Funding health and hope for Gaza City families

It’s been over 10 months since the escalated assault on Gazan civilians began. But for decades before 7 October, 2023, the small Gaza strip has been under strict blockade by Israeli military, with cooperation from Egypt. Israel allowed only minimal amounts of food and aid into the strip, debilitated Gazan businesses and infrastructure through limiting technology and resources. Israeli warships attacked fishermen trying to feed their communities, regularly bombed civilians, limited electricity, and intentionally reduced an already insufficient water supply [1-3]. Despite great ingenuity and tenacity, Gazans had to rely heavily on international aid like the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA). Since the war escalated on 7 October, 2023, UNRWA support has been blocked by Israeli military and Israeli civilians have destroyed aid deliveries. Water desalination plants have been eliminated, and international aid trucks bombed (in so-called accidents), leaving almost 300 aid workers killed and aid slowed to a trickle [4-5]. Now, Israel only allows into Gaza expensive goods sold by Israeli companies, so only 5% of the minimum daily needed nutrition and water are available in Gaza [3]. This means basic necessities of life are expensive and impossible for most Gazans to afford. Many are starving, thirsty, and lacking critical medicine and hygiene products. They hear the incessant drone of fighter jets day and night, endure skin diseases and illnesses due to destroyed hospitals and sanitation infrastructure, and sleep on the ground, if they can even sleep through the nighttime bombings that occur every, every night. Worst of all, they must persevere despite the great grief of losing their children, parents, sisters and brothers, cousins, grandparents, grandchildren, and dearest friends—and the fear of losing those who remain. Some internal organisations exist and these are ALL deserving of donations—we will link them below— but these orgs do not reach the people in the Maa rdisplacement camp in Gaza City. For this neighbourhood, direct donations are the BEST way to help these people survive and maintain hope until, hopefully soon, Israel is pressured to stop these indiscriminate massacres and this punishing siege.