Dear Friend, All of us at MECA are so grateful for your support.  I know it means so much to the parents and commu-nities we work with in Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. From clean, safe drinking water in Gaza to medicine for Palestinian and Iraqi refugees in Lebanon to a playground in Syria—you are making a real, lasting difference in the lives of thousands of children. And you are doing more than that. You are sending a message of hope and solidarity to Palestine—showing the people that we are standing beside them as they struggle to bring about a better life for their children. With many thanks & best wishes for the New Year, Barbara, Ziad, Mona, Josie, Deborah, Penny, and Sophia If you'd like to make an additional gift now, to support MECA's work in 2011, please go to: www.mecaforpeace.org/donate Painting above by Ayed Arafah, from Dheisheh Refugee camp, West Bank, Palestine. This work is part of  "Justice Matters" is a portfolio of limited edition, signed prints created by fourteen Palestinian and North American Artists. The artists address current contemporary issues of occupation and colonization within Palestine.