Gaza - One Year Later

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One year ago,
Gaza suffered
22 days of bombing.
Since the bombing stopped
in January 2009,
people have literally
been picking up the pieces.
And ANERA has been
there with them.

 

 

Gaza, one year later...

  

ANERA’s work, since January 2009

Access is still denied for reconstruction materials, including cement, irrigation pipes and glass for windows. Gaza residents are unable to rebuild.

Rehabilitated 12 preschools using materials (doors, toilets, sinks etc) recycled from the war destruction. Read more.

100 supply trucks are permitted entry into Gaza daily (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs [OCHA]).

 Delivered 103 truckloads of food and medical supplies in the past 12 months. Read more.
33% of farmland remains damaged and destroyed (Agricultural Development Association).

Cleared plastic waste from hundreds of acres of farmland, readying it for cultivation and employing 30 workers. Read more.

About 10% of children under five suffer from malnutrition (WFP).

Provided vitamin-fortified milk and biscuits through our Milk for Preschoolers program to approximately 20,000 children in over 150 schools. Read more.
Over 80% of Gaza residents depend on
humanitarian food aid to survive (UN).

Distributed
- $9 million in medicines, health care supplies, blankets, school kits, kitchen sets, and hearing aids
- $1.62 million in food packets to Gaza families
- 11,000 personal hygiene kits (valued at $600,000)

More than 120,000 jobs have been lost in the private sector (UN), Gaza’s entire industrial zone has been either demolished or crippled by the three- year blockade.

 Provided 450 families each with 10 hens and a rooster for egg-harvesting and income-generation. Read more.

At least 10,000 Gaza residents remain without access to the water network (OCHA).

 Connected 100 families in Jabalia, Khan Younis and Deir-El Balah to water networks. Read more.

Many families who were living in tents have been moved to temporary indoor shelters for the winter. There are thousands who remain in tents.

 Delivered 900 pairs of shoes and 600 backpacks to children who lost their homes and belongings during the bombings. Read more.
Where the bombs missed, poverty, malnutrition, loss of family members and depression remain.

Provided professional psychosocial assistance, aimed at reducing the effects of war, for 6,500 children and 1,500 parents. Read more.