Statement by PCRF's Board of Directors
Burbank, CA – October 2025
Over the past two years, the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund has operated under extraordinary circumstances. The genocide in Gaza and the escalating crisis across the occupied Palestinian territory have challenged our organization and our people in every possible way.
Throughout this time, PCRF has remained steadfast in its mission to serve the most vulnerable: Palestinian children in need of protection, care, and hope. The unprecedented scale of devastation compelled us to expand our scope - delivering emergency relief, food, psychosocial support, and nutritional interventions on a scale never before required in our history. We are deeply proud of our teams in Gaza and the West Bank who, under unimaginable conditions, stood as a lifeline for their communities while also enduring forced starvation and surviving airstrikes themselves.
As Gaza looks toward the immense task of rebuilding, so too does PCRF. We are committed to rebuilding Gaza’s decimated healthcare infrastructure and expanding access to specialized treatment, as well as strengthening systems of pediatric care across the West Bank. At the same time, we recognize that the enormity of the needs before us requires collective impact. No single organization can meet the scale of this moment alone. PCRF will therefore expand its service delivery capabilities through strategic partnerships - both locally and globally - to ensure families receive holistic and sustained support. Our orphans’ care initiative is one example of this commitment in action, connecting vulnerable children with stable care, psychosocial services, and long-term support networks via trusted partnerships.
As Gaza enters a new phase, and as we look ahead to the immense task of reconstruction, the Board reaffirms PCRF’s enduring commitment to children’s welfare in all its dimensions - not only medical and surgical care, but also emotional healing, family stability, social protection, and long-term development. The well-being of a child is not defined by physical health alone; it is rooted in safety, dignity, education, belonging, and opportunity. PCRF is committed to advancing all of these pillars as we build forward.
This next chapter is about transformation - moving from survival to sovereignty, from dependency to dignity. It is about ensuring that every Palestinian child can grow, heal, and dream within their own homeland, surrounded and uplifted by their own people.
We share this statement not only as reflection, but as resolve. PCRF will continue to lead with integrity, humanity, and an unshakable belief in the right of Palestinians to heal, to rebuild, and to thrive.
The Board of Directors
Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF)
A Forced Pivot: Meeting the Needs of Survival
As the humanitarian situation in Gaza collapsed, PCRF was compelled to expand beyond medical relief out of urgent moral necessity. With hospitals destroyed, borders sealed, and essential services blocked, our teams mobilized emergency food delivery, clean water access, neonatal formula distribution, hygiene support, and nutritional assistance. We established field hospitals, tent medical points, field kitchens, deployed mobile medical teams, and sustained life-saving relief for displaced families.
These actions were an extension of our mission, which was stretched in every direction during the genocide. When children were starving, dehydrated, and traumatized, responding to their most urgent human needs became a moral imperative.
Expanding our Services while Adhering to Our Core Mission: Health and Child Welfare
Now, as Gaza enters a fragile phase of recovery, PCRF is transitioning from emergency response to long-term rebuilding. We are restoring access to specialized medical services, rebuilding health infrastructure, and investing in local medical capacity to ensure Palestinian children can receive care in their homeland, led by their own people.
But PCRF’s mission extends beyond medical intervention. Healing must address the whole child - physical, emotional, and social wellbeing. The destruction of homes, schools, and community networks has left hundreds of thousands of children not just injured, but orphaned, displaced, isolated and deeply traumatized. Our work must meet these realities.
Child Welfare and Protection
PCRF is expanding its work in child welfare and protection to ensure children are not only treated, but safeguarded, supported, and given the chance to heal and grow. We are deepening investment in programs that address long-term vulnerability, including:
- Psychosocial support and trauma counseling
- The Orphans Support Initiative
- Pediatric rehabilitation and prosthetic care
- Humanitarian family assistance for high-risk children
- Support for children with disabilities and chronic illness
These programs reflect a foundational belief: every child deserves more than survival - they deserve security, dignity, and hope.
Gaza, the West Bank, and Beyond
While Gaza remains the center of global urgency given the enormity of the destruction there, children across the West Bank also face growing barriers to healthcare due to Israel’s restriction of movement, political instability, and economic hardship. PCRF is expanding medical and welfare services across Hebron, Jenin, Nablus, Bethlehem, East Jerusalem, and beyond. Our mission also extends to Palestinian refugee children in Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, because PCRF follows Palestinian children wherever they are in need.
The lesson of Gaza is clear: neglect leads to collapse. Investment in child health and welfare must be proactive, sustained, and rooted in local leadership.
Expanding Through Strategic Partnerships
The scale of rebuilding ahead requires collaboration. PCRF is expanding its service delivery through strategic partnerships with Palestinian civil society, healthcare institutions, universities, medical syndicates, and international humanitarian organizations. Programs such as the Orphans Support Initiative and pediatric rehabilitation networks are examples of how local and global partnerships allow us to reach more children with greater impact.
Responsible Stewardship
Since October 2023, PCRF has mobilized over $88 million in humanitarian and medical relief for children and families across Gaza, the West Bank, and neighboring host countries.
Nearly 90% of this support was directed for Gaza, delivering life-saving food, water, medical care, and recovery assistance to families enduring siege and displacement. The remaining funds sustained essential healthcare and relief programs across the region, ensuring continuity of care for Palestinian children wherever access was possible.
This extraordinary scale of support reflects the trust of a global community standing with our mission and PCRF’s proven ability to transform that trust into tangible relief, recovery, and hope.
Over 77% of expenditures were directed to emergency relief, including food, water, medical supplies, and urgent care for families under siege. The remaining 23% strengthened long-term programs that rebuild access to healthcare, psychosocial support, and essential services for children and families beyond the emergency.
Every dollar has been managed with discipline and compassion, guided by financial transparency, program integrity, and accountability to every donor and child we serve, ensuring that aid reaches those most in need and builds the foundation for lasting recovery.
As part of our Gaza Relief and Recovery Commitment, PCRF continues to deliver healing, rehabilitation, and reconstruction wherever and whenever access is possible, turning compassion into action, and action into enduring hope.
Looking Forward
This next chapter is not just about rebuilding hospitals - it is about rebuilding childhood. PCRF will continue investing in sustainable, locally-led systems of care that empower Palestinian children and strengthen family resilience. Together with our partners and supporters, we will build a future where Palestinian children can heal, learn, and thrive - in dignity and safety within their homeland.
The Board of Directors
Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF)