Reports

Appeal Target: US$ 6,964,830 Contributions/ pledges received: US$ 4,115,241 Balance requested: US$ 2,849,589 Geneva, 4 May 2009 Dear Colleagues, The Gaza Strip has experienced a devastating war with the attacks by the Israeli army on Gaza between 27 December 2008 and 18 January. The…

PROPOSED STRATEGY FOR FAO ASSISTANCE Final Draft 1 May 2009 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY i. The report "Bridging Emergency and Development - Medium Term Strategy for FAO Assistance" has been prepared by an FAO team in March/April 2009 following a request from the Palestinian…

INTRODUCTION In spite of the continued blockade on the Gaza Strip, more than 100 participants from UN agencies, NGOs and public and private sectors, met in Gaza City to share information on what they have done to aid early recovery…

Table of Contents Chapter One: Measures Taken to Distance Civilians from Danger 3 Duration of the Operation: 3 Data on Fatalities in Gaza: 3 Measures Taken to Distance Civilians from Danger: 4 A. Dropping of Leaflets: 4 B. Telephone Warning: 5 C. Media Broadcasts: 5 Chapter…

Listen to the News The World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a US$10 million donation from the Qatar Charity for WFP's emergency operation in Gaza. The contribution is part of a US$40 million donation from the government of Qatar to a number…

Damascus, 27 April 2009 - UNRWA announced today, that it has raised US$4.1 million (195,000,000 Million Syrian Pounds) for the Children of Gaza campaign launched in Syria on 12 January. The money raised will help alleviate the deteriorating humanitarian situation…

Food distributions are ongoing in the West Bank, with 207 mt distributed and about 60,000 beneficiaries reached last week, in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA), Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Near East Foundation (NEF); 16…

MAJOR ISSUES - Gaza blockade - ban on construction material, spare parts for public infrastructure and industrial inputs as well as education material is hampering relief and recovery efforts - Poverty in West Bank - over a fifth of…

JERUSALEM - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a food voucher operation, the first of its kind in the Middle East, to assist some 30,000 people in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt). The 12-month voucher operation began yesterday…

Situation Overview In addition to limitations on humanitarian deliveries, restrictions on imports and exports in general continue to seriously affect the living conditions of the population. The vast majority of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip rely on local farming to…