{"id":209509,"date":"2010-09-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=209509"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:46:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:46:26","slug":"auto-insert-209509","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-209509\/","title":{"rendered":"Community organizations help deliver food to poorest during Ramadan – Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA article"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Community organisations help deliver food to poorest during Ramadan<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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9 September 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

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This Ramadan, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA, through its partnership network of community-based organisations (CBOs) and supported by a number of generous donations, has been able to provide hot meals and fresh meat to the most vulnerable Palestine refugees in Gaza and the West Bank. Out of the total $1.9 million donated during the holy month, approximately $1.4 million of in-kind donations (fresh meat and hot meals) were distributed through CBOs.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hot meals to Gaza's poorest<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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In Gaza, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA's Feed the Fasting in Ramadan project received generous donations from the Gaddafi Foundation, the Khalifa bin Zayed al Nehayan Foundation (KBZF) and the Kuwaiti Red Crescent Society.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The contributions translated into the provision of over 80,000 hot meals to more than 240,000 of the poorest refugees over a 15-day period. Each meal, suitable for three people, included rice, a chicken, yogurt, water and dates.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The meals were distributed through 21 CBOs across Gaza, including nine women’s programme centres, six community-based rehabilitation centres and six youth activity centres.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fawziya Abu Zu-eiter, a member of the Jabalia Women's Programme Centre Administrative Committee, said: “You see the joy and the happiness present here. This event, for many people, has brought happiness into their homes. I am sure that the poor families appreciate and benefit from this meal, especially during this month. It’s really beautiful.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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The donations, given during Ramadan, have helped to ease the suffering of the poorest refugees in Gaza, where poverty has dramatically increased under the shadow of the three-year blockade.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fresh meat to mark Ramadan in the West Bank<\/strong>
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\nIn the West Bank, KBZF donated $400,000 for the provision of 38 tons of locally produced fresh meat. The fresh meat, considered a luxury by many refugee families, marked an extra cause of celebration for 15,200 poor and vulnerable refugee families (approximately 60,800 people) who received the rations.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Each Friday during Ramadan, 2.5 kg of fresh meat was delivered to 3,800 different families living in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA camps. Priority was given to orphans, the elderly, and to those who have lost their homes due to Israeli military operations or violent attacks by Israeli settler groups.<\/p><\/div>\n

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An elderly female beneficiary in Shu'fat camp, just north of Jerusalem, expressed her appreciation to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA staff, suggesting that the provision of fresh meat had allowed her to host an iftar [evening meal to break the Ramadan fast] for her family for the first time in more than ten years.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Working with the community<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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The meals and rations were prepared and distributed by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA's partner network of CBOs. In total, there are 104 CBOs across all five fields of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA's operations.<\/p><\/div>\n

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By engaging local volunteers and working directly with communities, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA strengthens the capacity of refugees to conceive and carry out sustainable social services tailored to the needs of their own communities. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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