Over the years Olive Tree has supported various charitable bodies in Palestine, including the Oasis and Al Basmah Centres for People with Special Needs both in Beit Sahour and the House of Hope for the Blind and Children with Special Needs in Bethlehem. We buy goods made by the people at these special needs places and then also give donations back to them to help support other aspects of their work.

Olive Tree members have also been lucky enough to visit these places to see the marvellous, vital work they do.

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Other projects we have supported include a mobile midwifery clinic, water supplies in Gaza, mental health work with children in Gaza, water tank and job creation schemes in Bethlehem, Aida Youth Camp, Bethlehem, teacher training for the School of Joy, Beit Sahour, and Al Tafawk Kindergarten for displaced refugee camp children, Jenin. 

Some of our donations need to be funnelled through charitable bodies in the UK such as Embrace, Friends of the Holy land, Amos Trust, Medical Aid for Palestine and HIRN.

For several years we have contributed to the school fees for the children of a Bethlehem family, we have enjoyed following their lives and celebrating their achievements, the eldest now has a scholarship to study at Bethlehem University. We have also been able to support other students by donating laptops to them.

We have also helped with the cost of medical treatments and purchased a wheelchair.