Belfast teacher launches fundraising campaign to help Palestinian teenagers escape Gaza
Three Palestinian teenagers who visited Belfast on an exchange programme are now struggling to escape Gaza.
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Three Palestinian teenagers who visited Belfast on an exchange programme are now struggling to escape Gaza.
The project organised by the Hands Up charity will see Belfast pupils recording poems written by children in Gaza
“TODAY is the best day in my life because today I sent my message of hope to the world.”
Last year, Palestinian teenagers Yara, Rahaf and Malak visited St Louise's Comprehensive College in west Belfast. Malak's home was destroyed while Yara and Rahaf had been missing for a month. The school has since learned they are alive but deeply afraid for their safety as the Israeli bombardment continues.
Khalid El-Estal (30) was born in Belfast but is raising his young family in Gaza. He told the Irish News of how his wife and children have been hospitalised after a bombing.