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Regardless of your political stance on the current violence raging in Southern Israel and Gaza, I think we can all agree that women and children should be safe. Women and children everywhere deserve to know that they can play, sleep, and deliver their babies in safety. However, these simple truths that we take for granted in our part of the world are currently not a reality for the women and children in this volatile region in the last weeks. Humanitarian aid organizations all too often forget the needs of women and children in times of war; in spite of the fact that 80 percent of the world’s people displaced due to war are in fact women and children. The critical measures that must be taken to safeguard their lives are simple: clean birth kits, clean water, and immunizations. By providing emergency services and support, Circle of Health International (COHI) is improving the health status of women and children by insisting that their needs matter. This local organization is doing its part to see beyond politics in serving both populations of innocents in this conflict, and they need your help. Join them in changing the conversation about the Middle East to focus on the positive things coming out of this region, and the women and children who are depending on us to act.

Women and their health care providers in the Middle East are asking for our help; it is our responsibility to assist them. We hope that you will join us in support of this effort. We are raising funds now to begin relief activities, and your support at this time is crucial. Please click here to donate to contribute to this effort.

To quote a Palestinian midwife, “We (midwives) speak the same language, regardless of our politics: women come first."

Sera Bonds, MPH
Circle of Health International
Executive Director
28 Homa Umigdal Beer Sheva Israel
sera[at]cohintl.org
www.cohintl.org

Circle of Health International is a 501c3 nonprofit organization supporting the empowerment of conflict- and disaster-affected women through the provision of women's health initiatives. Learn more and get involved at www.cohintl.org.