GISH 2021: Change A Life

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It’s that GISH time of year again. I’ve thrown more information below the cut, but if you can afford to, please help Random Acts and EMERGENCY provide life saving medical care to kids in Afghanistan. And a plushie, because being in the hospital is scary enough even when there isn’t a pandemic.

My team’s page is at https://give.randomacts.org/team/370100

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Help Child Victims of War

Each year, GISH participants work to “Change A Life',' making a profound difference in the lives of people and communities facing extraordinary hardship all over the world. Since 2013, among many other random feats of generous kindness, Gishers have helped a disabled US veteran and his family rebuild their lives, provided homes and medical care for Syrian refugee families, cleared unexploded bombs, helped fund a mobile prosthetics unit in Laos, and many other heartwarming and vital projects that serve others.

 

YOUR MISSION

In partnership with Random Acts, Legacy of War, and EMERGENCY, we’re setting a goal of raising $100,000 to operate the children’s ward of EMERGENCY fully through the end of this year. EMERGENCY is an NGO and charity hospital that ensures all victims of conflict receive free, quality medical care. 1 in 4 Afghanis have been treated by EMERGENCY, and as the west pulls out of Afghanistan the need for this hospital, especially their children’s ward, is expected to be greater than ever. No child should have to suffer from the effects of war, but together, we’ll be able to help 400-500 children to survive and heal. Join us and help ensure that humanitarian aid can be rendered to the most innocent of victims of war.

WHAT YOUR DONATIONS DO: Your donations will fund EMERGENCY’s children’s hospital so it can continue to treat children injured by war throughout 2021. This will allow the hospital, built on the grounds of a bombed kindergarten, to continue operation through the end of the year and help approximately 400-500 children through surgery, medical care, and rehabilitation. Because we’re GISH, we’re also setting aside funds to provide a stuffed animal to every child that is treated by emergency to act as an emotional support plushie. As so many of these child patients are orphaned or have parents that cannot visit them in hospital due to COVID restrictions, it’s our hope that this additional support will provide a little extra comfort.