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The Palestine Children's Relief Fund is a registered 501(c)(3) non-governmental organization established in 1991, by, according to its website, "concerned people in the U.S. to address the medical and humanitarian crisis facing Palestinian youths in the Middle East... The main objective of the P.C.R.F. is to locate in the U.S. free medical care for children who cannot be adequately treated in the Middle East. The P.C.R.F. is the main organization regularly sending injured and sick Arab children to the U.S. and Europe for free care that is not available to them there. Since 1991 over 450 children have been or currently are being treated outside of the Middle East through the P.C.R.F."Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). It has received support and endorsements from Senator Paul Sarbanes, Congressman Albert Wynn and actor/humanitarian Richard Gere.
In October 2006, U.S. former President Jimmy Carter issued a video endorsement of the organization.
References
- [http://www.pcrf.net/images/senate.jpg Commendation letter by Senator Paul Sarbanes dated May 23, 2003
- Message from Richard Gere to the PCRF
See also
External links
- Palestine Children's Relief Fund
- PCRF's Financial Value Report
- SF Chronicle piece on the impact sanctions have for U.S. Physicians who provide medical treatment through PCRF