Al Ahli Hospital receives Global Ministries Award

September 26, 2019

ABM is proud to share the exciting news that the Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza has received an award in recognition of its work and commitment. Here is the update we received from Sawsan Aranki-Batato, Al Ahli’s Program Development Officer:  

Dear Everyone,

We are  pleased to share with you that the United Church of Christ’s General Synod and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) General Assembly recently honored our hospital Al-Ahli Hospital for its continuing work and commitment, even under extreme duress, with a Global Ministries Award of Affirmation. While the award was presented in absentia, it was later conveyed to the Hospital Director, Ms. Suhaila Tarazi, by Canon Peter Makari during a ceremony held at Al-Ahli. The award reads as follows:

Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem in Gaza, is presented with the Global Ministries Award of Affirmation for its critical and courageous ministry of health care provision in one of the most densely populated and de-developed places in the world. Gaza has a population of almost 2 million Palestinians, almost three-quarters of whom are refugees, who live under Israeli blockade and with frequent military assaults. The UN has warned that Gaza will be uninhabitable by 2020. Al-Ahli hospital has continued to serve the people of Gaza—most of whom are Muslims with a small number of Christians—with medical care (often free of charge) in the most trying of circumstances, with frequent electricity outages and fuel shortages, depleted medical supplies, and even structural damage that is not easily repaired due to the denial of permission of construction materials entering Gaza. Even so, the courageous medical and professional staff persevere, remaining committed to their calling to provide care and hope, “delivered in a spirit of love and service.”

Without your continued support this would have never happened. 

Regards,

Sawsan Aranki-Batato
Programs Development Officer

 

Al Ahli Hospital Director, Ms. Suhaila Tarazi, receiving the award from Canon Peter Makari.

 

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