Project Hope for the Children of Palestine is conducting a campaign to mobilise funds and resources in support of Palestinian children.
Speaking on Good Morning Namibia, the organisers of the campaign likened what is happening in Palestine to what Namibia went through during the colonial era.
Hence, Namibia feels the need to show solidarity to Palestine, as Namibia also enjoyed international solidarity in its fight for independence.
The organiser of Project Hope for the Children of Palestine, Nahas Angula, says, "We are Namibians who have gone through this experience. This fund-raising is also to mobilise awareness about the plight of people, especially children and women. We are appealing because we have to do something in concrete terms. We have to reciprocate, as the Namibian people did so much for us during our struggle. Whatever contribution you can make, please make it."
"The specific goal of this campaign for the children of Palestine is deeply rooted in our personal backgrounds. We are products of international solidarity; we received support during apartheid. As children, we were not aware of the collective support, but as mothers, we now want to give that to Palestinian children," says Penny Uukunde, the organiser of Project Hope for the Children of Palestine.
The money collected is intended to go towards getting the children of Palestine access to medical supplies, clean water, food, and shelter.
"Anything will do; we are not limiting it to donations. We are also in the process of speaking to organisations and other people who are conscious of helping these children."
The organisers also vowed to continue mobilising support for the liberation of Palestine.
"We have to mobilise the public opinion collectively, and that is a way of putting pressure on Israel that the world cannot tolerate this state of affairs anymore. This should come to an end. Mobilisation is what helped us as Namibia, thanks to the international community."
To date, over 4,000 children have been killed, while over 1,000 are still missing in this war.