Saturday, 17 October 2009
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Operation Magic Penny: Please Donate to a Very Good Cause
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Palestinian children living in Gaza and other areas of the occupied territories of Palestine live under conditions that most adults cannot comprehend. With the instability of the political climate, as well as the challenges faced by families whose homes have been demolished and are forced to move into refugee camps, often living him homes contructed of plywood walls and tin roofs, luxuries we take for granted every day are luxuries these families can only dream about. Despite the difficulty and hardship faced, these families carry on the best way that they know how.
It is unfortunate that sometimes the real victims in the political games of adults are the children, having tools like an education or proper medical care taken away from them way before they have a chance to change the world themselves. In some areas of Palestine, children do not have school supplies or books to build their education and to learn from the mistakes of our pasts and work hard for a better future. Pencil. Paper. Books. Chances are that we have thrown these items out without giving it a second thought, meanwhile, their education is halted without these essentials. Some children will not go to school and will take to the streets shining shoes or selling blessings to make money to help their families survive. Other children may be tempted to get involved in activities that are counter-productive to their safety. Who knows what these children could have accomplished had they been awarded the right tools and have instilled in them feelings of worth and love.
Operation Magic Penny aims to provide school supplies for children who cannot afford supplies or have had supplies blockaded by the Israeli government. We hope to provide a day of arts, crafts, and laughter for children in repressed areas by creating a heritage day, free to the children, where they can hear stories, listen to music, participate in art and writing therapy to process what they have witnessed and instill in them principles of non-violence. We hope to provide this to these children and so much more, a feeling of solidarity, without politics getting in the way, knowing that there are people out there in the world that truly believe in everything they can accomplish, and to prove so, we provide school supplies so they can get educations and move on to be the future voice and perhaps the ones that bring peace to this conflicted area.
We cannot do this on our own, so we ask for your help in raising funds. For a donation of $20.00, you can provide school supplies needed for one year. For a donation of $10.00, you can provide books for these children to learn from. For a donation of $100.00, you can sponsor a whole classroom.
We believe that real change comes from real people – every day people – and we call on real people to help make a change in these children’s lives and a change in our world. Help us realize our goal of raising $3000.00 by Christmas.
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