March 18, 2008 — The Seattle-based Palestinian Heritage Group has generously donated proceeds from a March 8 fundraiser to support the college educations of four Palestinian women in the West Bank and Gaza. The scholarships were made possible by the generous contributions of more than 50 attendees at last week's event, which honored the Group's founder, Mrs. Suad Ziadeh.  

March 14, 2008 — Iqraa (“Read”) is forming a team to run the Marine Corp Marathon and Baltimore Running Festival half-marathon next October and, as a member of the Marathon Charity Partners, to raise funds for UPA education programs. This will be the first Marathon team in the Washington-Baltimore metro area formed specifically to support Palestinian education. It’s not too late to join! 

February 22, 2008 — From the pediatric nursing student who supports her family while her husband remains detained without charge, to the engineering student who wants to improve Gaza’s infrastructure and support his widowed mother and sisters, Palestinians continue to draw hope from the promise of a higher education. Through our University Scholarship program, UPA is working with higher education institutions throughout the West Bank and Gaza to sustain that hope for hundreds of Palestinian students—and extend it to hundreds more.  

November 30, 2007 — Working with US-based Sabre Foundation, UPA has sent more than $600,000 worth of academic textbooks to the West Bank. The more than 8,000 books -- covering topics in science, technology, and medicine -- were selected by Palestinian educators at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem. The shipment comes as Palestinian universities and their students face tightening budgets and ever-scarcer resources. More details soon. [ends]