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Article: Life Far from Normal for Families in Gaza
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- February 19, 2009
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The Mennonite Central Committee issued the following news release:
Deaths and injuries inflicted by the 22-day war in the Gaza Strip, along with destruction of homes, schools and infrastructure, are taking a toll on families in the Palestinian territory.
"The war is over but the suffering has not stopped," said Majeda Al Saqqa, program director for the Culture and Free Thought Association (CFTA), a Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) partner organization that provides cultural, health and educational programs for children, youth and women.
Children, she explained, have been emotionally traumatized by the deaths of family members, classmates and friends. Some of the children have been ...