A few weeks ago when I was moaning to Chrissie about the state of the world, and how depressed it made me, she said I should stop reading the news as soon as I woke up. So I stopped and it helped.
This morning, I thought “How bad can it be?” and read the Guardian headlines, and then felt so awful I had to clear my head by watching a 15 second video of 3 year old MsX, dressed in her yellow swimsuit and her orange arm bands, running in and out of the sea. She runs up to her Dad who is filming her, and she says “I’m having fun!” and then runs back to her Mum in the sea. I watched it four times and then I felt better. Here’s a still.
The only news I want to share with you is that Israel has violated the “ceasefire” at least 497 times. Besides killing Palestinians, it is still blocking vital humanitarian aid and continues to destroy Palestinian homes and infrastructure.
The real reason I’m writing about this now, though, is that the general public thinks that since the “ceasefire” began, the Gazans are out of trouble, and charitable donations have dropped off disastrously.
So please, friends…remember Gaza is still suffering. The peope are short of food and shelter, comfort and security. Please continue to be as generous as you can be.
You can give to countless charities, including:
The UNICEF appeal for Gaza here
Medical Aid for Palestinians here
Thank you.
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