At the close of the year, we hosted a gathering that is unlike any we have hosted before: a conversation rooted in repair, dignity, and the urgent protection and healing of Gaza’s children.
This was not a typical program, and it was our last CollectiveED event of the year. It was a moment of witness, responsibility, and possibility — and a chance to support what may become the only tertiary children’s hospital in Gaza.
For Gaza’s Children: Repairing Lives on the Ground with Dr. Hasan
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
12:00 pm ET | 7:00 pm Jerusalem time
Over the past two years, Gaza’s children have endured violence, displacement, starvation, illness, and trauma on a scale that defies comprehension. Tens of thousands of children have lost homes, family members, or both. All need safe shelter, education, medical care, food, and psychosocial support.
Amid this devastation, The Gaza Children Village (GCV) has become a vital refuge—an urgent effort rooted in dignity, repair, and the belief that every child deserves a future. Serving over 8,500 children, GCV provides a strategic, community-led model for education, dignity, trauma care, and long-term stability across the Gaza Strip.
Now, GCV is undertaking its most urgent and needed effort yet: the creation of what will become Gaza’s only tertiary children’s hospital — a place capable of providing lifesaving care.
This project has the potential to change the future for an entire generation.
Our Speakers:
Dr. David Hasan: Palestinian-American neurosurgeon, professor at Duke University, and founder of GCV. His frontline medical missions in Gaza revealed the collapse of critical systems and inspired a holistic model of care addressing safety, education, emotional recovery, and long-term stability. From his work on the ground, Dr. Hasan shared:
The current realities facing Gaza’s children
The Village’s efforts to provide Gaza’s children with safe, structured, daily environments where they can learn, heal, and grow with dignity.
Urgent plans to convert an existing hospital into the only tertiary children’s hospital in Gaza
How global solidarity can help protect and rebuild the children’s futures
Moderated by Mai Shahin
Therapist, peace activist, and trauma-focused practitioner with CfP whose work centers on healing, nonviolence, and resilience.
This hour was an invitation and a call to action.
A chance to stand with Gaza’s children to support concrete, life-saving repair, and to help build the infrastructure their future depends on.
To learn more about GCV’s work and to support them, visit: The Gaza Children Village.