John,
Right now, more than 2 million Palestinians—half of them children—are living without access to sufficient food, water, and medical care. Families need all the help they can get before winter strikes. Give today to help the IRC deliver emergency supplies and other critical assistance before the weather conditions worsen.
The International Rescue Committee is working directly and with local trusted partners to deliver lifesaving medical aid and other critical support to people enduring catastrophic suffering.
We need your immediate support before temperatures plummet. Please rush your donation for families facing crisis, in Gaza and around the world >>
Families who were forced to flee their homes and took refuge in Rafah struggle to meet food, water and other basic needs as they live in makeshift tents under difficult conditions.
Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images
The picture in Gaza right now is terrifyingly bleak. People are reportedly dying of starvation. Children are bearing the brunt of the war—too many injured or orphaned, and an entire generation traumatized.
In northern Gaza, one-third of children under the age of 3 are now malnourished, which makes them more vulnerable to communicable diseases and related health challenges.
"One of the reasons for these rates, especially for the younger children under 6 months old—or between 6 months to 10 months old—was that they are the children who were born when the crisis started in October."
—IRC nutrition technical advisor Assumpta Ndumim
Despite persistent Israeli restrictions on the flow of humanitarian aid into and around Gaza driving a desperate shortage of food, fuel, medicine, equipment and humanitarian staff, the IRC continues to provide critical assistance to children and caregivers.
In this season of gratitude and generosity, we’re counting on your support to keep this work going in Gaza and crisis zones around the world. Please, help rush emergency supplies and other lifesaving support to help children and families in crisis to survive, recover and grow up strong and healthy >>
The IRC continues to call for an immediate and lasting ceasefire as the only way to protect Palestinian lives, secure the release of the remaining hostages, and safely and adequately scale up humanitarian assistance and service delivery.
—Madiha @ IRC 💛 |
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