Support and/or Donate to Sadaka
Your donations will help us to:
- Invite high profile speakers from Palestine to present the cause of Palestine to the highest possible levels in Irish society;
- Continue to produce, publish and disseminate high quality information and analysis on the Palestinian situation to exert influence over the decision shapers and makers in Irish society.
- Run effective, targetted Campaigns.
Regular donations
Regular donations help us to be more effective as we can plan our work well in advance. The more advance notice we can provide – the more likely we are to secure high profile speakers. You can make a regular or one-off donation to Sadaka using the secure Paypal system.
Or you can take out a standing order in your local bank or building society. Simply fill in the Standing Order Mandate Using either option, please fill out our Supporters Form
Once-off donations
- You can make a donation to Sadaka using secure Stripe payment links:
- You can send a cheque, bank draft or postal order to Sadaka – the Ireland Palestine Alliance,
PO BOX 110, Ballyshannon PO, Co. Donegal, Ireland - You can made a euro lodgement directly to our bank account:
Sadaka – The Ireland Palestine Alliance,
Allied Irish Bank, O'Connell Street, Dublin 1, Dublin.
NSC 93-11-36 Account no: 28544-057
IBAN no: IE87 AIBK 9311 3628 544057 BIC AIBKIE2D
Become a Sadaka Supporter
Join as a formal supporter of Sadaka. To register as a supporter costs €30 / £25 per year (more if you can, less if you can’t). You can join in the following ways:
- Using either option, please fill out our Supporters Form so we know where the money is coming from and we can formally thank you and then pay on-line using the secure Paypal system (you can also make a regular donation in this way).
- Print out our Supporters Form and post it to us with a cheque, bank draft or postal order to Sadaka – the Ireland Palestine Alliance, PO BOX 110, Ballyshannon PO, Co. Donegal, Ireland
As a political organisation, Sadaka does not have charitable status and therefore lacks the financial advantages of being a charity. But financial support for Sadaka is vital to help fund our work. We guarantee we will use your donations in the most effective way possible. We punch above our weight, working effectively with limited resources! The extent to which we can develop our work will be determined by your voluntary contributions
Many thanks – we really appreciate your support!
Sadaka Patrons
Proinsias De Rossa (former MEP)
Proinsias De Rossa was elected to the European Parliament as a member of the Labour Party in June 2009 for his fourth term as an MEP, having first been elected in 1989.
In national politics, Proinsias formerly served as President of the Workers Party and subsequently as Leader of Democratic Left. He has been a senior member of the Labour Party for a long number of years. He served as Minister for Social Welfare in the Irish Government from 1994 – 1997.
As a member of the European Parliament, Proinsias displayed a keen interest in foreign affairs and social policy. He was a member of the European Convention which produced the 2003 draft European constitution. On election to the European Parliament in 1999 he became a Vice-Chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (DPLC). During his last term he was elected Chair of that Delegation. As chair of the DPLC he led Parliamentary Delegations each year to the West Bank, including Jerusalem, and Gaza. He also organised many Parliamentary Hearings in Brussels involving both Palestinian and Israeli experts and activists on the plight of Palestinians in the occupied territories and in Israel. He stepped down from Parliamentary politics in February 2012, naming the issue of Palestine as one on which he will continue to be active.
The Right Reverend Monsignor Manuel Musallam
The Right Reverend Msgr. Manuel Manuel Musallam was born in Birzeit, Palestine 1938. He is known far and wide as simply – Abuna Manuel (Fr. Manuel) Fr. Manuel is the retired Parish Priest of Holy Family Parish Gaza having served as its Parish Priest for 14 years. For most of that time the Israeli authorities would not allow him to visit his family and friends in the West Bank.
During his time in Gaza he worked tirelessly in the provision of pastoral care to the Christian community and was noted for the unfailing help and assistance he always extended to his Muslim brothers and sisters. Fr. Manuel also ran The Holy Family Catholic School in Gaza an institution renowned for the quality of its education. This much respected institution offers an education to both Christian and Muslim children with 80% of its pupils coming from the Muslim community.
While in Gaza, Fr. Manual also served as the Vatican’s official representative in Gaza. He is currently the President of the Christian World Department at the International Relations Commission with Fatah and is a member of the Islamic Christian Commission in Support of Jerusalem and the Holy Sites. He is the Director of its Birzeit Office.