Help us end the blockade of Gaza
Estelle, our beautiful sailing ship, is going to play a key role in Ship to Gaza's renewed attempt to break the blockade on Gaza. This summer, we and our European partner organizations will be launching an entirely new project. This time, we are going to sail from Umeå [in northern Sweden] to Gaza, stopping on the way at ports in the Baltic Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. At each stop, there will be speakers, concerts and public festivals providing information about the situation in Gaza. We will be bringing a cargo of necessities that have been requested by the non-partisan, independent organizations in Gaza that we work together with.
We need your support in order to implement our peaceful, humanitarian project in the name of freedom and justice. Ship to Gaza is a non-profit organization, with no other assets than our own volunteer work and solidarity from people like you. Please get involved with one of our local groups or make a donation. Or better yet; do both. The distance from Umeå to Gaza City is approximately 5,000 nautical miles. This will be our longest and most comprehensive voyage. We are offering individuals and organizations an opportunity to help finance part of our trip. Each nautical mile costs 1,000 SEK, and buyers will be issued a handsome certificate as proof of their solidarity. Smaller donations will be appreciated as well, of course.
How far do you want Estelle to go? How many nautical miles would you like to contribute? The project is off and running, and we need your help now. Make a donation to our Plusgiro account 46359-6, or use the donation function on our website: https://donate.shiptogaza.se/en/. Stay up to date on our progress at our home page www.shiptogaza.se.
Welcome aboard!
Steering Committee of Ship to Gaza
Ship to Gaza is an initiative for practical solidarity with the people of Gaza. As soon as it is economically and practically possible we intend to send a ship with necessities from Scandinavia via ports in Europe and the Mediterranean to Gaza.
In the ports visited by the ship, cultural and public opinion events will be arranged together with local organizations. In Gaza the reception and distribution of the aid will be administered by politically unaffiliated organizations.
