Since November 2023 I've been carrying out various activities to increase in solidarity with Palestine. It began with 60 days of solidarity fasting before Ramadan.

Lots of Arabic sweet treats have also been made and sold with 100% of proceeds going to the cause. We also had a successful food sale at felicity house in Wavertree.

Our Latest venture was an Arabic sweet treat and pancakes for Palestine stall at Granby Market. Orders can be placed anytime

How MAP are currently helping Palestine

MAP’s permanent team in Gaza were among the first to respond to the current emergency by releasing more than US$570,000 worth of pre-positioned stocks of drugs, medical disposables, and other humanitarian supplies held in our warehouses to hospitals and shelters.

Working in the most challenging of circumstances, MAP’s team have sourced more than $1.8 million of humanitarian supplies from the local market, which have been distributed to hospitals and shelters. This includes medicines, disposables and lab reagents for hospitals, and mattresses, blankets and hygiene kits for thousands of people displaced from their homes.

MAP has now set up operations in Egypt, where we are procuring additional supplies of medical and other essential items and delivering these to Gaza through the Rafah crossing in coordination with the Egyptian Red Crescent Society. We have so far delivered $2.5 million USD worth of medical items, including antibiotics, ultrasound gels, intravenous paracetamol, and saline. In the coming weeks we aim to launch our first delegations of medical experts to Gaza.

MAP is calling on the international community to take urgent steps to secure a ceasefire and ensure civilians are safe from attack wherever they are. We are also demanding an end to the siege and the collective punishment of Gaza's population, and unimpeded safe access for humanitarian supplies and medical teams into and around Gaza.

Additionally in the West Bank, with an explosion of Israeli military and settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, and growing movement restrictions that restrict the movement of people and health workers, emergency healthcare needs are growing there as well. In response, MAP is working to equip four urgent care centres across the West Bank, as well as frontline emergency medical services with the medicines and equipment they need to treat the wounded, as well as pre-positioning emergency supplies to be released in case of further escalation.