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📍 From Dar al Kalima Lutheran School – Bethlehem
✝️ The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) — a proud member of the ACT Palestine Forum (APF) — shares Natalie’s story, a testimony of courage, learning, and hope under occupation.

Each day, Palestinian students like Natalie face checkpoint closures, roadblocks, and fear of military raids just to reach school. Despite the barriers, they continue to study, learn, and dream — because knowledge, for them, is power.

🕊️ “They don’t want us to learn because knowledge is power.
I hope the occupation will end and that children will be able to make up the school they’ve missed during the war.” — Natalie, 9th Grade

📖 Read Natalie’s full story in the photo below ⬇️

World Mental Health Day 2025 | Gaza

This year, under the theme “Mental Health in Humanitarian Crises,” we remember Gaza —
where after two years of war, psychological pain has become a daily reality.

In Gaza, mental health is not a luxury — it is a lifeline.
Amid destruction and grief, people struggle to rebuild not only homes, but hearts.

This message is shared from the Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees (DSPR-MECC), a member of the ACT Palestine Forum (APF), reminding us that healing begins with justice.

End the ongoing violence — because recovery starts with peace and dignity.