Our partnership with the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and its Holy Land Institute for the Deaf (HLID) helps children and young adults who are living with disabilities. That help begins with assessing the clients’ needs for rehabilitation and education services. Healthcare providers test vision and hearing, as well as fit and distribute devices that assist impaired vision, hearing, mobility or posture. Students’ family members receive support as well. Whenever possible, children and young adults are integrated into public schools. HLID also tries to build awareness about the capabilities and contributions of individuals with disabilities.
Amidst the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, Episcopal Relief & Development is working with the Diocese of Jerusalem to provide healthcare and education throughout Gaza and the West Bank. This includes providing supplies to Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza and supporting other hospitals in the region to provide emergency treatment and critical long-term care. Through the diocese, we are addressing war-related economic hardships by helping families pay school fees for their children in Nablus and Jerusalem.
In Syria, Episcopal Relief & Development is working with local organizations to help rebuild housing as well as provide food, water and other supplies needed as part of long-term recovery from the devastating earthquake along the Türkiye-Syria border.
