Until adults learn to live in peace, children struggle.

They miss out on childhood experiences most take for granted. Here’s 4 small businesses sending help, and hope, through non-profits that focus on these children. [Cover photo credit: psychological intervention for kids in Rafah through kite-making and kite-flying by Playgrounds for Palestine]

1. Palestinian Coffee Company • Clifton, NJ

20% of profits from this Palestinian-American coffee roaster goes to organizations like PCRF (Palestine Children’s Relief Fund). Since 1991, PCRF has been providing free healthcare to children in Palestine, sponsoring international doctors and nurses, and running the only pediatric cancer and pediatric cardiology hospitals in Palestine. 

2. Kabul Social • Sydney, NSW

Run by female refugees from Afghanistan, every meal purchased = one free meal to a needy family in Sydney + one more free meal to another family in Afghanistan! They provide this through Mahboba’s Promise, founded in 2001 by Afghan-Australian refugee Mahboba Rawi to serve orphans and widows in Afghanistan with healthcare, schools, shelter, income and other livelihood programs.

3. PWBFREE Clothing • Stockholm, Sweden

This streetware brand donates 25% of profits to help improve the lives of Palestinians, through organizations like Playgrounds for Palestine. Every playground built is maintained by the local community, always free to use, and always equally available for girls and boys.  

4. CHPO • Stockholm, Sweden

Made with recycled plastic and recycled stainless steel, this watch and eyewear brand is good for the planet and also supports Palestinian children through collaborations with SkatePal. Their sponsorship helps to  build skateparks and run skakeboarding programs providing social, health and wellbeing benefits for children in the West Bank and Gaza. 

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