Up to half of the population of Gaza — 1.1. million people — now face starvation in Gaza. The need for humanitarian assistance — including clean water, food, and fuel — is increasingly urgent.
Mercy Corps is working to deliver immediate, lifesaving aid to families in Gaza — Palestinians desperately need safe access to the food, water, and supplies they need to survive this crisis.
4/8/24 UPDATE: Despite the incredibly challenging access issues, Mercy Corps has been able to deliver aid inside Gaza, reaching more than 107,000 people to date. We have delivered 4,730 food and hygiene kits and delivered emergency cash assistance to over 99,000 individuals.
We expect to deliver an additional 10,700 food kits, 9,200 hygiene kits, and 7,400 household shelter and winterization kits in the coming days.
All supply kits include items for a family of four:
1) Food kits include a variety of ready-to-eat, culturally appropriate items.
2) Hygiene kits include sanitizing and cleaning supplies, water containers, and personal hygiene products like toothbrushes, toothpaste, and diapers.
3) Shelter and winterization kits include a sealing-off kit to maintain warmth, a winter bedding set with mattresses and pillows, and winter clothes.
The scale and fluidity of this crisis, ongoing security concerns, and unpredictable humanitarian access may shift our outlined activities as the needs in Gaza and surrounding regions evolve.
Your support will go where it is needed most, helping us mobilize our teams in response to humanitarian crises around the world. Mercy Corps teams are already on the ground where help is most needed. We work in more than 40 countries alongside communities as they prepare for, protect against, and recover from crisis.
