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Aya is a 15-year-old curious, bright, motivated hard worker with a profound hearing loss due to a medical error when she had meningitis as a baby. She is a Palestinian girl living in the West Bank. Aya has a cochlear implant in her right ear however she is now totally deaf in her left ear. In order to be able to fully develop her abilities and to live a safe, fulfilling and productive life, she needs to be able to hear in both ears and a cochlear implant will achieve this. Aya lives in Area C of the West Bank which means that she lives under military rule and must come into contact with soldiers on a regular basis. Living in this situation with a hearing loss potentially puts her life at risk; if she can’t hear or respond quickly to what soldiers are saying to her, there could be deadly consequences. Aya’s hearing could save her life.
Aya is from a family of refugees; they now live in a village in the West Bank and they work in agriculture, growing olive trees and selling agricultural products such as olive oil and carob molasses. However, their ability to make a living has been harmed by the political situation: since the occupation of the West Bank in 1967, the family lost much of their land, including land confiscated to build a bypass road serving a nearby Jewish settlement. Moreover, although Aya’s village lies in Area C, officially under the civil and security responsibility of Israel according to the Oslo Accords, and is located just a few kilometers from several Jewish settlements, neither the village nor Aya’s family is eligible for the same services those communities receive. This means Aya’s family must find a way to pay for the surgery.
Aya’s family is one that seeks peaceful coexistence, who open their home to people of various backgrounds and religious groups, and Aya’s father is taking an active part in a joint Palestinian-Israeli organization working towards peace, justice, and human rights. Aya has internalized these values, and wants to work hard to achieve all that she can but is hampered by her hearing impairment. It may not be always possible to help every child, but by your contribution it is possible to make a huge difference in Aya’s life! The implant together with hospital expenses costs approx. USD 30,000. Please help us collect this amount, by giving what you can.
Thank you so much!
Ruth Alcabes and Rotem Levin
Aya is from a family of refugees; they now live in a village in the West Bank and they work in agriculture, growing olive trees and selling agricultural products such as olive oil and carob molasses. However, their ability to make a living has been harmed by the political situation: since the occupation of the West Bank in 1967, the family lost much of their land, including land confiscated to build a bypass road serving a nearby Jewish settlement. Moreover, although Aya’s village lies in Area C, officially under the civil and security responsibility of Israel according to the Oslo Accords, and is located just a few kilometers from several Jewish settlements, neither the village nor Aya’s family is eligible for the same services those communities receive. This means Aya’s family must find a way to pay for the surgery.
Aya’s family is one that seeks peaceful coexistence, who open their home to people of various backgrounds and religious groups, and Aya’s father is taking an active part in a joint Palestinian-Israeli organization working towards peace, justice, and human rights. Aya has internalized these values, and wants to work hard to achieve all that she can but is hampered by her hearing impairment. It may not be always possible to help every child, but by your contribution it is possible to make a huge difference in Aya’s life! The implant together with hospital expenses costs approx. USD 30,000. Please help us collect this amount, by giving what you can.
Thank you so much!
Ruth Alcabes and Rotem Levin