Palestine

A ceasefire is approved, and next steps are being planned.

1.9 million people have been displaced in Gaza as over 160,000 housing units have been destroyed. Since October of 2023, over 153,000 Palestinians have been killed or sustained an injury and remain under constant attack on Gaza by Israel.

The World Bank has reported that close to 100 per cent of Gaza’s population now live in poverty, compared with 64 per cent before these hostilities.

Under the leadership of HF-UK, the Humanity First network is providing emergency supplies and support to people in Palestine. We are coordinating with local authorities and international organizations to ensure an effective response.

Humanity First is providing food staples of rice, flour, tuna, beans, and lentils. We have brought in tanks of water for people to drink and cook.

During winter, we distributed tents, warm jackets, and blankets to protect against the the cold weather and lack of sufficient shelter that many people are facing.

The HF “Gaza Smiles” initiative is providing safe spaces for children to relax, learn, and play as they process the trauma and toll of ongoing war.

Through your generous donations to the Humanity First Palestine relief appeal, HFUSA partnered with the nonprofit organization Anera to provide medical relief in Palestine.  

With HFUSA support, early in 2024 over 13,900 adults and children received medical care at rotating free health clinics in 10 UN shelters in southern and central Gaza. Our partner Anera operated the 48 clinic days in areas with high numbers of internally displaced people. The clinics treated over 6,800 children and 7,100 adults, including pregnant and lactating women, for critical and chronic conditions.

Humanity First continues to work with Anera to provide medical care as one part of our response to the continued crisis in Gaza.

Anera coordinates with the UN health cluster and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency to integrate health clinics into ongoing response efforts. The clinics hire local, vetted professionals who provide urgent, culturally sensitive, and trauma-informed medical care. Anera is non-political, non-religious, and is one of the largest American nonprofits working solely in the Middle East for more than 55 years.