How to help Gaza

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Ameera, an entrepreneur from Rafah, walks to her workplace where she cooks food for people displaced by the war. Photo: Alef Multimedia/Oxfam

Here’s how you can help people in Gaza recover from the conflict.

More than 2 million people in Gaza have been suffering through the devastating 19-month Israeli military offensive, near total siege, and blockade of food, water, and lifesaving essentials.

Now more than two months have passed since the Israeli government began enforcing a comprehensive aid blockade of the Gaza strip in early March, preventing the delivery of lifesaving supplies to people in need, including food, water, medicine, fuel and cooking gas.

Oxfam is closely following the movement of the people and will continue to address their basic needs. Oxfam's early recovery work will focus on clean water and hygiene, food, support to rebuild, livelihoods and protection.

Do you want to know how to help Gaza? Here are some ways you can stand in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

How can I help Gaza? Donate to Oxfam's emergency appeal

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Duaa Abu Sabha, a married mother of two children, uses a hand-washing station in the Al Mawasi area of Khan Younis Governorate. Oxfam and Palestinian Environmental Friends have provided clean water, latrines, and hand-washing facilities for people displaced by conflict in Gaza as a means to reduce the risk of disease. Alef Multimedia/Oxfam

Israel's bombing campaign and the systematic blocking of aid we have witnessed over the past year plus have resulted in tens of thousands of Palestinians being killed, entire communities obliterated, and the very fabric of Gaza shattered.

The Israeli government has used food and water as weapons of war and has intentionally blocked aid from entering Gaza and reaching the 2.1 million Palestinians in desperate need of basic resources, shelter and safety.

Despite huge obstacles, we’ve been responding with our partners, including the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, Juzoor for Health and Social Development, the Economic and Social Development Center of Palestine, the Palestinian Agriculture and Relief Commission, and the Palestinian Development Association.

In collaboration with 20 partner organizations in Gaza, Oxfam has reached more than 1.3 million people with lifesaving assistance since the start of the war, including:

  • Emergency food assistance, including vegetable baskets, food parcels, cash, and vouchers.

  • Clean water and sanitation, by trucking in water and repairing badly damaged water and wastewater pipelines, as well as installing desalination units and tap stands and latrines.

  • Oxfam helped partners in Gaza distribute hygiene kits, jerry cans and buckets for storing clean water, and other hygiene items to people affected by the conflict in Gaza.


How can I help Gaza? Call for a permanent ceasefire now

Join Oxfam in demanding a permanent ceasefire, the secure release of all hostages, and unhindered access to humanitarian aid.

Many Palestinians across Gaza are traveling back to their homes, or what remains of them, to begin a long process of recovery and reconstruction.
Many Palestinians across Gaza are traveling back to their homes, or what remains of them, to begin a long process of recovery and reconstruction. Alef Multimedia/Oxfam


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