BACKGROUND: ENAYA PHYSIOTHERAPY & REHABILITATION CENTER, GAZA
Since the beginning of the project in 2016, the United Nations estimates more than 76,000 Palestinians have been maliciously wounded by the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). The victims were mostly shot with live ammunition by IDF snipers in a strategic effort to immobilise resistance and continue oppression by illegal occupation. The numbers are shocking and such blatant malevolence by a uniformed body should be addressed at the highest international courts.
In May 2019, Jamie McGoldrick Humanitarian Coordinator from the UN reiterated the statistics when visiting Al-Shifa’ Hospital in Gaza. He had made a USD20million appeal to address the startling figures and support the alarmingly overloaded health system.
In view of the situation on the ground, PGPF initially raised USD90,000 and went on to collaborate with Charitable Association for Palestinian Relief (CAPR) to construct the Enaya Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Centre building.