Firas Ramlawi is trying to provide aid under the most difficult circumstances imaginable.
A manager with the American Friends Services Committee (AFSC), Ramlawi was forced to flee his own home in northern Gaza during the current war and has moved several times since then. His mother has been unwell for months.
With very few staff and volunteers, the AFSC has been providing a range of services. They include offering food aid to families, hygiene kits to women and arranging kite flying and other recreational activities for children and adolescents.
AFSC’s aid work is accompanied by its international campaigning. One of its projects is called Goals for Gaza.
By joining forces with football players across the world, that project demands an end to US military support for Gaza and the lifting of restrictions on humanitarian aid. ….more
