WAR IN GAZA

Learn how we’ve supported children and families over the past year with your support.

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 the Occupied Palestinian territory, including both 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.

WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WE'VE HELPED:

688,299 PEOPLE IN GAZA

27,488 PEOPLE IN THE WEST BANK

60,000 PEOPLE IN LEBANON

3,818 PEOPLE IN EGYPT

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.

Restrictions on Humanitarian Aid

Catastrophic Hunger

Disease Outbreaks

OUR RESPONSE

THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

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

68,113 PEOPLE SUPPORTED

  • Set up child-friendly spaces and temporary learning
    spaces.
    Provided support to separated/unaccompanied children and children with disabilities.

HEALTH & NUTRITION

45,720 PEOPLE SUPPORTED

  • Deployed our Emergency Health Unit to provide critical healthcare services to over 20,000 people.
  • Helped to provide polio vaccinations to over 2,800 children.

WATER, SANITATION AND SHELTER

517,401 PEOPLE SUPPORTED

  • 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

183,450 PEOPLE SUPPORTED

  • Distributed food parcels together with local partners.
  • Provided cash assistance to help families afford essential items.

In the West Bank, here’s what we’ve accomplished:

27,488 PEOPLE SUPPORTED

  • 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:

• 684,504 litres of water
• 4,460 dignity kits and 4,154 baby kits
• 5,894 family hygiene kits
• 19,132 food parcels
• 1,400 shelter kits
• 8,400 clothing items

We've also trained more than 140 medical workers thanks to our partnership with Community Jameel. And we've provided cash transfers, emergency healthcare and mental health support, helping more than 3,818 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:

• 46,578 hygiene kits
• 361 million litres of water and 343,012 water bottles
• 19,358 sets of mattresses, pillows and blankets
• 6,500 food parcels
• 1,029 sets of solar streetlamps and rechargeable batteries
• 7 upgrades to water and hygiene facilities
• 20,787 people with cash transfers

We’re also supporting children’s education in displacement camps and offering mental health and psychosocial support to children and their families.

As the situation escalates, we will continue supporting children and families in Lebanon. 

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 PAEDIATRIC 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 improves, 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.

Photos by Save the Children | *Name changed for protection

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