Dear loyal donors,

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We hope that this message finds you well and in a moment of solace. We want to extend our sincere appreciation for your compassionate support of our recent campaign, "Urgent Gaza Appeal: Humanitarian and Medical Aid." The support for those in Gaza received from donors like you has been nothing short of extraordinary and the tremendous success of this campaign has surpassed our greatest expectations. This collective effort provides comfort amid the prevailing difficulties, highlighting the power of unity in making a positive impact during times of adversity.

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WHAT WE'RE DOING
The funds raised have been instrumental in procuring materials, establishing full-time manufacturing of tourniquets in Canada, and locating trade routes by working with local Non-Profits in Cairo, Egypt, to facilitate the timely delivery of these critical medical aids to Gaza. We are manufacturing 2000 tourniquets to send, with 400 complete and ready to ship now and hundreds more in various stages of the manufacturing process. We plan to continue production and distribution every month until we meet this goal, pending the ability to produce these devices in Gaza. Your support plays a crucial role in providing a lifeline to those facing immense hardships, ensuring that casualties with treatable injuries don’t have their condition escalate to fatalities.

WHAT'S NEXT
Glia remains committed to supporting the people of Palestine. We have launched our Gaza Medical Support Initiative (launchgood.com/medicine4gaza), which is live on Launchgood.com. This campaign is focused on delivering healthcare workers and essential medical supplies to Gaza. Healthcare worker delegations have already been dispatched to Rafah, with the second delegation currently in service. Learn more and support this initiative by visiting launchgood.com/medicine4gaza. 

STAY UP TO DATE

As we navigate the path forward, we commit to keeping you informed of the progress of our efforts and the tangible impact they’re making. Stay current with our efforts by signing up for our email updates and newsletter directly at Glia.org.

Once again, thank you for your deeply compassionate support of Glia and Gaza, as we all wish for better times in Palestine in 2024. Your generosity is a source of comfort and hope during these challenging times, and we are profoundly grateful for your commitment.

With sincere appreciation,

Glia

UPDATE: We have very nearly reached our goal of $150,000 USD to manufacture and distribute life-saving tourniquets in the Gaza Strip. Thank you for supporting our campaign, either through kind words, monetary donations, or sharing news about the work of Glia – without your support, we could not work towards achieving our goal of equal access
to care for all.

2. Our entire team in Gaza has been displaced as a result of this war. Each member has seen their home destroyed and have been personally affected by the loss of loved ones. To help them rebuild their lives, we have launched a campaign in their honour:  www.launchgood.com/repairGaza

The relentless onslaught of violence into the Gaza Strip has been ongoing for almost a month. Our team in Gaza is still alive, and our Executive Director in Gaza, Dr. Mohammad Al-Attar, has spent nearly every waking moment tending to the injured at Al-Shifa Hospital. 

Our office, of course, is completely unusable. We have responded to the crisis by manufacturing medical equipment in Canada with the intention of shipping it into Gaza via the Rafah crossing. We have a representative from Glia currently in Cairo making connections with NGOs in order to supply both aid and a medical delegation into the Strip as soon as it is possible to do so.

We appreciate everyone's kindness and generosity toward our campaign, toward our team members, and toward the people of Gaza who have suffered long enough. For them, we continue to forge ahead to do what we can to help while we also plan for a post-ceasefire world.

This message came to us from our Executive Director in Gaza on 16
October. He is a leader in emergency response at Shifa Hospital, and is
demonstrating proper tourniquet application in this picture.

We were so relieved to receive this message from our colleague in Gaza, who we hadn't heard from in a few days. Her dedication and resolve is an inspiration to us all.

Thank you for your incredible support of this important, lifesaving project. So far thanks to your help, Glia has released over a thousand tourniquets into the field, many of which are being used by field medics. Unfortunately, the situation has deteriorated significantly in the past week.

The current situation

Glia's manufacturing facility in Gaza is badly damaged and cannot produce the plastic required for tourniquets at this time. While we have 3D printers available, our solar system and backup batteries appear to have been destroyed, and it is currently impossible to examine, let alone fix them.

The plan right now

At the moment, Glia is mobilizing a team to travel to the Egypt border and arrange a route for entry of tourniquets into Gaza in preparation for a ground invasion. We are producing at maximum speed in our international offices. The costs of production and transport are substantially higher than local production, however this is the only available option at the moment.

Plan for the future

Glia's long-term plan is to ensure there are thousands of tourniquets pre-positioned across the Gaza strip in grocery stores, schools, businesses and religious centers. Any of your donations not spent during this war will be put to a future strategy to ensure that Gaza never runs short of tourniquets again.

Thank you for your incredible support of this campaign. As a result of your generous donations, we were able to release another 275 tourniquets to first responders and emergency departments, and are still actively manufacturing more. Credible reports indicate that a ground invasion is imminent, and this is where tourniquets will matter the most.

With the severe escalation of the current situation, we have increased our goal to $100,000 USD so that we can meet the medical needs in the weeks to come. If through some miracle the war ends soon, we will use your generous donations to equip Gaza's emergency response teams and health facilities for possible future attacks.

The Israeli bombing of Gaza's Eye hospital has badly damaged Glia's Gaza office, significantly slowing our tourniquet production capability. The building was not occupied at the time. Our top priority in Gaza continues to be ensuring the best access to medical care for the victims of war, and the Gaza staff are working in significant danger to ensure tourniquets are available when needed.

We will post further updates soon.