The mission of the Spafford Children's Center (SCC) is to bring healing, hope, and prosperity to Palestinian children and their families in East Jerusalem by offering programs and services that increase health in mind, body, and spirit. The mission of the American Friends of the Spafford Children's Center Fund (AFSCCF) is to support the SCC by raising funds in the United States. AFSCCF activities are implemented by a volunteer board of directors. AFSCCF pays no staff salaries and no overhead so that all funds, minus direct expenses like printing and postage, can be sent to SCC.
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By Matthew Dayton-Welch & Wendy Whiting Blome | Project Leaders
Older children may read about war in the newspaper; younger children may feel tension and uncertainty in their parents. Palestinian children growing up in a time of conflict and strain need a place of... Read the full report ›By Matthew Dayton-Welch & Wendy Whiting Blome | Project Leaders
When peace, like a river attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well, with my soul It is well With my soul It is well, it... Read the full report ›By Matthew Dayton-Welch & Wendy Whiting Blome | Project Leaders
For 100 years the Spafford Children’s Center (SCC) has been committed to providing services to Palestinians in East Jerusalem and the surrounding areas. Through wars and pandemics as well as... Read the full report ›
