Children Not Numbers’ #maternal health programme is a vital lifeline for #postpartum women in Gaza, offering critical care for both mothers and #newborns under the most challenging conditions. Today, our Gazan programme lead, Dr. Altalla, conducted home visits to several of our clinic patients, delivering essential supplies and performing crucial health checks. Postnatal needs for both mothers and babies are exacerbated by the scarcity of essential medical supplies, the high cost of basic goods like food and diapers, unsafe transportation, and the constant threat of shelling, all of which make recovery and care even more challenging. Despite the overwhelming demand, the resources available to meet these needs remain limited. With your support, we can continue to expand our services, ensuring that more mothers and babies receive the care they urgently need. To learn more about our maternal health programme or to donate, please visit our website.

Through the tireless efforts of the Children Not Numbers team, these children received the critical medical treatments they needed, restoring their health and giving them the opportunity to thrive. The transformations you see here are not just physical; they also represent renewed confidence, joy, and the promise of a brighter future. Every child deserves this chance. With your continued support, we can bring hope and healing to countless other children in Gaza who desperately need our help. Learn more about our work or donate via our website.

Our community continues to show great concern for Maryam whose condition continues to deteriorate rapidly. Our team has worked tirelessly to secure her medical care within Gaza, while exploring treatment options abroad and we have successfully obtained security clearance from COGAT for Maryam. However, recent policy changes within Gaza’s Ministry of Health meant that her condition did not initially qualify her for a referral report. Without this vital document, she was unable to leave Gaza for treatment. Thanks to the efforts of our In-Country Clinical Lead, Consultant Pediatrician Dr. Sharif, Maryam finally received her referral report. We are now working tirelessly to secure a place for Maryam on an upcoming mission in collaboration with international governing bodies and the World Health Organisation. Over the past seven months, Children Not Numbers have not only facilitated her evacuation, but also provided her family with nutritional aid, shelter assistance, and access to critical and prohibitively expensive medications. Despite these efforts, the available resources have proven inadequate to meet her increasing needs. Medical evacuations are a last resort. They are the result of all avenues for medical care in Gaza being exhausted, and signifies the complete breakdown of local healthcare options. Maryam should not need to leave her homeland for treatment, it should be readily available to her in Gaza. The international community must act. We urgently call for an immediate and lasting ceasefire, the lifting of the siege, and the restoration of a functioning healthcare system.

Thank you for sharing Maryam's story. Our legal and multidisciplinary medical teams, both within and outside Gaza, have already secured approval for Maryam to evacuate and are now coordinating her exit. We have been working tirelessly to get Maryam the critical medical treatment she urgently needs in Gaza since May 2024, but unfortunately this treatment remains unavailable despite our best efforts. Her condition has now deteriorated rapidly in the past week and our team continue to support Maryam and her family.

Thanks to a recent medical #evacuation, Lara is finally receiving the critical medical intervention she so desperately needs. These photos, shared by her mother from Belgium, highlight the life-saving importance of timely medical evacuations when all local treatment options have been exhausted. The difference in her condition in just a few days is enormous. In #Gaza, children that should be admitted to high-dependency and critical care units are trapped in their homes or besieged in the enclave with little to no access to the most basic medical facilities. This is why #chronic conditions are now killing children at the same rate as bombs. Medical #evacuations save lives. They can’t be facilitated without consistent and regular #humanitarian corridors and multi-governmental support across borders. We must continue to call for an immediate and lasting #ceasefire and the safe delivery of at-scale humanitarian and medical #aid. To learn more about our work or to make a donation, please visit our website.

Every day, children in Gaza are paying the highest price for a conflict they did not choose. Many of these children have suffered burns, broken bones, #amputations, and other life-altering injuries. Some have been blinded, others maimed, while many have endured multiple surgeries just to survive. Their innocence is lost, and their scars, both physical and emotional, will last a lifetime. We urge the international community to take decisive action. Demand an end to the #siege and call for an immediate, lasting #ceasefire to protect the children of #Gaza.