Donations open through August!

• 2025 Madison Ride for Palestine Photos
• Madison bike riders raise over $15K for humanitarian aid in Gaza, WMTV 15

Meet the Madison team, donate, and support our riders!

Even after the rides are finished, MECA’s Ride for Palestine fundraising platform will remain open until the end of August, so you can keep donating until then and help MECA reach its goal of $300,000 for their critical projects in Gaza.

Thanks to all our riders, supporters and volunteers, and especially to our co-sponsors, Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison and WORT Radio. 

Madison’s 2025  Bike Ride for Middle East Children’s Alliance
July 20, 10am-Noon, leaving from Olin Park in Madison.

Join the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project team in this national ride for humanitarian aid!

We’ll gather in Olin park, head east on the Capital City  Bike Trail to BB Clark beach and  then return together, ending at Olin Park.  Here’s a link to the route.

We’ll have some bike decorations and watermelon available at Olin Park – Wear your Kuffiyas!

Everyone is welcome on this 6 mile ride!!  

And if you’d prefer to ride on your own or with friends at another time that’s more convenient for you, that’s fine!  Go ahead and register, then just reach out to us at madisontogaza@gmail.com about picking up your t-shirt and water bottle!

This ride is a fundraiser for Middle East Children’s Alliance.  Learn more about their humanitarian work in Gaza below, or  at https://www.mecaforpeace.org. Madison’s ride is co-sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison.

Ride registration has ended, but we would love for you to come to the event and ride, or cheer on our riders!!  Find us at the East end of Olin Park, near Lake Monona and City Trails bike path, Sunday, July 20 10-12!! 

And you can donate to the ride, and also donate to the fundraising pages of our 66 riders!!  Vist the Madison Team Page.

To sponsor a rider just click a name in the Team Member scroll, or click the Donate button at the top of the page.

WHAT IS MIDDLE EAST CHILDREN’S ALLIANCE, AND WHY IS THEIR WORK IMPORTANT?

Today, the people of Gaza are facing an unprecedented level of death, injury, disease, trauma and destruction of their ability to survive in their own land. Hunger in particular has become so severe that the large majority of the population is now facing starvation and famine.  

Madison-Rafah Sister City Project has had a relationship with the city of Rafah in Gaza for 22 years. Although Israel has now completely leveled physical Rafah, its people are dispersed throughout Gaza along with the rest of Gaza’s 2 million surviving inhabitants. MRSCP continues to partner with the Middle East Children’s Alliance to provide urgent aid to children & families throughout Gaza.

During these terrifying and difficult times, Middle East Children’s Alliance’s (MECA) team in Gaza is still working to bring humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. After a temporary ceasefire, Israel is dropping bombs on hungry, sick, and traumatized children in Gaza. Children and families in Gaza are once again desperate for the most basic things like food, water, medicine, and shelter.
Incredibly, MECA’s team of staff and community partners have been getting food and water to tens of thousands of people every single day since the genocide.  As bombs are dropping on homes, tents, and shelters, Israel is still using starvation a weapon, along with the deprivation of water, medicine, and electricity.

Here’s what MECA is doing in Gaza:

Hot meals every day. MECA has opened a new solar-powered community kitchen in northern Gaza where hundreds of thousands of people have returned since January. MECA’s four community kitchens in Gaza are cooking 13,000 hot meals every day.  In these difficult times they have been able to buy some meat, chicken, and fresh vegetables grown locally.

Water. MECA is  expanding distribution of safe, clean drinking water in the north and the south, with 14 trucks delivering clean drinking water and 13 solar-powered water purification units located in hospitals, shelters, and kitchens.  

Aid. MECA is continuing to package and distribute the small amounts of aid still in their warehouses which was brought in before Israel blocked incoming aid. This includes clothing, shoes, and food parcels.

Health. MECA provides nutrition care for children, a basic health clinic, garbage removal by donkey cart, and latrines for tent encampments.
 
You can learn more about Madison’s fundraising campaign for Middle East Children’s Alliance at Tinyurl.com/madisontogaza. And see their 100% Charity Navigator rating here.

Co-sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison and WORT 89.9 FM.

Join the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project team in this national ride for humanitarian aid!

We’ll have some bike decorations and watermelon available at Olin Park – Were your Kuffiyas!

Everyone is welcome on this 5.2-mile ride!

And if you’d prefer to ride on your own or with friends at another time that’s more convenient for you that’s fine!  Go ahead and register, then just use this email to arrange picking up your t-shirt and water bottle.

This ride is a fundraiser for Middle east Children’s Alliance.  Learn more about their humanitarian work in Gaza below, or at MECA for Peace. 

• What Is Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), And Why Is Their Work Important?
• Volunteer to Help: fill out this Google Docs form or use this email.
• Ride Map & Schedule
• Weather Updates
• Register to Ride with the MRSCP Team
• Get Ride Sponsors
• Donate without Riding