{"id":2210,"date":"2017-02-03T11:23:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T17:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/peacenotwalls\/?p=2210"},"modified":"2017-02-03T11:23:36","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T17:23:36","slug":"lwfs-augusta-victoria-hospital-receives-us-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/lwfs-augusta-victoria-hospital-receives-us-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"LWF\u2019s Augusta Victoria Hospital receives US funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Representative in Jerusalem, Mark Brown shares the following good news regarding US funding for the LWF\u2019s Augusta Victoria Hospital:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am pleased to report that the U.S. recently released 25 million USD for the payment of Palestinian Authority (PA) debts to East Jerusalem hospitals. \u00a0LWF\u2019s Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) received over 11 million USD on 22 January 2017, substantially reducing the amount of money owed to AVH by the PA for the treatment of Gaza and West Bank patients referred to AVH by the PA. \u00a0This funding was released by Congress for disbursement by USAID earlier in the month. \u00a0(It was not part of the 220 million USD for the Palestinian Authority released by President Obama on 20 January 2017.)<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to everyone who advocated on behalf of the funding for AVH and the East\u00a0Jerusalem hospitals! \u00a0Your efforts are much appreciated. \u00a0Once again we have avoided any interruption to the life-saving cancer and kidney treatment provided by AVH. \u00a0The bipartisan support for the release of this funding was important and will be helpful later in the year when the matter will most likely come up again.<\/p>\n<p>Please encourage your Members of Congress to visit Augusta Victoria Hospital if they are coming to\u00a0Jerusalem in 2017 and to see for themselves the impact that U.S. investments have had on the development of AVH as a cancer center and what that means in the lives of so many West Bank and Gaza Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more about the Lutheran World Federation programs in Jerusalem <a href=\"https:\/\/jerusalem.lutheranworld.org\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Representative in Jerusalem, Mark Brown shares the following good news regarding US funding for the LWF\u2019s Augusta Victoria Hospital: \u201cI am pleased to report that the U.S. recently released 25 million USD for the payment of Palestinian Authority (PA) debts to East Jerusalem hospitals. \u00a0LWF\u2019s Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) received [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jerusalem"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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