2024 JHMT Christmas Appeal

Embrace the Middle East is a Christian Development Charity that partners with Christians in the Middle East. All the partners are working to transform the lives of the most marginalised and excluded communities by providing education, healthcare, community support, humanitarian assistance and specialist disability services and they are all inspired by the Gospel.

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In Gaza, Embrace partner, Al Ahli Hospital, which is under the Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem, is one of the only medical centres functioning in Gaza City. Every day, over a thousand people seek refuge and medical care at Al Ahli. Dr Maher and his team work tirelessly, but the number of severe trauma injuries and war-related conditions is simply overwhelming. Yet, in the midst of all this, the hospital is trying to continue routine care, such as cancer screening, whenever possible. The Near East Council of Churches, which runs primary health care clinics is persevering with temporary clinics to offer developmental checks and support for new and expectant mothers who are especially vulnerable to the threat of famine. 

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In Lebanon several of Embrace’s partners are hosting displaced families in their schools and community centres. MERATH (Middle East Revive and Thrive) is one partner that has been supporting families displaced by the conflict by providing mattresses, blankets, food boxes and hygiene items, but they don’t just distribute supplies, they get to know the families well. Many of the families know the reason the Christians serve is because they love Jesus and seek to follow in his footsteps. As one woman who has lost her home put it, “the care and love and joy you share with us is amazing. I see Jesus in you.” That makes people want to know more about Jesus and sometimes they ask for a Bible. Even as they live through these dark times, Embrace’s partners are working tirelessly to bring the light of Christ amidst this suffering.
 

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