Project Details: 12 community kitchens were set up in Rafah by the RPI-funded KP Malak Fund Program. Following the May 6, 2024 Israeli evacuation orders to civilians in parts of Rafah, these kitchens were relocated & consolidated in the ruins of West Khan Younis in Al-Mawasi “humanitarian zone.”

Hot meal distribution continues amid the wreckage of west Khan Younis. The provision of community water tanks, water well repairs and extension piping to Gaza’s camps have been critical as children are falling ill from lack of clean water. Israeli evacuation orders issued July 1,2024 for civilians in east Khan Younis caused further displacement and pressure on the RPI-KP Malak Fund community kitchen.

RPI-KP program expanded to support partners Molham Volunteering Team to procure food from Jordan and fund the Jordan Hashemite Charitable Organization to transport the aid to the northern Gaza-Israel border crossing. While the aid convoy was delayed by the IDF at the northern crossing, it did enter and supplies were delivered under the RPI-KP Gaza Giving Program to hunger-stricken civilians in North Gaza – including Jabalia camp – and Gaza City. Humanitarian access to Gaza from the Rafah border crossing with Egypt is severely limited. Next, winter aid supplies will be sourced from the West Bank for Gaza in collaboration with other charity partners under discussion in the RPI-KP Gaza Giving Program.

Background: RPI has supported humanitarian aid to the Middle East since the height of the Syrian war in 2015. RPI has collaborated with Kids Paradise since 2019 on improving relief aid, livelihoods, and psychosocial well-being in war-torn northwest Syria and for victims of the 2023 earthquakes in Turkey & Syria. Based in southern Turkey, Kids Paradise was founded by refugee volunteers. In America, RPI sells crafts made by displaced Syrian women trained in a joint humanitarian self-reliance program with Kids Paradise and other refugee-led partners. We are humbled to partner on aiding women, children & the elderly in Gaza. We also hope for an imminent ceasefire, release of hostages & respect for International Humanitarian Law by all parties to the Israel-Gaza war. No child should have to witness such tragedy and loss.

How to Give: 6 donation campaigns support our Gaza relief programs with KP and partners. Most recent campaigns are below. Thank you generous supporters.

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