I am running the Bristol Half Marathon in the hope of raising £1000 for The Gaza Sunbirds. This is an incredible team of para-cyclists based in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. The team was originally formed in 2020 by Alaa al-Dali and Karim Ali, to provide athletic opportunities for disabled athletes in Gaza, many of whom sustained injuries due to Israeli airstrikes.
In October 2023, the team expanded its mission to include humanitarian aid distribution, initially delivering assistance by bicycle to displaced and injured civilians in Gaza. They launched a community aid campaign to distribute resources to local communities across the Gaza Strip, despite every member of the team having lost their homes.
Rather than bringing aid into Gaza, they source food from remaining farms, warehouses, and supermarkets and distribute them in areas where traditional aid organisations are no longer able to reach. Due to their smaller size, they are able to respond to individual needs within the community.They have recently started holding pizza and popcorn parties every Friday for the children and young people in displacement camps. More information on their amazing work can be found here https://gazasunbirds.org/#faq
Thank you for your support <3
To learn more about what the Sunbirds are doing to distribute aid in Gaza, and to follow them on their journey to represent Palestine on a global stage, follow them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gazasunbirds/?hl=en