Sderot Under Attack

Dont Forget to add FEAR to your childs "Back to School Supply List" this year

Do you know what it feels like to live in constant fear? How do you explain to your children that they can’t go outside to play because you are afraid they won’t return?

Since the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Intifada in October 2000, the city of Sderot has been frequently attacked by Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants using homemade rockets known as “Qassam rockets”. Hundreds of Qassam rockets have been launched from the Gaza Strip since Israel's disengagement from Gaza in September 2005. Half the children in Sderot are clinically traumatized, as a majority of the rockets hit in the mornings, when they are on their way to school. Sderot is an industrial city with a majority of its 24,000 inhabitants in the low-income range. The general impression in Israel is that Sderot is a little city, tucked far away in the south, even though it is only an hour drive from Tel Aviv or Jerusalem. In May 2007, a significant increase in Qassam rockets landing in the city let to the semi-evacuation of thousands of residents.

Sderot is a town of 24,000, a little more than a mile away from the Palestinian city of Beit Hanoun. In the past five years, more than 2,000 rockets have struck homes, schools, offices, factories and a local synagogue.

KIDS FOR KIDS has been actively on the scene handing out toys to the KIDS, Decorating Bomb Shelters, Hosting Meals, Providing Shelter and insuring that the KIDS of Sderot "do not fall between the stretchers" and are trying our best to prevent Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

The most tragic victims of the rockets are Sderot's children, one in three of whom suffers from PTSD, according to a survey published last year. Like their parents, they spend much of their lives “on alert,” dreading the next attack, unable to concentrate at school or enjoy the normal pleasures of childhood at home.

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	> KIDS FOR KIDS > News & Events > Sderot Under Attack Sderot Under Attack Dont Forget to add FEAR to your childs "Back to School Supply List" this year Do you know what it feels like to live in constant fear? How do you explain to your children that they can’t go outside to play because you are afraid they won’t return? Since the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Intifada in October 2000, the city of Sderot has been frequently attacked by Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants using homemade rockets known as “Qassam rockets”. Hundreds of Qassam rockets have been launched from the Gaza Strip since Israel's disengagement from Gaza in September 2005. Half the children in Sderot are clinically traumatized, as a majority of the rockets hit in the mornings, when they are on their way to school. Sderot is an industrial city with a majority of its 24,000 inhabitants in the low-income range. The general impression in Israel is that Sderot is a little city, tucked far away in the south, even though it is only an hour drive from Tel Aviv or Jerusalem. In May 2007, a significant increase in Qassam rockets landing in the city let to the semi-evacuation of thousands of residents. Sderot is a town of 24,000, a little more than a mile away from the Palestinian city of Beit Hanoun. In the past five years, more than 2,000 rockets have struck homes, schools, offices, factories and a local synagogue. KIDS FOR KIDS has been actively on the scene handing out toys to the KIDS, Decorating Bomb Shelters, Hosting Meals, Providing Shelter and insuring that the KIDS of Sderot "do not fall between the stretchers" and are trying our best to prevent Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) The most tragic victims of the rockets are Sderot's children, one in three of whom suffers from PTSD, according to a survey published last year. Like their parents, they spend much of their lives “on alert,” dreading the next attack, unable to concentrate at school or enjoy the normal pleasures of childhood at home. Please click here to Contact us to find out how you can help or Click here to donate to our cause. They are trying to kill our future. Join our cause to help prevent it. The Times are Urgent and the Needs are Now!

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