Published: 21 November 2023
Last updated: 5 March 2024
The Australian-founded health initiative has partnerships with 14 hospitals on both sides of the border.
Project Rozana has launched an emergency relief appeal to provide critical resources and support for hospitals, health professionals and civilians in Gaza, Israel and the West Bank.
Its Palestine-Israel Emergency Relief Appeal was launched last week to “strengthen the capabilities of our healthcare allies across Gaza, East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Israel, ensuring critical medical care for civilians”.
Established in Australia in 2013, and now an international initiative, Project Rozana is dedicated to building understanding between Israelis and Palestinians through health.
“On October 7, Hamas perpetrated a horrific attack against Israeli civilians. The ensuing catastrophic war between Israel and Hamas has brought the deadly horrors of war into the homes of thousands of innocent Gazans,” the Project Rozana November newsletter said.
“More than 30,000 people (mostly from Gaza) have been reported injured and wounded across the region, and the pressure on front-line hospitals in Gaza, the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Israel is enormous.
“Many of these hospitals are Rozana partners. Over the past two years Rozana has trained their trauma and emergency care physicians and their critical care nurses.”
Since its foundation, Project Rozana has developed partnerships with 14 hospitals across Gaza, Israel and the West Bank. In addition, it has trained 300 Palestinian and Israeli trauma physicians, 120 nurses from both sides of the border, and 64 Palestinian and Israeli psychologists.
Last month, Project Rozana put forward a proposal to the Australian government for it to fund what the charity believes it can do to help: build a triage hospital in partnership with the Red Crescent (Red Cross) hospital in Gaza and upgrade its 20 ambulances.
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