Gaza's Winter Emergency

No shelter. Freezing Cold and Wet. Nowhere dry to sleep.

A dangerous and critical situation is happening right now in Gaza and families are facing potentially deadly consequences. 

It’s an extraordinary crisis where flooding and winter is putting already vulnerable people’s lives on the line! Simply put, it’s devastating to families who have already endured unimaginable loss and repeated displacement.

Heavy rains have flooded displacement camps, reportedly damaging more than 70,000 tents and leaving tens of thousands of families exposed to freezing conditions, soaked blankets, destroyed belongings, and nowhere dry to sleep.

Families, children and the elderly are facing deadly floods and cold at the same time. 

No child should sleep in a flooded tent. No family should face winter hungry and cold.

Hanan Relief Is Mobilizing an Emergency Response

Our team on the ground in Gaza is working urgently to provide immediate winter assistance while also addressing one of the biggest threats facing displaced families: repeated flooding of displacement camps with every rainstorm.

Our emergency response has two priorities:

1. Emergency Winter Supplies for around 10,000 people.

We aim to provide displaced families with essential supplies, including:

Warm winter blankets

Waterproof tarps

Plastic sheeting to protect shelters from rain

Mattresses to keep families off wet, cold ground

Just $267 can provide a family with an emergency winter assistance package.

2. Flood Protection and Rehabilitation of 15 Displacement Camps

Providing blankets is essential, but it is not enough when families are living in flooded tents.

Hanan Relief is working to improve conditions in displacement camps through practical interventions, including:

Improving drainage and redirecting rainwater away from shelters

Leveling and raising vulnerable ground areas

Reinforcing damaged tents and shelters

Improving waterproofing and protecting sleeping areas from moisture

Our goal is not only to respond to the current emergency, but to reduce the devastation caused by the next rainstorm.

Your Donation Can Make a Difference

Every contribution brings us closer to protecting families from the cold, rain, and flooding.

$30 can provide a warm winter blanket.

$100 can provide two waterproof tarps.

$267 can provide a complete emergency winter assistance package for one family.

$15,000 can support flood mitigation and rehabilitation work for an entire displacement camp.

Our initial fundraising goal is $650,000 to provide winter assistance to 1,500 families and improve conditions in 15 displacement camps.

Gaza's families have already lost so much. They should not have to lose what little they have left every time it rains.

We cannot stop the rain. But together, we can help prevent it from destroying what little displaced families have left.

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