Help Rebuild the Healthcare System in Gaza with One4Humanity

Having volunteered in Ukraine in March 2022, as the war broke out, Shane Leahy and Norman Sheehan founded One4Humanity in 2023 to continue the projects started under Gorta. The team has delivered 16 mobile surgical units to Ukraine and has shipped $80m+ in medical supplies.

The One4Humanity team is now hoping to replicate that success in Gaza, where the healthcare system has all but been destroyed. To drive this, Ross Kelly, a fellow Entrepreneur of the Year (EoY) alumnus of Shane, has joined the One4Humanity team on a voluntary basis as Director of Gaza Response.

Our first initiative will be to purchase and commission a fully equipped surgical unit with scrub room and recovery room from Hospitainer. The cost for a unit is €223,500 ex works.

The recipient of this first unit will be the IMC field hospital in Al Zwaida, Gaza. We have developed a relationship with IMC and the World Health Organisation (WHO), who together can staff and supply the unit. Crucially, they have developed a logistical capability to get medical units into Gaza itself. Provision of the surgical unit will enable the IMC field hospital to perform an additional 8-10 surgeries per day.

What is very exciting about this project is the opportunity for scale. We are in advanced talks with multiple parties, including the Irish government, Irish universities and international charities. The plan is to place multiple surgical units in Gaza, once first one has been successfully deployed.

What we are seeking now is donations to fund the first surgical unit. Please reach out ASAP if you would like to help. All funds raised will go straight to the provision of the unit. We are volunteers with no overheads.