The Mission of Project Watermelon
Project Watermelon helps families in Palestine connect with resources, healthcare providers, and the world through supporting efforts to evacuate and thrive.
Our team works with growing networks of virtual providers and on the ground teams in Palestine to facilitate the needs of families and individuals. This means we help support fundraisers for Palestinian families seeking to evacuate or meet basic needs, emergency medical evacuation with our partners, and provide educational information on Palestine and family needs.
Currently, our on the ground medical team and health professionals include: Dr. Ghadeer, our pediatric consultant, and our Mental Health Director and co-founder, Dr. Nicole Aliya Rahim. Our comprehensive care team serves families in need of mental health or medical triage virtually, with the ability to help facilitate virtual appointments, on-the ground visits, and pharmaceutical needs.
At this moment Project 🍉is building out our Mental Health Provider Program by working and partnering with mental health providers internationally and locally in Canada and the United States. Dr. Aliya, a PhD Behavioral Analyst is our Program Director and is actively accepting applicants to assist our efforts in
building a culturally competent, multifaceted medical team to meet the needs of Palestinians from both psychological and physiological aspects. Project 🍉’s MHPP will serve Palestinians around the world through an integrative care perspective, ensuring the religious, cultural, and familial needs of patients are met, each step of the way.
Sarah Potter, our co-founder and operations facilitator, is Project 🍉’s do-it-all connector, general team builder, volunteer manager, donation vetting processor, marketing director, and face of the project. Sarah and Dr. Aliya work together to ensure that Project 🍉’s mission is upheld in each facet of the organization. The organization’s mission is that with each step we make we’re accepting of everyone we come into contact with and address the needs of our team and families served with the utmost respect, equality, and warmth.