children, distress can show up as trouble sleeping, irritability, withdrawal, physical complaints or difficulty concentrating. A child who cannot settle in a classroom may need a calmer adult, a predictable routine or a clinical assessment.
How the center will work
The center follows FAJR’s mental health model, set out in its 205-page MHPSS manual:
- Listen first: Children and caregivers are seen for what they need now, starting with safety, basic needs and family support.
- Support: Trained, supervised staff offer structured psychosocial support for children and groups for caregivers.
- Specialist care: Children with more complex needs receive assessment and psychiatric consultation from FAJR’s mental health team.
- Connect: The center works with the teachers and school counselors FAJR trains, so children are referred and followed up, not lost between services.
The work is led by Dr. Mariam Aboukar, FAJR’s Chair of Mental Health, with a global team of psychiatrists, psychologists and nurse practitioners. Learn more about FAJR’s mental health program.
What FAJR’s mental health team has done
Between April and June 2026, FAJR’s team assessed the needs of 1,505 children and adolescents ages 6 to 17 in Gaza. On October 11, 2026, 24 school counselors and teacher supervisors in Gaza completed Practical Tools for Psychosocial Support in the Classroom, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education. Read about the training.
Outside Gaza, FAJR’s MHPSS services in Jordan reported 78 participants (70 children and 8 adults) and 250 one-to-one sessions for medically evacuated families. In Egypt, the FAJR-INARA program reported 408 beneficiaries, 326 children and 82 adults, between June 15, 2025, and March 15, 2026.
What your gift provides
$50 helps fund two counseling sessions for a child. $100 helps train one teacher or school counselor to support children in the classroom. About $275 keeps the center open for one day, and about $8,350 runs it for a month. The full $100,000 establishes the center and runs it for 12 months.
Questions about this campaign
Is this campaign Zakat-eligible?
Yes. Every FAJR campaign is Zakat-eligible. See our Zakat guide.
Who provides the care?
FAJR’s mental health team, led by Dr. Mariam Aboukar, working with clinicians, educators and families in Gaza. FAJR works with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health in Gaza on school-based mental health support.
Is my donation tax-deductible?
Yes. FAJR Global is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Tax ID (EIN) 83-1497239, and your gift is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. You receive a tax receipt by email.
Can I give without online fees?
Yes. Online payments carry a 3% card processing fee and a 1% platform processing fee. Give by Zelle to donate@fajr.org or by check payable to FAJR GLOBAL and the full amount reaches the work. How to give without fees.
What your gift provides
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Give any amountCampaign updates
October 26, 2026
699 Hot Meal Trays Distributed in Gaza City
The first round of Hunger Cannot Wait, supported by FAJR Global, delivered 699 hot meal trays in Gaza City on Thursday, October 22, and Monday, October 26. Of these, 635 trays reached 450 registered families (1,918 people) in three displacement camps. The other 64 went to households outside the camps that had appealed for help: 51 on Day 1 and 13 on Day 2.
Families of 1 to 4 members (265 families, 740 people) received one tray each. Families of 5 or more (185 families, 1,178 people) received two.
- Day 1, October 22: Al-Nadi Al-Bahri Camp, 177 families (743 people), 249 trays
- Day 2, October 26: Al-Rahma 3 Camp, 116 families (509 people), 168 trays
- Day 2, October 26: Al-Ataa Camp, 157 families (666 people), 218 trays
With the appeal trays, Day 1 totaled 300 trays and Day 2 totaled 399. Tray totals are as reported by the field team, and camp numbers come from the camp delivery lists.
October 11, 2026
Monitoring Visit and Textbook Distribution
Dr. Mosab Nasser visited the FAJR Educational Center to review its activities. During the visit, students received textbooks for all subjects.
October 10, 2026
Child Protection and Safeguarding Workshop
The center hosted a child protection and safeguarding workshop for teaching and administrative staff, along with FAJR’s media and logistics teams, and Dr. Mosab Nasser, President & CEO of FAJR Global, attended.
October 7, 2026
Student Health Screening
FAJR Global’s medical team conducted health screenings for students at the FAJR Educational Center in Egypt to monitor their health and well-being.
September 5, 2026
Meals reaching families across Gaza
Distribution is underway across displacement shelters in Gaza, reaching families who often cannot get to a market safely. Each parcel and hot meal is delivered by teams working directly where people are sheltering.
September 12, 2026
Inside the community kitchen
A look at how a meal comes together: chicken prepared and seasoned in bulk, then cooked in large pots before being packed into trays and delivered while still warm. This is the same shift-based kitchen shown in the campaign photos.
September 19, 2026
Thank you for keeping this campaign moving
Every gift on this page turns into food on a plate within days. A gift of $9 funds one nutritious meal for a displaced family in Gaza. Your support is going straight to food, the transport to move it, and the teams distributing it with dignity.
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October 29, 2026
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A Mental Health Center for Gaza’s Children
Part of FAJR's Gaza Mental Health Support for Families program
Help establish a mental health center in Gaza and run it for 12 months, so children and caregivers have somewhere to turn.
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What your gift provides
Water drop
$33
1 cubic meter (1,000 liters)
Meal
$9
1 meal
Blanket
$25
1 winter blanket for a family
Medicine
$50
Essential medicines for one patient
Medicine
$50
Medication for one patient after surgery
School supplies
$50
Training materials for one medical trainee
Medicine
$50
Medication and wound care for one patient
Medicine
$100
Medication and post-operative care
Medicine
$50
Eye drops and medication after surgery
Medicine
$50
Medication and recovery care for one patient
Medicine
$50
Medication and follow-up care for one patient
Medicine
$100
Medication and post-operative care
Medicine
$50
Medication for one patient’s recovery
Family
$25
A hygiene kit for a displaced family
Medicine
$100
Medication for an evacuated child
School supplies
$25
School supplies for one child
Medicine
$100
Medication and post-operative care for a child
School supplies
$40
One student’s education for one month
Child
$50
Helps fund two counseling sessions for a child.
Water bottle
$100
3 cubic meters (3,000 liters)
Suggested
Meal
$90
10 meals
Suggested
Blanket
$100
4 winter blankets
Suggested
Medical care
$150
Wound-care supplies for a hospital ward
Suggested
Medical care
$150
Surgical supplies for one operation
Suggested
Medical care
$100
A day of hands-on clinical training
Suggested
Medical care
$100
Trauma supplies for one patient
Suggested
Surgery
$500
Toward an implant for one joint replacement
Suggested
Surgery
$250
Toward one cataract surgery
Suggested
Medical care
$150
Surgical consumables for one operation
Surgery
$250
Toward one patient’s eye surgery
Suggested
Medical care
$250
Surgical instruments and consumables for one operation
Surgery
$200
Toward one patient’s operation
Suggested
Food parcel
$50
A food and hygiene relief package
Suggested
Child
$250
Transport and accommodation for a child and parent
Suggested
School supplies
$40
A term of schooling for one child
Suggested
Medical care
$250
Diagnostics and pre-operative tests
Child
$350
Sponsor one student for the full academic year
Suggested
School supplies
$100
Helps train one teacher or school counselor.
Water truck
$500
15 cubic meters (15,000 liters)
Meal
$900
100 meals
Blanket
$250
10 winter blankets
Medical care
$500
Medical equipment for a clinic still operating
Surgery
$500
Toward one patient’s joint or eye surgery
Heart
$500
Toward data collection for a field study
Surgery
$500
Toward a lifesaving operation
Heart
$1,000
Toward one patient’s cardiac procedure
Surgery
$500
Toward a knee or hip replacement implant
Surgery
$300
Toward one patient’s orthopedic surgery
Suggested
Surgery
$500
Toward a knee or hip replacement implant
Surgery
$500
Toward an implant for one knee or hip replacement
Suggested
Surgery
$500
Toward a complex reconstructive surgery
Medicine
$100
Medical care and medicines for a family
Medical care
$1,000
A month of follow-up care and rehabilitation
School supplies
$500
Equipment for one classroom
Surgery
$500
Toward one child’s surgery
Suggested
School supplies
$10,000
Sponsor one class for one shift for the academic year
Heart
$275
Keeps the mental health center open for one day.
Water truck
$1,000
30 cubic meters (30,000 liters)
Meal
$9,000
1,000 meals
Blanket
$1,000
40 winter blankets for displaced families
Medicine
$1,000
A month of supplies for a busy ward
Medical care
$1,000
Toward theatre costs for a day of operating
School supplies
$1,000
Toward a clinician’s specialist course
Heart
$1,500
Toward moving a surgical team to a hard-to-reach area
Surgery
$2,500
Toward one patient’s complete surgery
Surgery
$1,000
Toward one corneal transplant
Medical care
$1,000
Toward theatre costs for a day of operating
Medical care
$1,000
Toward theatre costs for a day of operating
Surgery
$1,500
Toward one patient’s complete surgery
Medical care
$2,000
Toward a day of theatre time and staff
Food parcel
$500
Relief packages for 10 families
Heart
$5,000
Toward one child’s evacuation and treatment
School supplies
$2,500
Helps cover the cost of running a field school for one month
Child
$1,500
Toward a child’s complete surgical care
School supplies
$22,500
Sponsor one classroom across all three daily shifts for the year
Family
$1,925
Keeps the mental health center open for one week.
Gaza’s children have lived through bombardment, displacement and loss, and most have nowhere to turn for mental health care. FAJR Global is raising $100,000 to establish a mental health center in Gaza and run it for 12 months, led by FAJR’s mental health team and Gaza clinicians and educators.
Why Gaza’s children need mental health care
Nearly nine in ten children consulted by UNICEF in the Gaza Strip asked for psychological support, and 91.8 percent said they lived in fear of bombardment (UNICEF, August 2026). The care that once existed is largely gone: all six government community mental health centers in Gaza were destroyed between April 2024 and 2025 (BJPsych Open, 2026).
For children, distress can show up as trouble sleeping, irritability, withdrawal, physical complaints or difficulty concentrating. A child who cannot settle in a classroom may need a calmer adult, a predictable routine or a clinical assessment.
How the center will work
The center follows FAJR’s mental health model, set out in its 205-page MHPSS manual:
- Listen first: Children and caregivers are seen for what they need now, starting with safety, basic needs and family support.
- Support: Trained, supervised staff offer structured psychosocial support for children and groups for caregivers.
- Specialist care: Children with more complex needs receive assessment and psychiatric consultation from FAJR’s mental health team.
- Connect: The center works with the teachers and school counselors FAJR trains, so children are referred and followed up, not lost between services.
The work is led by Dr. Mariam Aboukar, FAJR’s Chair of Mental Health, with a global team of psychiatrists, psychologists and nurse practitioners. Learn more about FAJR’s mental health program.
What FAJR’s mental health team has done
Between April and June 2026, FAJR’s team assessed the needs of 1,505 children and adolescents ages 6 to 17 in Gaza. On October 11, 2026, 24 school counselors and teacher supervisors in Gaza completed Practical Tools for Psychosocial Support in the Classroom, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education. Read about the training.
Outside Gaza, FAJR’s MHPSS services in Jordan reported 78 participants (70 children and 8 adults) and 250 one-to-one sessions for medically evacuated families. In Egypt, the FAJR-INARA program reported 408 beneficiaries, 326 children and 82 adults, between June 15, 2025, and March 15, 2026.
What your gift provides
$50 helps fund two counseling sessions for a child. $100 helps train one teacher or school counselor to support children in the classroom. About $275 keeps the center open for one day, and about $8,350 runs it for a month. The full $100,000 establishes the center and runs it for 12 months.
Questions about this campaign
Is this campaign Zakat-eligible?
Yes. Every FAJR campaign is Zakat-eligible. See our Zakat guide.
Who provides the care?
FAJR’s mental health team, led by Dr. Mariam Aboukar, working with clinicians, educators and families in Gaza. FAJR works with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health in Gaza on school-based mental health support.
Is my donation tax-deductible?
Yes. FAJR Global is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Tax ID (EIN) 83-1497239, and your gift is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. You receive a tax receipt by email.
Can I give without online fees?
Yes. Online payments carry a 3% card processing fee and a 1% platform processing fee. Give by Zelle to donate@fajr.org or by check payable to FAJR GLOBAL and the full amount reaches the work. How to give without fees.
Campaign updates
October 26, 2026
699 Hot Meal Trays Distributed in Gaza City
The first round of Hunger Cannot Wait, supported by FAJR Global, delivered 699 hot meal trays in Gaza City on Thursday, October 22, and Monday, October 26. Of these, 635 trays reached 450 registered families (1,918 people) in three displacement camps. The other 64 went to households outside the camps that had appealed for help: 51 on Day 1 and 13 on Day 2.
Families of 1 to 4 members (265 families, 740 people) received one tray each. Families of 5 or more (185 families, 1,178 people) received two.
- Day 1, October 22: Al-Nadi Al-Bahri Camp, 177 families (743 people), 249 trays
- Day 2, October 26: Al-Rahma 3 Camp, 116 families (509 people), 168 trays
- Day 2, October 26: Al-Ataa Camp, 157 families (666 people), 218 trays
With the appeal trays, Day 1 totaled 300 trays and Day 2 totaled 399. Tray totals are as reported by the field team, and camp numbers come from the camp delivery lists.
October 11, 2026
Monitoring Visit and Textbook Distribution
Dr. Mosab Nasser visited the FAJR Educational Center to review its activities. During the visit, students received textbooks for all subjects.
October 10, 2026
Child Protection and Safeguarding Workshop
The center hosted a child protection and safeguarding workshop for teaching and administrative staff, along with FAJR’s media and logistics teams, and Dr. Mosab Nasser, President & CEO of FAJR Global, attended.
October 7, 2026
Student Health Screening
FAJR Global’s medical team conducted health screenings for students at the FAJR Educational Center in Egypt to monitor their health and well-being.
September 19, 2026
Thank you for keeping this campaign moving
Every gift on this page turns into food on a plate within days. A gift of $9 funds one nutritious meal for a displaced family in Gaza. Your support is going straight to food, the transport to move it, and the teams distributing it with dignity.
September 12, 2026
Inside the community kitchen
A look at how a meal comes together: chicken prepared and seasoned in bulk, then cooked in large pots before being packed into trays and delivered while still warm. This is the same shift-based kitchen shown in the campaign photos.
September 5, 2026
Meals reaching families across Gaza
Distribution is underway across displacement shelters in Gaza, reaching families who often cannot get to a market safely. Each parcel and hot meal is delivered by teams working directly where people are sheltering.
About $275 keeps the mental health center open for one day.
Donate to this campaignOctober 29, 2026
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