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Gaza’s crisis continues after the news teams turn...

Over the last few weeks, we’ve all been seeing horrifying images on our screens of non-stop bombings across the Gaza Strip. Whole families were wiped out, as civilians (including 33 children) bore the brunt of the attacks. This tiny strip of land, around only 24 miles long, is among the most densely populated areas in the world, with more than half its 1.7 million people under 25. Even...

Dec 3rd

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Picking Olives in Gaza →

It’s Olive Harvest time for Palestinians

Oct 31st

Oct 23rd

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Bringing Palestinians Food Aid for Eid Al Adha is...

Interpal‘s Qurbani programme supports Palestinians during the religious festival of Eid Al Adha, and brings a ray of hope to those struggling to escape poverty. Field teams work around the clock to deliver food aid packages to impoverished Palestinian refugees and residents across Palestine in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and in Lebanon and Jordan. Suzan, who lives in Sabra in the Gaza...

Oct 16th

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Sponsoring children, empowering girls...

Struggling in the poverty of Gaza City, 11 year old Shaymaa lives with her single mother and siblings, along with an elder brother suffering from a debilitating kidney disease. She is just one of the many girls Interpal has been able to give another chance. [[MORE]] Today marks the first UN International Day of the Girl Child, which recognises “the challenges and power of girls” globally. The...

Oct 11th

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