STORY OF PAMA

Dear Friends, Colleagues, Partners and Supporters,

As I begin my service as President of the Palestinian American Medical Association, I do so with profound gratitude for what PAMA has become and an equally profound sense of responsibility for where we go next.

This Annual Report documents far more than programs, numbers, and activities. It reflects what is possible when a community responds to extraordinary need with expertise, compassion, and collective purpose.

Throughout 2025, our colleagues in Palestine worked under circumstances that tested the limits of healthcare delivery. In Gaza, PAMA worked to sustain essential services amid severe disruption- supporting hospitals, healthcare professionals, dialysis and cancer care, primary healthcare, medical missions, and innovative telemedicine programs. In the West Bank, our work focused not only on immediate needs, but also on strengthening institutions, developing the healthcare workforce, expanding specialized care, and investing in long-term capacity.

Behind every number in this report is a person: a patient seeking treatment, a physician trying to provide care with limited resources, a student determined to continue an education, a child and family navigating circumstances none should have to endure.

As we move forward in 2026, our responsibility is not simply to do more. It is to ensure that what we do creates meaningful, measurable, and sustainable impact.

That means responding rapidly when lives are at stake while continuing to build for the future. It means investing in Palestinian healthcare professionals and institutions, strengthening clinical and educational capacity, embracing innovation, and developing partnerships that multiply our impact. It also means holding ourselves to the highest standards of governance, transparency, accountability, and stewardship of every dollar entrusted to us.

PAMA was founded on a powerful idea: that the knowledge, resources, relationships, and collective strength of the Palestinian medical community and its partners around the world can help transform healthcare in Palestine. More than a decade later, that idea has become an institution with an increasingly important responsibility.

Our next chapter must therefore be defined not only by the scale of our work, but by its quality, impact, sustainability, and ability to strengthen the healthcare system for generations to come.

To our donors, volunteers, healthcare professionals, partners, staff, and Board of Directors: thank you for your trust and for carrying this mission forward. Most importantly, to our colleagues working every day across Palestine under extraordinarily difficult circumstances: your resilience, professionalism, and commitment remain at the heart of everything PAMA represents.

There is much work ahead. We will approach it with humility, discipline, courage, and an unwavering commitment to the people we serve.

Together, we will continue to respond to today’s needs while building the healthcare system Palestine deserves for tomorrow.

With gratitude and determination,

Sincerely,