Gaza Emergency Response

£5 treatment cost per patient >£2,500 medication cost per month per tent >

~150,000 supported so far

30,000+ received food packs inc. cooked food

7 aid trucks through Rafah with food & medical supplies

~57,000 benefited from our aid truck supplies

17,000 patients benefited from medical supplies

~13,500 medical sessions and examinations conducted

250 psychosocial activities for children undertaken

2 ambulances through the Rafah border

Our DWW Turkiye team has been working in Gaza for the past 10 years, providing medical care, financial support and equipment in two physiotherapy and rehabilitation centres with a 20-strong team of local Palestinian staff. Over the last year of escalating violence, we have been specifically responding to the immediate need for access to urgent care.

Right now, we are supporting a grassroots nonprofit organisation to run five medical tents in the middle of the Gaza Strip (Deir Al-Balah, Al-Zawayda and Khan Younis). Locations were selected close to displaced communities so as to maintain a degree of safety and stability under such volatile circumstances.

In total, the medical tents support over 100 patients per day via the work of a family doctor, nurse and logistician, taking a comprehensive and biopsychosocial approach with patients. Areas of care covered include health education, psychological support, treatment of acute and chronic illnesses, and early detection of common diseases e.g diabetes. In addition:

Specialised breastfeeding support tent available since January, a vital addition given the lack of clean water and current expense of formula milk which has led to under 6 month malnutrition.
Lactation consultants placed in NICU wards at the Nasser hospitals, Al Aqsa hospital and Al Awda hospital in Gaza to guide young mothers on how to breastfeed.
Medication distribution and wound dressings.
Dedicated mental health support tent.
Health education sessions and psychosocial support offered for the communities surrounding each tent.
Registered by the Ministry of Health as qualified to manage patients