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Tuesday, 10 May 2011 09:47 |
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Due to the urgent need and shortages on the ground, Interpal's fundraising activities before Ramadan will focus on the provision of medical aid for the Gaza Strip. News of fundraising activities will be posted on the website as appropriate. Please check this website regularly for recent updates. |
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Thursday, 10 March 2011 15:00 |
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March 8, 2011 marks the Global Centenary Year of the International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. This day dawned on women in the Gaza Strip with them continuing to face a multitude of difficulties and extreme challenges.
Women in the Gaza Strip face great hardship. There are more than 1,645 girls or women who are disabled. This figure represents 37.4% of the total number of the disabled in the
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Wednesday, 02 March 2011 11:20 |
Interpal recently attended a briefing given by Mr. Z. Ali Dalal of UNRWA’s Barrier Monitoring Unit (BMU). The meeting was hosted by the Welfare Association.
The BMU is mandated to document the impact of the West Bank “Barrier” (known to most people as the Wall) built by Israel that is projected to be 709km long, of which 420km has already been built. The BMU is the first project of its kind to institutionalise Barrier monitoring and is unique in its combination of the humanitarian and sustainable development approaches. Moving forwards, the BMU is also developing a comprehensive advocacy strategy.
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Tuesday, 22 February 2011 14:26 |
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The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territories, Mr. Maxwell Gaylard, has condemned the demolition of temporary tented structures sheltering families from the weather in Khirbet Tana. This is the second time that such demolition has taken place in the community of approximately 250 people located in Israeli controlled “Area C” in the north of the West Bank, close to the city of Nablus. Mr. Gaylard explained that “…residents, who have been in the area for decades, live in basic shelters (including tents and caves) and rely on herding and agriculture for their livelihoods. Demolitions of basic shelter and livelihood structures place serious strains on the coping mechanisms of communities affected, who have few other options to sustain their livelihoods.”
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Wednesday, 16 February 2011 13:00 |
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Interpal has sponsored the biggest annual event for disabled persons in the Gaza Strip. The 6th Annual Creative Forum for the Disabled was implemented in cooperation with the University College of Applied Sciences, Gaza. It included workshops, open days, medical open days when free services were provided and exhibitions of works created and produced by disabled persons. Hundreds of participants and more than 40 organisations working with the disabled took part.
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