A Bay Area organization that raises funds to bring children who need medical care to the U.S. is mobilizing resources to respond to violence in Gaza.
Abdullah was one such child who received a life-changing procedure in 2014. He was 14 years old and living in Gaza, when he lost a leg in an Israeli missile attack, according to the nonprofit Palestine Children's Relief Fund .He also lost his mom and two sisters.Jeneen Nasser, a Bay Area native and Palestinian American, and her mom hosted him at their San Mateo home for about a week when he received a prosthetic leg.
's San Francisco chapter raises money and works with local hospitals to provide critical treatments and surgeries.'It's never good to see children losing their lives, children cannot help where they're born,' Nasser said. '50% of the population in Gaza is children, and it really is heartbreaking to think that that is the only world that they have known and seen. So I think my fondest memories are taking them to simple things like to the movies.
would hit the ground running with hosting children.'Nasser said after a patient is selected, the Israeli government would need to grant a visa so the child could make to the trip to the US.
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