SINCE 1978
CREATING LIFELINES, BUILDING INDEPENDENCE
2009 ANNUAL REPORT
LETTER FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND STAFF
Dear Friend of UPA:
The beginning of 2009 was devastating for Palestinians. We watched in horror as the three-week Israeli attack on
the Gaza Strip early in the year killed over 1,400 people, most of them civilians, and destroyed much of Gaza’s
infrastructure – homes, farms, shops, factories, hospitals, and schools. We were heartened, however, to see the
resilience of Palestinians when confronted with so much loss and deprivation, which has too often been a feature
of life in the Gaza Strip, especially since Israel imposed a blockade in June 2007.
In the midst of the violence and destruction, we created lifelines for Gazans. We focused our attention and
resources on meeting the immediate humanitarian needs of the population by distributing food, water, fuel, and
plastic sheeting and by providing trauma counseling to children. UPA was proud to distribute an in-kind donation
of pharmaceuticals worth $1.9 million.
Throughout the year in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and the refugee camps in Lebanon, our Child Sponsorship
Program continued to extend lifelines to Palestinian children most in need, including orphans, the deaf, the blind,
and the developmentally challenged. We restructured the program this year to ensure that donor money is spent
most efficiently and to improve the program’s overall transparency.
At the same time, we helped support Palestinian independence by continuing our University Scholarship Program
and by implementing education projects in the Occupied Territories. This year we awarded more than one
hundred scholarships for qualified Palestinians with demonstrated financial need to attend Palestinian universities.
These students are the next generation of Palestinian nurses, doctors, engineers, business leaders, and teachers.
Their desire to improve the lives of fellow Palestinians will guarantee that they will make important contributions
in building a free and independent Palestine. We also funded several education projects such as holding a youth
summer camp in Nablus and rehabilitating three kindergartens in Gaza.
In the coming year, UPA will continue to provide lifelines by distributing medical supplies and helping to provide
for the basic needs of the population during periods of crisis. We will also redouble our efforts in supporting
development projects in the Occupied Territories that empower Palestinians to reclaim their land and livelihoods
and provide for a better future. We will support self-sustaining projects – income-generation projects, education
programs, and leadership training – and increase local Palestinian capacity so that the need for external assistance
diminishes over time.
None of this would be possible without your contributions, all of which are most appreciated.
With heartfelt gratitude,
The Board of Trustees and Staff
MISSION STATEMENT AND HISTORY OF UPA
MISSION STATEMENT
United Palestinian Appeal, Inc. (UPA) is a non-profit, non-political, tax-exempt American charity that seeks to
alleviate the suffering of Palestinians, particularly those in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and the refugee camps of
Lebanon. UPA seeks to contribute to the long-term socioeconomic and cultural development of Palestinian society.
UPA maintains its independence and integrity by not accepting funds from political groups or from any source that
may attach unacceptable conditions to its contributions. Donations to UPA are tax-deductible in accordance with
applicable laws.
Since its establishment in 1978, UPA has developed and funded numerous programs to assist Palestinians in the
fields of health, education, child services, community development, job creation, and emergency relief. When
needed, it also conducts emergency campaigns to address urgent humanitarian crises. UPA is proud to have
contributed over $20 million towards the development of Palestinian society, and looks forward to strengthening
that development in the future.
HISTORY
UPA was established in 1978 in the state of New York by a group of Palestinian-Americans from the business and
professional communities who shared the objective of creating an efficient and professionally managed charity
that would assist needy Palestinians and contribute to socioeconomic and cultural development in Palestine.
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In 1980, UPA was granted tax-exempt status under Section 501 (c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.
In 1985, UPA became the first Palestinian-American charity to be registered with the U.S. Agency for
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International Development (USAID) as a Private and Voluntary Organization (PVO).
In 1985, UPA began funding the construction of a $2.4 million nursing college on the Mount of Olives
affiliated with al-Makassed Islamic Charitable Hospital. Thanks to a $1.1 million grant from King Fahd of
Saudi Arabia and his brother Prince Salman, UPA was also able to greatly expand its assistance programs
in the areas of healthcare, education, children’s services, community development, and emergency relief.
In 1986, UPA initiated its Child Sponsorship Program and its University Scholarship Program.
Between 1985 and 1987, UPA sent nearly $450,000 in emergency medicines and supplies to Palestinian
refugees in southern Lebanon.
In 1987, with the outbreak of the first intifada, UPA shifted its funding priorities to emergency medical
relief for intifada-related injuries.
In 1989, UPA became the first Palestinian-American charity accepted by the United States Combined
Federal Campaign (CFC), the national organization allowing for charitable solicitation of federal
government employees.
In 1990, the UPA/al-Makassed Nursing College in East Jerusalem was completed, the first modern, fouryear nursing college in Palestine offering training to meet the increasing healthcare demands of the
Palestinian population.
In 1991, UPA was accepted as a participating member agency by the Independent Charities of America
(ICA), a nationwide consortium of approved charities soliciting federal, state, and local public employees.
Registration does not imply endorsement.
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In 1994, in the wake of the Oslo agreement, UPA refocused its grant making on programs aimed at the
long-term socioeconomic recovery and development of Palestinian society in the West Bank and Gaza
Strip.
From 2000 onwards, UPA responded to the al-Aqsa intifada by giving priority to emergency medical relief
programs.
In 2002, UPA was awarded a $2.7 million grant from the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) to implement the Emergency Employment Generation Project, a job creation and
infrastructure development program throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip in cooperation with the
Welfare Association in East Jerusalem. The program represented an emergency response to a devastating
economic collapse, including an unemployment rate of over 40%.
In 2003, UPA and its partner, Nour Foundation, sent over $424,000 worth of medicines and supplies to
West Bank hospitals and clinics.
In 2004, UPA successfully completed the USAID-funded Emergency Employment Generation Project. UPA
and the Nour Foundation shipped over $1 million in medical supplies, including hygiene kits, supplemental
feeding formula, blankets, and clothing, to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for
distribution to hospitals, clinics, and schools in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
In 2005 and 2006, UPA partnered with Project Harmony to implement the MEDIA Youth Leadership
Exchange Program between U.S. and Jordanian/Palestinian students. The program was funded by the U.S.
State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Linking Individuals, Knowledge, and Culture
Initiative.
In 2006, UPA facilitated two pharmaceutical shipments to the Gaza Strip and Lebanon: a shipment of $6.5
million worth of pharmaceuticals to 15 UNRWA health centers in Gaza to aid 35,000 needy refugees and
non-refugees; and a $1.5 million pharmaceutical shipment to the Hariri Foundation to aid Palestinian
refugees and the people of Lebanon. Immediately following the war in summer 2006, UPA sent $1.2
million worth of pharmaceuticals to Lebanon.
In 2008, UPA responded immediately to the devastation caused by an Israeli airstrike on the Palestinian
Medical Relief Society’s main clinic in the Gaza Strip, sending $40,000 so PMRS could continue running
their essential mobile clinics.
In 2009, UPA committed $152,100 to guarantee water, food, first-aid kits, and plastic sheeting (to replace
bombed-out windows) to those devastated by the war in the Gaza Strip.
YEAR IN REVIEW
UPA began the year expecting to continue its assistance and development programs helping Palestinians in the
Occupied Territories and the refugee camps of Lebanon. These included the Child Sponsorship Program, the
University Scholarship Program, community first-aid projects in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, as well as an
arts project for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. As is often the case, however, events on the ground compelled
UPA to refocus its energy and resources towards alleviating the immediate and desperate needs for the people of
Gaza.
On the morning of December 27th, 2008, Israel assaulted the Gaza Strip with blanket airstrikes, followed by an
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invasion of ground troops and military bulldozers on January 3 , 2009. For the next two weeks, until January 18 ,
Israel attacked military and civilian targets throughout Gaza. Over 1,400 Palestinians were killed, of whom an
estimated 700 to 900 were civilians, and over 300 of whom were children.
UPA responded to the horrifying invasion, branded “Operation Cast Lead” by the Israeli military, with an
emergency campaign to save lives. Working closely with local partners who were able to assess crucial needs on
the ground, UPA distributed emergency food, water, and first-aid kits. More than a thousand families were
assisted by UPA during the crisis.
Long before this attack the economy in the Gaza Strip was in distress. The blockade imposed in June 2007 denied
Gazans access to jobs and services in Israel and the West Bank, and access to the rest of the world. Since its
economy is heavily dependent on access to export markets, the Gaza Strip has been in a severe depression for
several years. Gaza’s formal economy has largely collapsed and families contend every day with shortages of
necessities, including safe water, nutritious food, and medicine. Even after the military assault ended, Israel
continued and intensified the blockade. Indeed, Israeli-permitted food imports into Gaza in 2009 were a quarter of
their pre-June 2007 level.
The near-total blockade on the importation of basic supplies meant that Gazans were largely prevented from
rebuilding after the war. The physical infrastructure of the Gaza Strip was devastated – 4,000 homes, 15 of Gaza’s
27 hospitals, 43 of its 110 primary healthcare facilities, 800 water wells, 186 greenhouses, and nearly all of its
10,000 family farms – were destroyed or damaged beyond repair. The invasion left one million Palestinians
without electricity, over 400,000 without running water, and 50,000 homeless, and resulted in acute food
shortages.
Cement to rebuild homes, glass to replace shattered windows, pipes to repair crumbling water and sanitation
infrastructure were almost totally unavailable. Over $77 million allocated by the UN to repair homes, schools and
health facilities remain suspended for lack of goods and material.
The devastation of the Gaza war was not limited to physical destruction and the loss of life. Since no person in the
Gaza Strip could escape the danger, regardless of their geographic location, class, or political affiliation, the entire
population experienced severe psychological trauma. UPA provided a grant to the Palestinian Medical Relief
Society, a long-time UPA partner, for emergency trauma counseling for children.
At the same time, the political divisions that had effectively severed the West Bank from the Gaza Strip since June
2007 continued, as did the disastrous economic situation. Unemployment reached 18% in the West Bank and 42%
in the Gaza Strip. The percentage of Palestinians living below the poverty line reached 76.9% in the Gaza Strip.
Moreover, 37.3% of West Bankers and 69% of Gazans were in deep poverty in 2009.
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The Palestinian economy, like the political sphere, has actually divided into three separate economies: that of
Ramallah, that of the rest of the West Bank, and finally that of the Gaza Strip. It is important to realize this when
looking at statistics that cover the whole Palestinian economy. Ramallah, as the seat of power for the Fatah-led
Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, is also the headquarters for most international NGOs – and nearly all of the
hundreds of millions of dollars in international aid flow through Ramallah. As a result, Ramallah’s economy has
recovered strongly since the end of the second Intifada. The rest of the West Bank, however, tells a different story.
For this reason, UPA has focused attention on the needs in the northern West Bank, including Nablus, Jenin, and
Tulkarem, as well as the in the southern West Bank, including Hebron and Bethlehem. In cities such as Bethlehem,
Hebron and Nablus, the restrictions on movement throughout the region and to jobs in Israel have thrown these
cities into a long term pattern of higher unemployment, lower wages and few private sector opportunities. By April
2009, despite a slight decrease in unemployment, over a fifth of the West Bank population able and willing to work
was still unemployed, and about 47% of the population was living below the poverty line.
Meanwhile, across the West Bank, 2009 was marked by heightened settler violence, Palestinian displacement, and
continued settlement expansion despite a government declared settlement “freeze.” Between January and August
2009, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs recorded 217 settler-related incidents
of violence against Palestinian civilians, property, and places of worship across the West Bank.
The Israeli demolition of Palestinian-owned buildings in the West Bank and East Jerusalem displaced 428
Palestinians, including 227 children, during 2009. UNICEF estimates that up to 60,000 East Jerusalemites live in
structures built without a permit, leaving them vulnerable to displacement by Israeli authorities at any time.
At the end of November, Israel promised a 10-month settlement freeze on any new construction in the West Bank.
Peace Now, however, reported that the pace of new construction in the settlements even during the “freeze” was
much higher than the average rate of construction in Israel proper. For example, 476 housing units were being
built in the Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Adumim during the freeze, while the average rate of construction for
comparably sized municipalities in Israel over the same period was only 95 units. Israeli statistics indicate that
there were 1,703 housing starts in West Bank settlements in 2009, just 400 fewer starts than the year before.
Restrictions on access and movement in the West Bank that hinder the ability of children to travel to school, health
centers, friends’ homes, cultural centers and places of worship, eased slightly in 2009, with 578 closure obstacles
at the end of November, down slightly from 632 in May. Israeli construction of the 705 km West Bank Barrier was
58% complete; and when fully built, 85% of the route will run inside the West Bank and has the practical effect of
annexing 9.5% of the West Bank to Israel.
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CONTRIBUTIONS AND PROGRAM SERVICES
UPA’s development and emergency relief programs in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and Palestinian refugee
camps in the region in 2009 were made possible by generous contributions from a variety of sources: direct mail
campaigns; appeals to private foundations, corporations, associations, and religious institutions; dissemination of
information to the general public; and participation in the Combined Federal Campaign, the largest federal
workplace fundraising campaign in the United States.
Total Expenses by Category
Total expenses = $3.05 million
Programs
93%
Management
and
Fundraising
7%
Program Expenses by Sector
Total program expenses = $2.85 million
Child Sponsorship,
8%
Community
Development, 7%
Education and
Scholarships, 5%
Health and Welfare,
77%
Outreach, 3%
Program Expenses by Location
West Bank
13%
Gaza
87%
UPA’s total income for the year was $3,305,610 and year-end net assets were $3,030,228. UPA expenditures on
assistance and development programs in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and refugee camps totaled $2.85 million
for the year, or 93% of total expenses. The following sections describe UPA’s work in these program areas during
2009 and profile some of the Palestinian partners that UPA works with to implement these programs.
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UPA PROJECTS AND PARTNERS
HEALTH AND WELFARE
AL-HUDA DEVELOPMENT A SSOCIATION (KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP) – EMERGENCY FOOD DISTRIBUTION ,
MEDICAL VISITS
Al-Huda provides education and community awareness
programs for women, runs a free meal program for the
poor, offers vocational training for the unemployed, and
operates a mental health clinic for women and children.
With support from UPA in 2009, Al-Huda distributed bread
rations to more than 700 families in and around the Rafah
refugee camp following the war. UPA helped Al-Huda
replenish its emergency relief funds with support from
individual donations from the United States and abroad,
including a $5,000 grant to pay for emergency medical visits
to their clinic.
INTERNATIONAL RELIEF & D EVELOPMENT (GAZA CITY) – PHARMACEUTICALS
International Relief & Development (IRD) is a U.S.-based international
organization that works in all sectors of relief and development work. UPA
partnered with IRD to deliver an in-kind donation of pharmaceuticals
worth $1.9 million to six clinics throughout the Gaza Strip, serving more
than 25,000 individuals annually, from Khan Younis and Western Rafah
city in the south to Gaza City and Al Zaytoun and Beach camp in the north.
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PALESTINE CENTER FOR YOUTH WORK (GAZA CITY) – EMERGENCY F OOD, WATER DISTRIBUTION
The Palestine Center for Youth Work (PYW) is a Palestinian organization that works on a variety of service projects
for communities in the Gaza Strip.
PYW carried out UPA-funded emergency water and food distribution during and after the 2009 attack. More than
one thousand families in hard-hit Jabaliyah received a week's supply of fresh water. A UPA grant of $10,000 to PYW
provided emergency food assistance to 200 families in Gaza City.
UPA food baskets fed an average family of six people for 10 to 14 days. The food baskets cost approximately $50
each and contained canned meat, beans, tuna, jam, hummus, milk powder, sugar, and other basic items.
Awad Yousef Khalil Al Batsh, a 78-year old farmer living near Jabaliyah in
Gaza with his family, said of the Israeli attack: "We lost the majority of our
furniture – the closets, the kitchen, the mattresses and blankets, the
refrigerator , the washing machine and the clothes for the whole family –
even the school bags and uniforms for the children.”
Awad also lost his chickens and goats, leaving his family without a source of
food. After the war, the family lived for weeks in their nearly demolished
two-story home, without electricity, food, or clean drinking water.
With a grant from UPA, the Palestinian Center for Youth Work was able to
distribute emergency food and water to Awad and his family. “As long as
there are good people like you who bring us clean water to drink, we won't
be concerned," Awad said.
PALESTINIAN MEDICAL RELIEF SOCIETY (GAZA CITY) – E MERGENCY T RAUMA COUNSELING
Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) is a grassroots, community-based Palestinian health organization and a
longtime UPA partner. PMRS provides a variety of medical services in Gaza, including mobile clinics, women’s
health, children’s health, psychosocial counseling and community-based rehabilitation. In 2009 UPA provided a
grant to PMRS that allowed them to hire eight new social workers to conduct trauma counseling for approximately
1,000 children immediately after the war.
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RELIEF INTERNATIONAL (GAZA CITY) – EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPPLIES, F OOD D ISTRIBUTION, PLASTIC
SHEETING
Relief International (RI) is a U.S.-based organization that provides humanitarian assistance around the world. In
early January, RI delivered emergency medical supplies to Gaza with an emergency grant from UPA. These supplies
included 4,000 endotracheal tubes, which were provided to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society for distribution to
hospitals throughout Gaza, including the hard-hit north. Endotracheal tubes allow doctors and nurses to stabilize
trauma victims who cannot breathe on their own, and they were listed as "high priority" supplies for Gaza by the
World Health Organization. Nearly half of the tubes purchased were designed for use on children. RI also
distributed 95 first aid kits to volunteer medics in eastern Gaza City, where Israel’s ground assault had severely
hindered access to medical care for the sick and wounded.
With another grant from UPA, RI implemented an "Emergency Food Parcel Project" in early January, providing
1,000 families (approximately 6,000 people) displaced by the fighting with sugar, salt, canned beef, canned tuna,
white rice, vegetable oil, and canned beans for the month. Commenting on UPA's response to the attack on Gaza,
RI's Program Officer Ben Granby said, "UPA's flexibility and ability to rapidly respond to changing needs helped us
immediately address critical needs from the first days of the Gaza crisis."
Finally, RI received emergency UPA funding to purchase more than 800 square meters of plastic sheeting to cover
bombed-out windows and protect families from the cold, enough for more than 200 families.
WELFARE ASSOCIATION (GAZA CITY) – EMERGENCY FUEL
In 2009 UPA supported the Welfare Association, a Palestinian NGO, with a $62,500 grant. The Welfare Association
provided 2,000 liters of diesel fuel, sufficient to supply 16 local health centers for one month, which were
distributed at a cost of $66,000. The fuel was purchased directly from stations located in the Gaza Strip and
distributed to hospitals in coordination with the International Red Cross.
AL-ITTIHAD ARAB W OMEN’ S UNION HOSPITAL (NABLUS, WEST BANK) – CONSTRUCTION OF A BURN UNIT
This non-profit hospital was founded in 1970 and caters to the population of Nablus. It provides low-cost
healthcare to poor Palestinians, including refugees, as well as running an orphanage. The hospital offers general
medical services, including surgery, internal medicine, OB-GYN, intensive care, an emergency room, and
paramedics. In 2009 UPA provided al-Ittihad with a grant that funded constructed a burn unit with four beds and a
special washing room for the burn patients.
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CHILD SPONSORSHIP
For the past 24 years, UPA’s Child Sponsorship Program has
provided assistance for needy and disadvantaged Palestinian
children living in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and refugee camps in
Lebanon. UPA administers the program in cooperation with 23
partner organizations, including reputable orphanages, schools, and
welfare societies throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territories
and Lebanon.
UPA connects individual sponsors with children who are desperately
in need. Sponsors are sent a photograph and a brief background
history of their child in addition to periodic progress reports, photos,
and letters. As the sponsor follows the child’s progress, a crosscultural and cross-generational bond of friendship often forms that
can last for years.
Children in poor circumstances received transportation to and from
school, help with tuition costs, food parcels, olive oil, physiotherapy,
hot meals, school uniforms, stationary, and books from their
sponsors’ donations. Without this support, many of them would not
be able to stay in school or receive adequate nutrition.
UPA reorganized the program in 2009 so that child sponsorship
donations were pooled and donated to partner organizations for
projects that benefit all children, instead of distributed as cash
payments to each child’s family. By focusing on high-impact
projects that benefit all the children served by these organizations,
it was decided, the Child Sponsorship Program would be more
efficient and transparent.
UPA does not deduct any money from a sponsor's monthly $40 taxdeductible contribution. A one-time registration fee of $25 helps to
cover a share of the administrative costs.
In 2009, approximately 500 orphaned or otherwise disadvantaged
children from 25 different schools and NGOs benefitted from the
monthly donations made by generous and caring sponsors.
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Child Sponsorship Partners with the Highest UPA Grant Total for 2009
Organization
Location
Grant
Amount
Sponsored
Children
Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children
Gaza City
$35,239
92
El-Lid Charitable Society
Nablus
$22,458
74
Annunciation Church of the Latin
Convent
Hope Secondary School
Jerusalem
$17,490
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Jerusalem
$13,875
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Right to Live Society
Gaza City
$13,100
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Purpose
transportation to and from
school
clothing, backpacks, olive oil,
white cheese
school uniforms, stationary,
books
daily hot meals
daily meals, psychotherapy,
physiotherapy
Other Child Sponsorship Partners
Location
Organizations
Beirut
Bethlehem
Gaza City
Jerusalem
Arab Resource Center for Popular Arts; Association Najdeh
Beit Fajjar Ahli Club; Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation
Al-Bait Al-Assamed Association; Hope Institute for Orphans; Families Relief
Dar el-Tifl al-Arabi; Helen Keller School for Visually Impaired; Peace Center for the Blind; Rawdat
El-Zuhur; National Society for the Visually Handicapped
Ramallah Local Church Home of New Life; Evangelical Home and School; Ramallah Children's
Project; An-Nahda Women's Association
Aida Refugee Camp Kindergarten (Beit Jala); Society of In'ash El Usra (El Bireh); Salfeet Women's
Charitable Society (Nablus); Palestinian Red Crescent Society (Hebron and Tulkarem)
Ramallah
Other
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UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS
For a society under occupation which is involved in the transition to an independent nation, higher education . . . is
essential as a forum for critical thinking, technical expertise and community leadership.
Dr. Hanna Nasir, Founding President
Birzeit University
Since 1986, UPA’s University Scholarship Program has helped nearly 2,000 qualified students realize their dreams
of higher education, providing tuition funds for study at local universities. UPA supports students in a range of
fields who can give back to their community and to their nation. At the same time, UPA is strengthening the
institutional capacity of these Palestinian colleges and universities.
Each year, UPA accepts scholarship applications directly from Palestinian students and appoints a scholarship
committee comprised of educators and UPA staff to assess each application. Criteria for selection include
academic ability (as demonstrated by the student’s official GPA), financial need, and an essay outlining the
student’s reasons for pursuing his or her chosen field of study and how it will help him or her improve the
community and the nation.
For the 2009-2010 academic year, UPA awarded scholarships to 78 students (out of 800 applications) through the
UPA Scholarship Program, totaling $104,000 for students attending nine universities. Students were awarded
between $750 and $1,250 each for the academic year, depending on their financial need and tuition costs.
The following table shows the institutions at which UPA scholarship recipients were enrolled in 2009 and the
number of recipients at each institution:
University
Al-Azhar University
Al-Najah National University
Al-Quds University
Bethlehem University
Birzeit University
Hebron University
Islamic University in Gaza
Palestine Polytechnic University
University of Palestine
TOTAL
Location
Gaza City
Nablus
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Ramallah
Hebron
Gaza City
Hebron
Bethlehem
Scholarship
Recipients
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4
19
5
9
1
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26
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Amount
$6,500
$4,250
$21,000
$5,250
$9,250
$1,000
$23,250
$29,250
$4,250
$104,000
Several faithful UPA donors, such as Faisal and Gerda Kaud and the Palestine Heritage Group in Seattle, WA, made
donations to UPA in 2009 and asked that the money be used to give scholarships to qualified students who needed
financial assistance. These “restricted” scholarships amounted $9,191, which helped support students at the
following universities: Al-Azhar University, Al-Quds University, Bethlehem University, and the Islamic University of
Gaza.
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Khalid Shatat (pictured at right), a recipient of a UPA
scholarship in 2008 and 2009, thanked UPA for “providing
financial aid for Palestinian students to allow them to
continue their education here in local universities in order
to graduate people with new ideas and skills that help
[us]… build our independent state.” He added that the
scholarship he received to attend medical school will help
him achieve his dream of “becoming a specialized doctor
with professional skills,” able to help Palestinians in many
places on a voluntary or paid basis.
“All my life I wanted to be a nurse. UPA made it possible for me to achieve my
dream. Thank you so much.”
Samar Kareem (seated at right)
Bethlehem University
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EDUCATION
Palestinians face overwhelming challenges that impact their ability to obtain an education. These include closures,
restrictions on movement, destruction of basic materials and facilities (especially in Gaza), and a number of
seemingly tangential obstacles: the impact of a blockade on access to nutritious food and clean water, the impact
of military attacks on mental health, and the impact of a devastated economy on livelihoods.
EDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT FOUNDATION (GAZA CITY) – CAREER TRAINING
In 2009 UPA continued to support a pilot career training program administered by the Education for Employment
(EFE) Foundation for accountants, engineers, and nurses. EFE partners with businesses both in Palestine and
abroad who commit to hiring the selected group of students; and EFE prepares these students with the specific
skills needed in their field, as identified by the businesses.
EL-LID CHARITABLE SOCIETY (NABLUS, WEST BANK) – Y OUTH SUMMER CAMP
William Langhorne’s generous $1,500 donation enabled UPA to provide funding to El-Lid so that it could hold its
Summer Camp as planned in July 2009. El-Lid Society’s “Friends of the Environment” Summer Camp provided
about 90 children aged 11 to 16 with challenging activities, training, workshops, trips, and educational programs.
The children developed their character, deepened their love of their homeland, and learned valuable challenging
life skills, as well as meeting and making new friends, learning through playing, and discovering new interests.
The grant enabled El-Lid Society to hire professional teachers to direct the workshops and to provide the necessary
teaching materials and supplies. The grant also funded food and drinks for the children and their transportation for
the children from all around Nablus governorate. Children also received daily professional psychosocial support.
NGO DEVELOPMENT CENTER (GAZA CITY) – KINDERGARTEN REHABILITATION
The NGO Development Center (NDC), a local Palestinian
organization, worked with UPA to manage a kindergarten
rehabilitation project for three kindergartens in the Gaza
Strip in 2009 at a cost of $30,000. The rehabilitation
included repairing classrooms, adding playground
equipment, building shade structures for the children to
play under, and building new restrooms. Working with the
Palestinian Women’s Union, NDC managed the renovation
of the three-room kindergarten by constructing an external
bathroom, installing a sewage line and connecting it to the
main sewage line.
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LIST OF DONORS
Individuals
Haregewoin Abay
Peter Abboud
Ossama and Ibtesam Abdallah
Moutaz Abdeen
Nail Abdel-Fatah
Hala Abdelkhaleq
Ata and Iris Abdel-Latif
Abeer Abdin
Yahia Abdo
Nidal Abdrabbo
Maryam Abdul-Adl
Mai Abdulrahman
A. Abdul-Shafi
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Abed
Mona and Eyad Abed
Gamal Mohammad Abouali
Ayman Abouelchabab
Dr. and Mrs. Bassel AbouKhalil
Zenoun and Enas Abouzelam
Aiche Abraham
Nuha Abu
Ahmad Abu Amara
Mai Abu Amara
Dr. Nabil Abu Dayeh
Nadia Abu Dayyeh Amash
Dr. Cherine Abu Eid
Bayan and Feda Abu Jamous
Rama Abu Shmeis
Rev. Fahed Abu-Akel
Tarek Abuata
Tawfiq Mahmoud and Nawar
Abudia Shara
Samir and Mary Abu-Ghazaleh
Dr. Randa Abu-Hakima
Dr. Eyad Abu-Hamda
Mohieddin Abukhdeir
Dr. Suleiman Abul-Haj
Hanadi Abulkhdeir
Janne Abullarade
Rasha AbuLohom
Nasser Abunab
Latif and Hengameh
Abuneimeh
Wagih and Eileen Abu-Rish
Imad Abusaleh
Sameer and Cindy AbuSamrah
Tamer Abu-Shaban
Yaser Abu-Shaban
Moeen and Mary Jo Abu-Sitta
Gomaa Abutaleb
Robert Nicholas Adams
Michael and Jane Adas
Fida Adely
Hannan Adely
Lena Adely
Lawrence Lee Adrian
Mysa Afaneh
Olfet Agrama
Kevan Aguilar
Zeenath Ahamed
Amena Ahmad
Basel Ahmad
Mr. and Mrs. Dessouky Ahmad
Imad Ahmad
Arman Ahmadieh
Hamid Ahmadieh
Adam Ahmed
Amani Ahmed
Rowaida Ahmed
Rubina Ahmed
Dr. S. Sultan Ahmed
Sartaz Ahmed
Gerald Aiello
Jemiah Aitch
Jaad Atallah Ajlouny
Paul and Vivian Ajlouny
Jeannette Ajluni
Ray Ajluni
Kishwar and Iftikhar Ajmal
Elias and Juheina Akleh
Wajid Akram
Reem Al Dhaheri
Najad Tuffaha Al Husseini
Fatma Al Maimani
Allam Al Shayeb
Shorouk Al Sweity
Parham Alaei
H.R. and Diana Alalusi
Cecilia Alami
Mrs. Alice Albano
Methal AlBarghouthi
Barbara Albert
Dr. Fatma Aleem
John Alexander
Nadine Alfa
Lee Benhashim Al-Faris
Awfa Alhaimus
Michael Alhandy
Dr. Maher Alhashimi
Ashraf Al-Hawamdeh
Sara AlHemaidi
Mohammad Ahmad Ali
Yaser Ali
Fahad Aljouhar
Lisa Al-Kamel
Mohammed Alkhateeb
Ahmed Al-Khatib
Yasmin Al-Khayat
Mr. and Mrs. David Alldredge
Margaret Allen
Mark and Rita Allen
Elise Allison
Rasha Al-Mahroos
Dr. Osama Al-Masri
Ron Alquist
Yousef and Aesha Al-Saeed
Ahmad Al-Sari
Sam and Nahed Alsous
Ali Al-Taie
Fahad Al-Tamimi
Hadeel Al-Tashi
Lamiss Al-Tashi
Rushdi Alul
Chris Alvarez
Mansour and Wadia Alwan
Mohammed Alwan
Mrs. Fawzia Alwazir
Nagham Al-Yaqoubi
Ala and Suha Alzaben
George Amabile
Faiza Ambah
Bashar Amer
Ibraheem Amer
Omar Amer
Janet Kastenberg Amighi
Kenana Amin
Note: These donors gave $50 or more over the year.
Refael Amit
Asma Amleh
Abdel Ammoumi
Hala Amr
Thea Amr
Haifa Amra
Sheriene Amra
Mrs. Asha Anand
Ken Anderl
Betty Anderson
David and Maureen Anderson
Jo Anderson
Mike Andriani
Asad Ansari
Thamim Ansari
Harry Appelman
Frederick Aranki
Chris and Patti Arapoglou
Jane Archer
Janet Archer
Anna Archer Long
Aref Aref
Dr. Sholey Argani
Amin Arikat
Saoud Arikat
Alan Arnold
Cynthia Arnold
Robert Arnold
Randy Aronov
Muhammad Arrabi
Mr. and Mrs. Rakad Arraf
Ramzi Asali
Michael Aschenaki
Claire Asher
Fuad Ashour
Tahsin and Gail Ashour
Sofia Ashraf Mirza
Mohammed and Hibeh Askar
J. Asmar
Judith Asphar
Mr. and Mrs. Nazir Assad
Sam Assi
Abeer and Nawal Atallah
Ashraf Atia
Mr. and Mrs. Omar Atia
Mike Atkins
Moya Atkinson
Robert Attiyeh
Cornelie Atwell
Mr. and Mrs. Nadeem Audeh
Rifat Audeh
Hanan Audi
Hezar Audi
Hannahzarah Avarraschild
Yuriy Avramov
Dr. Eric Awad
Haifaa Awad
Mr. and Mrs. Isam Awad
Nicole Awad
Shereen Awad
Timothy Awad
Rishi Awatramani
Dr. Ali Nejat Aydin
Abed Ayesh
Nancy Aykanian
Mohamed Ayyach
Mr. and Mrs. Bilal Ayyub
Mr. and Mrs. Deeb Azar
Olivia Azat
Mary Azevedo
Remi Azouri
Julia Bacha
Joyce Bacon
Nadia Badawi
Tracy and Samer Badawi
Mazen and Hanan Badr
Mr. and Mrs. Khalil Badriyeh
Irene Baghomians
Sulaiman Bah
Michael Bahou
Samiah Bahour
Mirza Baig
Zameer Baig
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Bailey
Philip Bailey
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Baker
Robert Baker
Mr. and Mrs. Nidal Karina
Bakleh
Alan Balboni
Margot Baldwin
Abla Ballan
Margrit Ballard
Lee Bambach
Lamia Barakat
Judith Barber
Joseph Bardwil
Ellen Barfield
Isa Barghout
Jamil Barhoum
John Barker
John and Vivien Barkidjija
Robert Barnett
Mary Catherine Barton
Rukia Baruti
Gabriel John Batarseh
Sithara Batcha
George Bateh
Mrs. Melinda Beard
Florina Beba
Paul Bednarczyk
Liz Behrend
David Bell
Judith Bello
Peter Belmont
Herman Bender
Greg Bennick
Michael Bentley
Joseph Benveniste
Lynda Berardi
Frederic Berman
Kinga Bernath
Karl Bernhard
Alvin and Elizabeth Bernstein
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Berry
Sheena Bhindie
Pascal Biagini
Safwa Bin Ali
Guy Birman
William and Margaret Bitar
Magne Bjerkan
Jackson Blalock
Barbara Blitz
Jennifer Blitz
Wendy Boggs
Antoine Boghossian
Elizabeth Boosahda
Michael and Margaret
Boosahda
Mrs. Sylvia Borne
Patrick Redding and Suzan
Borno
Ronald Bortree
Jeff Boshar
Sonia Boshko
Joseph and Laurel Boullata
Khaled Bouri
Larry Bowman
Eleanor Boyd
Ghassan Brair
Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Brair
Kathy Brandt
Andrea Breuer
Michael and Jung-Ok Bright
Yvette Bright
Anne Brinton
Miriam Brodersen
John and Lois Broker
Peter and Alice Broner
Eddie and Alison Brooks
A.C. Brown
Edwin Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Jerrold Brown
Sharon (Shonnie) Brown
Matthew Browne
Gaylord Brubaker
Anne Brunelle
Wasfi Bsisu
Philippe Buc
George and Harlene Buchanan
Najib and Maria Budeiri
Kathryn Buffington
Zahid and Nuzhat Bukhari
Mr. and Mrs. H.B. Bullard
Katharine Bullitt
John Burke
William Burke
Zach Burroughs
Henry Busciglio
Christopher Butler
Linda Butros
Jennifer Butte-Dahl
Francis Cabot
Thomas Calderon
Brian Caldwell
Jane Califf
Shirley Cammack
John Campbell
Anthony and Carole Capaldi
Susan Capparelle
Bonita Caracciolo
Patricia Carbajales
Mark Cardoni
Christine Carlin
Maria Carlino
Harold and Theresa Carlson
Valida Carroll
Mrs. Mabel (May) Casagrand
Eugenia Casielles
Fatima Castaneda
Rachael Catran
Richard and Maya Caudill
Michael Cavanaugh
Verner and Ethel Chaffin
Armands Chagnon
Randall Chamberlain
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Joseph and Judy Chamy
Kenneth Chanko
Sara Chapman
Vineet Chaudhary
Paul Chavez-Casanova
Ralph Cheek
Dr. M. Nick Chehreh
Rene and Keiko Chevary
Sehmina Chopra
Risana Chowdhury
Zahra Christensen
Henry Chu
Joseph Claparols
Charles Clark
John Clark
Peter Clark Jr.
Dave Clennon
Gregory and Anne Clites
J. Webster Coates
Theresa Cochrane
George Coelho
Carol Cohen
Mendel Cohen
Leon Cohn
Dr. Anthony Colavita
David and Catherine Colburn
Helen Collery
David Collier
Walter and Gretchen Collins
Padraig Columb
Cathy Comstock
Jim and Cecilia Conroy
Patricia Constantino
Gerald Coopey
William Cordes
Vera Cory
Paul James Costic
Todd Cotts
Tara Cox
Ellen Craig
Patricia Creaven
Lois Critchfield
Dr. Samuel Cross Jr.
Ruth Crystal
Frances Cummings
Dr. Joan Carey Cunningham
Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Cvar
Cristina Ferreira Da Silva
Maha Dabbagh
Mohamed Dabbagh
Mr. and Mrs. Muhamad
Dabbouseh
Faten Dabis
Renda Dabit
Shadia Dabit Kharsa
Fadi Dagher
Peter Dagher
Ali and Azizeh Dahdoul
Fedah Dahdul
Hoda Dahdul
Mrs. Zahira Dahdul
Adel Dajani
Ahmed Dajani
Hasan Dajani
Mr. and Mrs. Mahmoud Dajani
Mohammed Dajani
Mohammed Dajani
Nabil Dajani
Sari and Suhair Dajani
Mr. and Mrs. Yousif Dajani
Mr. and Mrs. Ziad Dajani
Jomana Dajany
Katherine Dalesandre
Denise Daley
Shenaz Damji
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Carrie Damschroder
Naser Danan
Peter Danbury
Nelda Danz
Hassan Dashti
Ella Dastyari
Mary Davis
Denise Davidson and Geoges
Alameddin
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph De Blois
Virginia Fornes de Casamadrid
Magdalena De Guzman
Frank and Linda de Kort
Maria De La Torre
Edgar de la Vega
Elias Debbas
Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Debs
Tarek Defelipe
David Delewski
Joseph Delia
Susan Demattos
Joanne and John Demchok
Michael Demissie
Bert and Sara Devries
Anne Devroe
Louise Dillard
Tarik Dillsi
Robert Dirusso
Abigail Disney
Jennifer Dixon
Robert Dorst
Deborah and Hani Doss
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Doyle II
Darrel and May Drobnich and
Berry
Tom Drury
Mary Jane Du Lyn
Dawud Dueiri
Anne Duggan
Walid Rashad Dugwag
Rola Dumarieh
Mrs. Julene Dumit
Dana Dunbar King
Samir Durzi
Thomas Duval
Badawi Dweik
William Dwyer
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dyer
Deane Edelman
Therese Edlin
Melissa Edwards
Hashem Eid
Mervat Eid
David Eisenlord
Souzan Monla El Chami
Osamah El Khatib
David and Ruthann El-Aboudi
Mrs. Jacqueline Elass
Sally Elatta
Jihad Elaydi
Dr. and Mrs. Morry El-Badry
Mr. and Mrs. Mustafa ElBaltage
Samia El-Duaij
Lana Eleryan
Mr. and Mrs. Mohamed ElGeioushi
Izzo ElHassan
Heidi Elhatw
Mr. and Mrs. Omar ElKhalidi
Ruth Elkin
George Elliot
Marian Elliott
Abdel El-Mekkawy
Farhat and Maysoon
Elmohtaseb
Amer Elmughrabi
Dr. and Mrs. Ahmed Elnaggar
Ali Elnajjar
Haroun and Jacqueline El-Nil
Sayed and Aida El-Shakry
Ala Elshiyab
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ely
Mrs. Mariam El-Youssef-Hunt
Haithem El-Zabri
Mr. and Mrs. Selim Elzayat
Mervat Elzeini
Debbie Joy Emmett
Dorothy Ener
Peter and Sylvia Enfield
Karen English
Barbara Ennis
Nicholas and Mary Eoloff
Johanna Epstein
Amal Eqeiq
Katharine Ercklentz
Mrs. Haifa Jaser Erickson
Dr. and Mrs. Mohamed Esa
Haleh Esfandiari
Mr. and Mrs. John Esmail
Carlos Espindola
Daniel Ettinger
James and Barbara Smith
Eychaner
Dr. and Mrs. Hossam Fadel
Adeeb and Rebecca Fadil
Michael Fadil
Dr. K. Fahd
Qusaye Fahmawi
Nabil and Mayada Fahoum
Rashida Fakih
Louis Falcetti
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Falconer
Nadeen Faour
Nader Faour
Mary Hanna Farag
Dr. Rafeek Farah
Mr. and Mrs. Rushd Farah
Susanna Farahat
Ramona Faraj
Katya Faria
Nu'om Husni Fariz
Lori Farnsworth
Rida Farouki
Nora Farra
Ronald and Neva Farrah
Lawrence and Patricia Farris
Tarek Fatah
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Faulx
Andrew and Yoanna Federici
Knut Felberg
Dr. John Fennessy
Hacia Fernandez
Mona Fetouh
Gary Richard Feulner
Steven Fine
Mark Finley
Rosalind Finn
Tina Fiorda
Henry Fischer
Harold and Elaine Fisher
Joseph Fitzgerald
Dorothe Fitzpatrick
Eugene and Suzanne
Fitzpatrick
Dan Fitzsimmons
Jordan Flaherty
Rhys Flanders
Joanne Fleming
Malcolm and Ruth Fleming
Mr. and Mrs. David Floyd
Kenneth Fogarty
Peter Fogel
Richard Fonda
Terenzio Formenti
Alan and Kathleen Fowler
Kathleen Fox
Meghan Fraatz
Homer Franck
Deema Freij
Neil Friedman
Derek Frost
Shelley Fudge
Daniel and Karen Fuleihan
Lawrence and Leatrice Fung
Mary Furman
Eugene and Marian Gabrych
Adnan Gadi
Roger Gaess
Susie Gale
Stephen Gallant
Phillip Gallegos Jr.
Jane Gamal- Eldin
Gauri Ganachari
Victor Ganim
Ted Ganung
Mr. and Mrs. G.R. Garman
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Garrison
Angela Gauci
Alastair Gavin
Emilie Gay
Mirium Gazoni
Charles Geadah
Nagi Gebraeel
Annette Geels
William Gefell
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Genovese
Richard Gentilcore
Mary Gentile
G.C. Georgalas
Mr. and Mrs. Richard George
Arab Ghalayini
Suhair Ghannam
Ghada Ghantous
Lutuf and Gisele Ghantous
Nayfeh Nasri Ghantous
Sam Ghazaleh
Magdy and Nadia Ghieth
Mike Giacaman
David Gigante
Gregorio Gigante
Lawrence Gill
Rupinder Kaur Gill
Mark Gilmore
Robert and Jean Gilpin
Judy Ging
Paul Giragos
Banchiamlak Gizachew
Dan Gladden
Mrs. Winona Goard
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Goedicke
Stacy Goldate
Eliot Goldberg
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Golding
Jorge Gomes
Stephen and Ann Good
Robin Goodman
Ann Gordon
Deborah Gordon
Catherine Gorrell
Sarah Gorrell
James Gorud
Mr. and Mrs. John Grabowski
Patricia Granblad
Benedictine Grange
Patrick Granger
Mary Grant
Craig Grassi and Renda Zeibaq
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Graumlich
Barbara Gravesen
Mary Gray
David Graybeal
Mrs. Louise Green
Margaret Greene
Danya Greenfield
Aja Gregory
Peter and Ann Gregory
Mr. and Mrs. William Griswold
Patricia Gronblad
Renae Groom
Cathy Gulkin
Karin Gullhav
Eleanor Wisner Gural
Evelyn Haas
Mark Haas
Nimet Habachy
Dr. Philip Habib
Herbert Hadad
Judette Haddad
Lubna Haddad
Susan and Richard Haddad
Ziad Haddad
Victoria Haddad-Salah
Bachir Haddou
Nawal Hadeed
Ali Hadjarian
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hadley
Benjamin Daniel Haeger
Nadeem Haider
Rena Hajiyeva
Hatim and Linda Hajj
Dr. Marwan Hajj
Dr. and Mrs. Erick Hakanson
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Halaby
Hagop Halladjian
Emann Hamad
Mr. and Mrs. Salam Hamad
Khaled Hamadeh
Hasan Hamdan
Dr. Hind Hamdan
Talal Hamdan
Zalfa Hamedaldean
Al-Zahra Hamideddin
Mrs. Rogaiyah Hamideddin
Weerawanna Hamilton
Mona Hamoui
Nabeel Hamzeh
Hanna Hanania
Nahid Handal
Tim Hanelt
Catriona Hanley
Shirley Hannah
Dr. and Mrs. Yousef Awni
Hannun
Ingrid Hardy
Ken Harper
Nathan Harrington
Beth Harris
Ruth Harrison
Dr. Wafa Harrouk
Elliott Harvey
Omar Hasan
Bahar Hashemi
Dr. and Mrs. Shahid Hashmi
Dr. and Mrs. H.A. Hassan
Jihad and Dawn Hassan
Mahmoud Hassan
M. Nadim and Seham Hassoun
Gasser and Mona Hathout
Donald Hathway
Sophia Haughton and Master
Benton Crane
David and Dina Abdel-Hamed
Hawa
Earl Hawkins
Gary Hawkins
Samir Michel Hawwa
Rob Haynes
Mr. and Mrs. Johannes
Heijmans
Linda Helland
Alexandra Helou
Beth Henderson
Tatjana Hendry
Hazem Herbly
Annette Herskovits
John Hewey
Jackie Heyden
Sheldon Hiebert
Charles Higdon III
Mahmoud Hijazi
Kenneth Hill
Salman and Virginia Hilmy
Monica Hinojos
Jamil Hishmeh
Laura Hjerpe
I. Jerry Hlass
Douglas Hodge
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
Hoffmann
Constance Hogarth
Jon-Øivind Holth
Philip Hostak
Antonia House
Allen Howard
Kent Hughes
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hugo
Rod Hume
Fred Hummel
Carlos and Gladys Humud
Howard Huntoon Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Muhammed Huq
Lee Huque
Edin Husic
Mahboob Hussain
Dr. Fathi Hussein
Yousef Hussein
Sammy Hussein Truong
Ghalib and Tina Husseini
Zafer and Juhayna Husseini
R. Philip Hyre
Abdul and Fayiz Ibrahim
Farida Ibrahim
Dr. Fuad Ibrahim
Iman Ibrahim
Joyce Ibrahim
Nidal Ibrahim
Sami Ibrahim
Mr. and Mrs. Azmi Ideis
Mohammed Iftaiha
Mrs. J. Rowland Illick
Kathryn Imboden
Georgette Ioup
Samina Iqbal
Leonard Isenberg
Selina Islam
Ismail Ismail
Mustafa and Sharon Ismail
Karlheinz and Carole Issel
Ramee Jaber
Joseph Jacir
Ken Jacobs
Thor Jacobs
Abdallah and Ginette Jadallah
Ammar Jadallah
Diala Jadallah
Laila Jadallah
Razeyeh Jafarzadeh
Ahmad Jamali
Lisa James
Steven James
Sultan and Dania Jamileh
Alanna Klassen Jamjoum
Tawfik Jamjoum
Aria Jamshidi
Mrs. Mina Jamshidi
Lars-Olof Janflod
Nuriya Janss
Paul Janssen
Joan Jarboe
Dima Jardaneh
Samira Jaridly
Hani Jarjura
Jamal Javaid
Rula Jawdat
Hadeel Jazzar
Andrea Jenkins
Walter and Linda Klein
Jennings
Jette Jensen
Roland Jesperson
Zafer and Rubina Jilani
Brigham Joffs
Bob Johns
Dr. Bruce Johnson
John Johnson
Dr. Joseph Johnson
Lael Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson
June Johnson-Wolff
Brianna Jonak
Catherine Joo
Herman Joseph
Nadia Joseph
Somya Joshi
Myron Joshua
Jason Joyce
Elizabeth Juarez
Lewis Junior
Nader and Oraib Kabbani
Ghazy and Hanady Kader
Noga Kadman
Mr. and Mrs. Ahmad Kahok
Joyce Kaine
Mrs. Mary Kamel
Ramsey Kamel
Layla and Malek Kamoun
Dr. Azzam Kanaan
Samer Kanaan
Mrs. Shadia Kanaan
Ziyad and Ann Kanaan
Randa Kanadilo
Remi Kanazi
Dr. Shawki Kanazi
Khalil Kandah
Rishi Kapoor
Beenish Karim
John and Diane Karlik
Miki Kasai
Lucine Kasbarian
Joseph Kasenchak
Raniya Kassem
Gallusena Eric Katulistiawan
Kimberly Katz
Faisal and Gerda Kaud
Robert and Thelma Kauffman
Shefali Kaul
Tareef and Judy Kawaf
Elias and Jeannette Kawas
Wassim Kawash
Suha Kayum and Abdul Husain
Patrick Kearney
Sevim Kebeli
Robert and Louise Keeley
Andrea Keller
Michele Kelly
Nora Kelly
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kelman
Veton Kelmendi
Joan Kenney
Elizabeth Kenyon
Rita Kernacs
John Kernick
Zaid Khalid
Rashid and Mona Khalidi
Abdelkarim Kamal Khalil
Aida Khalil
Elias Khalil
Gamal and Laila Khalil
Mr. and Mrs. Issa Khalil
Meherban Khalsa
Minna Khamis
Aftab and Rahimunisa Khan
Amir Khan
Arooba Khan
Ashraf Khan
Mr. and Mrs. Kamran Khan
M. Saleem Khan
Marriam Khan
Mohammed Bilal Khan
Mr. and Mrs. Mohammed
Jamil Ahmed Khan
Rafique Ahmad Khan
Saqib Khan
Shakil Khan
Zara Khan
Vicken Khatchadourian
Mo Khatib
Salahuddin Khawaja
Dr. and Mrs. Jean Khawam
Jamal Kheiry
Dr. Najat Khelil
Kristee Khleif
Vinit Khosola
Mrs. Joanna Khouri
Yvonne Khouri
Christopher and Paneez
Khoury
Michel and Nadia Khoury
Nick Khoury
Simon Khoury
Tony and Anne Khoury
Mrs. Nada Kiblawi
John Kincannon
Daniel King
Geoffrey King
Harold and Margaret King
Lafayette Kirban
Beatrice Kirby
Idris Kirkpatrick
Katherine Kirkpatrick
Robert Kirkpatrick
Rami Kishek
Mariam Kittaneh
Larry and Martha Klages
Edward Klein
Sandy Knaish
Jennifer Knight-Ari
Katrin Kohncke
Shafiq and Asma Kombargi
Teymour Kooros
Daniel Korey
Joseph Korey
Judith Korey
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Max
Kortepeter
Dvorah Isabel Kost
Alice Kourbage
Abed and Husniyeh Kouttainay
S.P. and Tori Kovach
William Kovacs
Richard and Janet Kozlowski
Wendy Kozol
Huda Kraske
Minakshi Krishnan
Brian Kriz
Muhammad Kudaimi
Patricia Kupfer
Nasser Kurd
Sevim Kurtulus
Michael Paul Kurtz
Bridget Kustin
Barbara Lahav
Gerald Lampe
Robert and Jean Lampert
Mr. and Mrs. George Landes
Mrs. Mary Landles-Dowling
William and Jo Anne Lang
Anneliese Langer
Chiswell Langhorne III
William Langhorne
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Langlois
Daniel Lapidus
Nathan Larsen
Robert Larson
Aliya Latif
Kenneth Lauren
Mike Lavelline
Yasmin Zaman Lawrence
Steven Lawson
Julie Lazaroff
Stephen Leeds
Wendy Lehman
Dena Leibman
Aaron Lercher
Nancy Lethcoe
John Leveranz
Adam Levine
Jacqueline Lewis
Paul and Karen Lewton
Dr. Vsevolod Lezhnev
Kristin and Nawarat Liautrakul
Chris Liew
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lill
Susanna Lill
James Lindsey
Robert Linse
Mrs. Barbara Lipscomb
Ahmed Lobad
Elizabeth Lockyear
Ralph Loeffler
Eve Loftus
John Loikow
Lisa Long
Fred Lonidier
Ania Loomba
Mr. and Mrs. Ramzi Loqa
Patricia Lown
Mohamed Lubbad
Susan Lund
Dr. Mary Ellen Lundsten
J. Robert Lunney
James Lykos
Anthony Mabarak
Robert Mabbs
Allen and Julian MacDonald
Heather Mack
James and Elizabeth Mackay
Barry and Dyala Madani
Mrs. Marian Madden
Robert Mahaney
Mr. and Mrs. Arshad
Mahmood
Esil Lisa Mahmoud
Ginger Mahmoud
Dr. Russell Mahoney
Ruth Maier
Adeel Majeed
Nagwa Majlaton
John Makemson
Dr. Gabriel Makhlouf
Bilal Malik
George Mallouk
Hermina Mamic
Javid Mammadov
Dr. and Mrs. Sami Mamoun
Victor Manfredi
Ed Mangiafico
Ranjit Mani
Zeeba Mansoor
Masfuhah Mansour
Mrs. Muriel Mansour
Nasser and Virginia Mansour
Stephan Mansour
Paul Maranian
N.A. Maria
Paul Mariani
Catherine Markey
Edward and Usin Marks
Nick Marouf
Paul Maroun
Robert Marshall
Daniel and Jean Martensen
Mrs. Judith Martialay
Stephen Martin
Arthur Martinson
Yakiko Maruta
Mrs. Katrin Masharqa
Alan Mask
R. Sharon Masters
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maule
Donald Mayer
Douglas Mayer
Mr. and Mrs. John Mayer
Peter Mayes
Ali Mazrui
Harry McAndrew
Tom and Tess McAndrew
Francis McBride
Kevin McCarron
Edward McCarthy
Kate McConaughy
Donald McCormick
Maureen McCullagh
Alexander McDonald
James McDonald
Mary McElroy
Stephen McInerney
Donald and Jeannette
McInnes
Dave McLaugh
Bozena Nowicka Mclees
Julie McNair
Tamara McNaughton
Babak Meer
Wagee Megally
Khalid Mehmood
Rhenda Meiser and Tomas
Rezanka
Jean-Rene Menand
Mr. and Mrs. George
Mendenhall
Amir Mesarwi
Julie Meyer
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Mr. and Mrs. Harold Michael
Thomas and Donna Mickelson
Angela Migally
Hanan Miklasz
Robert Milam
Antonio Milillo
Dorothy Miller
Capt. and Mrs. Harry Miller
Rudolph and Christine Miller
Major and Mrs. Sir Harrold
Miller
Laura Mills
Christi Minarovich
Abazar Mireshghi
Margaret Misch
Tom Mitchell
Ibraheem Mizyed
Hazem Moakkit
Gustav and Kristina Moeller
Steve and Kathrine Moen
Wassim Mograany
Mr. and Mrs. M. Michael
Mohajery
Gamal Mohamed
Shahrzad Mohammadi
John Hossein Molaiy
Ciaran Moloney
Jerilyn Tabor Montgomery
Jennifer Montone
James Moore
Michele Moore
Julie Moran
Regina Morantz-Sanchez
Andrew Morehouse
Alicia Morton
Mike Mosallam and Meagan
Hall
Thomas Moseley
Paul Moses
Kathleen Mourra
Samir Mousa
Bassam Moushmoush
Zeyaad Moussa
Magda Moustafa
Zuhair Muakkit
Hadia Mubarak
Nabil and Rula Omar Mufti
Imran Mujawar
Ulme Muld
Martha Mulugeta
Bassam Munem
Brenda Murad
Barbara Ann Murphy
Elisabeth Murphy
Jumana Musa
Mrs. Amal Mustafa
Shuvo Mustafi
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