A YEAR IN GAZA
Learn how we’re responding to this unprecedented crisis.
NO CHILD IS SAFE.
During this past year, more children have been killed in Gaza than in four years of conflict worldwide.
Against all odds, our teams and local partners have worked tirelessly over the past year to adapt and keep providing lifesaving support to children in Gaza and the West Bank.
One year on, we’re continuing to call for an immediate and definitive ceasefire, as well as unimpeded humanitarian access, so children and families in Gaza can get the support they need.
REACH
688K GAZA
27.4K WEST BANK
3.8K EGYPT
60K LEBANON
CRISIS AT A GLANCE
Here are just a few reasons why Gaza is now one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a child.
Catastrophic Hunger
June 2024
Disease Outbreaks
August 2024
Restrictions on Humanitarian Aid
September 2024
Forced Displacement
October 2024
OUR RESPONSE
GAZA AND THE WEST BANK
DESPITE EXTREMELY CHALLENGING CONDITIONS, OUR TEAMS AND LOCAL PARTNERS HAVE PROVIDED LIFESAVING AID.
In Gaza, here’s what we’ve accomplished:
CHILD PROTECTION AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT
68.1K PEOPLE REACHED
- Set up child-friendly spaces and temporary learning
spaces.
Provided support to separated/unaccompanied children and children with disabilities.
HEALTH & NUTRITION
45.7K PEOPLE REACHED
- Deployed our Emergency Health Unit to provide critical healthcare services to over 20K people.
- Helped to provide polio vaccinations to over 2.8K children.
WATER, SANITATION, HYGIENE AND SHELTER
517.4K PEOPLE REACHED
- Provided shelter kits, hygiene kits and drinking water.
Conducted hygiene promotion sessions in shelters in coordination with local partners.
Provided water, sanitation and hygiene support to UN shelters.
CASH & FOOD SECURITY
183K PEOPLE REACHED
- Distributed food together with local partners.
- Provided cash assistance to help families afford essential items.
In the West Bank, here’s what we’ve accomplished:
27.4K PEOPLE REACHED
- Supported families who fled escalating violence with cash assistance, winter clothes, hygiene items and baby kits.
Supported children in accessing safe and inclusive education and mental health support.
Supported children’s early learning by training teachers.
OUR RESPONSE
EGYPT AND LEBANON
EGYPT
In Egypt, our team of 310 staff members and large network of partners have been critical in sending essential supplies to families in Gaza.
Despite the challenges, we’ve managed to deliver:
In addition, we’ve trained over 140 medical workers thanks to our partnership with Community Jameel. Thanks to your support, we’ve provided cash, emergency healthcare and mental health support, helping more than 3,800 Palestinians in Egypt.
LEBANON
In Lebanon, we’ve supported more than 60,000 people, including 24,000 children, who’ve fled their homes due to escalating violence in the region.
So far, we’ve provided:
We’re also supporting children’s education in displacement camps and offering mental health and psychosocial support to children and their families.
EMERGENCY HEALTH UNIT
Save the Children’s Emergency Health Unit deployed to Gaza to provide lifesaving healthcare interventions, including:
SETTING UP A MATERNITY UNIT TO SUPPORT THE DELIVERY OF OVER 100 BABIES.
PROVIDING PEDIATRIC SERVICES TO TREAT CHILDREN FOR BLAST INJURIES AND BURNS.
SETING UP A PRIMARY HEALTHCARE CLINIC PROVIDING HEALTH AND NUTRITION SERVICES.
OFFERING NUTRITION COUNSELING FOR MOTHERS.
HELPED TO PROVIDE POLIO VACCINATIONS TO MORE THAN 2,800 CHILDREN.
PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE
Save the Children remains committed to meeting the needs of children and families caught up in this crisis.
However, unless there is a definitive ceasefire, we anticipate further forced displacements of children and their families.
When access becomes available, Save the Children stands ready to scale-up our support and meet the needs of families.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
Your generosity has been crucial in helping us respond to this unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Thank you for standing with the children and families in Gaza and the region who need us most.
We will persist in advocating for a definitive ceasefire and immediate, unrestricted access to deliver the comprehensive aid that children and families urgently need.
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