UNRWA partners with Muslim Charity to provide psycho-social support

UNRWA partners with Muslim Charity to provide psycho-social support and help to families following war in Gaza

Muslim Charity Helping The Needy and The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) have signed an agreement to provide psycho-social support to the war affected families and also much needed support to homeless people in the Gaza Strip. The USD 300,000 grant will help UNRWA to provide psycho-social support and shelter thousands of people amongst the 80,000 homeless families. Muslim Charity has worked with UNRWA to provide Non-Food item kits to 1,500 families when the recent war broke out in the Gaza Strip.

The Partnership Agreement was formally signed at a ceremony held in London. On this occasion, Muslim Charity also launched the “Help Gaza” campaign to strengthen its rebuilding efforts in Gaza. Gaza lies in ruins and tragedy, the civilian population has borne the brunt of the escalating violence. The current crisis is the worst Gaza has seen in decades, more than 100,000 people have had their homes destroyed. Hospitals, schools, shops and factories have all been badly damaged, and thousands have lost everything they owned. The Help Gaza campaign is multifaceted and aims at raising much needed funds for rebuilding lives of people in Gaza through providing support for renovation and repair of houses, psycho-social support, education and health services. The campaign also aims at helping families in their efforts to become self-reliant through providing income generation skills.