11/15 Panda Aid: From China with Love to Gaza

Lee Siu Hin - Panda Aid 熊猫支援

The China Panda Aid organized Chinese and U.S. activists for fund-raising campaigns to Istanbul-based Medics Worldwide, to support their hospital project in Gaza for child patients. This is our historical first time the joint-international grassroots donation to support hospital in Gaza!

We raised $2500 for this project.

Two surgical procedures were performed for two children at Patients Friends Hospital in Gaza City.

- First procedure: Hernia

- Second procedure: undescended testes

They were carried out by the pediatric surgeon, Dr. Ismail Nassar.

Our donations are implementing two activities

One : Surgery operations (2 patients)

Two: Free medical care for child patients

The second day of the hospital operation in Gaza, the project is managed by Istanbul-based Palestinian humanitarian organization Medics WorldWide (MWW), with our China Panda Aid and U.S. activist donations.

We raised funds from our September 2025 U.S. activist delegation to Xinjiang, it was a successful project linking activist facts-finding delegation with humanitarian projects; linking China’s Xinjiang with Gaza. Think Globally, Act Locally.

Initial Report

They’ll send us documentation & a full written report including invoice and all implementation details when this project is over in the future.

Here's their Periodic Donation Report - Surgical Operations

Project objectives:

1. To minimize surgical waiting times, thereby reducing the pain and hardship experienced by patients and those wounded in conflict.

2. To ease the financial strain on patients by fully covering the expenses associated with surgical procedures.

3. To partner with governmental health institutions and help reduce the pressure on them in delivering surgical care to patients and the war-wounded.

Project challenges:

1. A limited number of hospitals that are capable of performing surgical operations, as many facilities have been destroyed or had their operational capacity significantly reduced.

2. A critical shortage of medical equipment and essential surgical supplies, due to the closure of border crossings and the obstruction of humanitarian aid delivery.

3. A severe lack of qualified medical personnel, due to the deaths of a significant number of healthcare professionals as a result of the ongoing attacks.

4. The deterioration of the health infrastructure in medical centers, including frequent electricity outages and communication disruptions.

Donor / funder name: Panda Aid

Executing agency: MEDICS Worldwide

Project name: Surgical operations

Project Sector: Urgent / Relief / Health

Project Goal: To aid patients & wounded who need surgical operations & to alleviate the burden on the healthcare sector

Target group: Patients & wounded in Gaza strip

Project Description:  

In light of the ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip, the healthcare system is

facing unprecedented strain due to the rapidly rising number of wounded civilians.

This situation poses a serious threat to lives and severely hinders the ability to

provide adequate medical care.

The project "Surgical Operations for Patients & War-Injured Individuals" is an

urgent humanitarian initiative designed to save lives and reduce suffering. It aims

to deliver critical, life-saving, and emergency surgical procedures to those most in

need, addressing a growing and dire gap in medical response.

Budget: 2468.14 USD

Location Patients: Friends Hospital - Gaza Strip - Palestine

Duration: 1 weeks From 08 - 11- 2025 to 15 - 11 – 2025

Patient's #1

Patient's Name: Abd Alraouf Humaid

Age: 6 mo

Gender: Male

Date of operation: 13 - Nov

Operation name: Hernia

Operation cost $: 150 $

Specialty: Pediatric surgery

Surgeon's Name: Imad Masoud

Patient's #2

Patient's Name: Omar Basel Akkila

Age: 3.5 year

Gender: Male

Date of operation: 13 - Nov

Operation name: Undescended testis

Operation cost $: 150 $

Specialty: Pediatric surgery

Surgeon's Name: Imad Masoud

Thank you all for your kind support! People UNITED Will Never be Defeated!

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