The U.S. State Department announced Thursday that it is funding a Slovenian-sponsored project to help children in Gaza injured by explosives during a massive Israeli incursion into the Palestinian territory earlier this year. “The U.S. Department of State's Bureau Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement has provided $140,434 to the Slovenian International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance, to furnish medical evaluation and treatment to 25 children from Gaza injured by landmines and explosive remnants of war during the recent conflict,” a statement from the department said. The State Department said the grant was part of a larger project initiated by Slovenian President Danilo Turk “The United States is pleased to collaborate with the Government of Slovenia on this worthy and important humanitarian project,” the statement said, adding that the project involved additional cooperation from the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government. The Slovenian organization handling the evaluation and treatment of the 25 children was established in 1998 and originally worked in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It later expanded its work into other Eastern European countries.
