CNEWA’s work in Palestine stretches back decades, and includes:
- Annual subsidies to the Paul VI Ephpheta Institute for hearing-impaired children in Bethlehem and the Near East Council of Churches’ pre- and postnatal clinics in Gaza
- Helping to protect church institutions in sensitive areas through renovation projects, such as the Hospice de St. Vincent de Paul in the Old City and the Benedictine Monastery on the Mount of Olives
- Providing psychosocial support to those scarred by the war in Gaza, especially young people and the elderly
- Programmatic backing for activities of various scouting groups throughout the Palestinian territories, including the De La Salle Group in Bethlehem and the Arab Catholic Scouts in Jerusalem
- Tuition assistance and other forms of support to Bethlehem University
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