Augusta Victoria

Project Name: Augusta Victoria
Location: Jerusalem
Date: 2009

Description: Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) is housed in a historical building that, at the time of its dedication as a hospice and rest home in 1910, was the most modern construction in Jerusalem and the first in the Holy Land to have electricity. The hospital was established as a major medical Facility in Jerusalem after the 1948 war to care for Palestinian refugees. It was first managed by the international Committee of the Red Cross.
Our mission is to:
Alleviate human suffering, promote peace and civil society, provide health care without regard to race, creed, gender, or national origin, provide services for those in social need with priority services to Palestinian refugees and commit to the development and maintenance of the highest standard of diagnostic and clinical services.