Informes

With the new school year beginning in just a few days, 70 per cent of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip cannot feed themselves without assistance, a 30 per cent increase in the number in just over a year, the…

Cairo, 19 September 2006 - WFP has begun supplying Gaza with 2,050 metric tons of fortified wheat flour, valued at US$2.6 million, donated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to assist 50,000 desperately impoverished Gazan families. The flour, which was…

by David Snyder On a side street in the suburbs of Bethlehem, Fatmah Issa welcomes guests to her home with grapes from her nearby garden. It is a small gesture of hospitality, but for Fatmah, such staples are an important…

Interview with Ahmed Sourani, PARC-Gaza By Jennifer Lemire The political and military crisis in the Middle East is having devastating humanitarian consequences for the people of Gaza in Palestine. Unfortunately, emergency humanitarian responses can also inadvertently have devastating effects on local…

80/2006 September 12, 2006, Vienna, Austria - The Governing Board of the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has approved fresh grant financing totaling US$6.5 million in support of several social causes. Under the auspices of OFID's Special Grant Account for Palestine,…

(from "Forced Migration Review" Issue 26) by Greta Gunnarsdóttir UNRWA is the largest UN operation in the Middle East, with over 2 ,000 staff, almost all of whom are refugees themselves. Originally envisaged as an organisation with a temporary mandate, UNRWA's programmes have…

With the dedicated generosity of our donors, LIFE has so far managed to touch the lives of thousands of people in the Palestinian Territories. The distribution of food baskets remains a strong program that continues to thrive. LIFE is proud…

Appeal Target: US$ 2,987,170 Balance Requested from ACT Alliance: US$ 858,338 Geneva, 1 September 2006 Dear Colleagues, The outcome of January 25th 2006 parliamentary elections in Palestine has deteriorated the ongoing political and economic impasse faced by the Palestinian population. The blockage of…

BACKGROUND: The humanitarian situation in oPt has shown a marked deterioration in the past 8 months. The combination of suspension of direct aid and tax re-payments to the PNA, increased closure measures on the land and sea and the…

BACKGROUND Life has deteriorated dramatically for children since hostilities broke out in Gaza. The number of children killed in July alone (36) is among the highest monthly child death tolls since the beginning of the Intifada in September 2000. While…