4K4 Gaza Kids Walk

19 Oct 2019

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Announced by University of Pittsburgh

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2019
RAIN OR SHINE

Where: Schenley Plaza tent, 221 Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh 15213

The route: loop from Schenley Plaza tent
through Oakland neighborhood.
Registration: 9 am; walk begins: 10 am - 12:30 pm
Online registration rates: adults $25, students $15

Registration link:
4K4GazaKidsWalk
Children under 12 FREE.
Early bird discount $5 (Deadline: October 5)
Same day registration: $30

Costumes welcome! (no military costumes, please)
Music, food, awards, photos, greetings and thanks, 12 noon

Prizes: top fundraiser (adult)
Top fundraiser (child under 16)
Best costume

Proceeds benefit: Mental Health Services in Gaza

administered by UNRWA
(United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees)

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Be a sponsor by making in-kind or tax-deductible cash donations.
Your business will be featured on both our FB page and our
banner at the event!

Endorse the walk. Local nonprofits, houses of worship and
others that agree to endorse our walk and encourage their
members to participate will be recognized on our banner, and
have the option of promoting their mission on a literature table.
Walk with us! Form a team with your friends and co-workers to
raise funds and broaden our reach.

Advocate. Contact members of Congress to let them know you
want your tax dollars to fund UNRWA.

UNRWA’S MISSION

For the past 70 years UNRWA has provided education, primary health
care, and humanitarian assistance to more than 5 million registered
Palestinian refugees living in the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and
Jordan.
The Gaza strip has been under an Israeli military blockade for over a
decade and has endured Israeli military assaults that have claimed over
3000 Palestinian lives. As a result, most of the children under 18 suffer
from post-traumatic stress disorder and other forms of psychological
trauma.
UNWRA Mental Health Services in Gaza, administered by UNRWA, provide
counseling and conflict mediation to children, families and victims of
violence.
With our $350 million annual contribution, the USA has been UNRWA’s
largest donor. But in August 2018, in a purely political move, the Trump
administration abruptly cut off all USA funds to UNRWA, forcing drastic
cuts to UNRWA schools and clinics.
This year UNRWA USA is helping organize Gaza run/walk events in half a
dozen cities in the USA, with the goal of raising $550,000 to employ 40
community mental health counselors in the Gaza strip. The counselors,
who are refugees themselves, could provide individual counseling
sessions for 1200 refugee students and group counseling for more than
1000 refugee students.

UNRWA’S VISION

A healthy, thriving Palestinian society where all can live in dignity.
WE WANT TO SHOW PALESTINIAN REFUGEES THAT AMERICANS CARE!

Event Date: 
Saturday, October 19, 2019 - 9:00am to 12:30pm
Institution(s): 
Sponsored By: 
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees
Contact: 
pittsjp1@gmail.com (for students) 4K4GazaKidsWalk@gmail.com (for everyone else)
Location: 
Schenley Plaza tent, 221 Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh 15213
Target Audience: 
General Public