Protect Children in Conflict: Give Shelter

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SUPPORT CHILDREN IN CONFLICT

Children are especially vulnerable in conflict. As they face displacement, violence, and trauma, shelter is crucial to their survival and well-being. ShelterBox responds to humanitarian needs where they are greatest, and right now, it is Gaza. We are committed to ensuring that children have access to secure shelter where they can find refuge, stability, and hope amidst the turmoil of conflict.

We need your help to provide emergency shelter and essential items for children left homeless in Gaza. Our ShelterBox response team is on the ground in Egypt, collaborating with local partners like, Rotary to expedite aid delivery to Gaza.

With your support, we aim to provide emergency shelter and crucial supplies such as tarps, rope, and tape, enabling families to make urgent repairs to damaged homes and shielding them from the elements. Blankets, mattresses, pillows, and floor mats will also be distributed to keep people warm. We also plan to distribute hygiene sets, water carriers, and kitchen sets to help stop the spread of diseases, have clean water, and prepare meals.

Please support our mission to provide critical shelter for children displaced in Gaza and around the world. Together, we can make a tangible difference—one family, one child at a time.

Moh’s remarkable yet heart-wrenching journey—a story that epitomizes the transformative power of shelter assistance. Growing up in Gaza, Moh experienced the trauma of losing his home multiple times due to war. Forced to flee during heavy bombing in 2014, his family found refuge in a school-turned-shelter where they received a ShelterBox tent. In this makeshift home, they found some sense of normalcy amidst chaos. However, many families in Gaza today lack even this basic form of shelter, exposing them to further danger and uncertainty amidst recent escalations of violence.

As Moh reflects on his own experience, he is deeply saddened by the thought of so many families, including his own relatives, enduring the same hardships he once faced. Uncertain about his family’s future, Moh emphasizes the necessity of providing shelter to those in need.

No individual should be deprived of their fundamental human right. Shelter is imperative during emergencies.

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Moh  was awarded the Rotary Peace Fellowship and moved to the USA in 2017. Henow lives in Evanston, Illinois, where he serves as a program officer supporting the Peace Centers program and Peace Fellows. He’s also a member of ELRC and the Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club.

Today, Moh stands as a testament to the profound impact of your support. From an internally displaced child to a scholar to a young man devoting his profession to the advancement of peace at Rotary International, Moh’s journey embodies the transformative potential of shelter assistance. His story serves as a poignant reminder of how a helping hand in times of vulnerability can alter the course of one’s life forever.

As conflict once again grips Gaza, displacing over 1.7 million people, children are the ones who suffer the most. With your support, we can provide emergency shelter to families in need, offering a lifeline to children displaced by conflict. Your donation will provide tents, mattresses, blankets, and other essentials, giving them a safe space to rest and heal amidst the chaos.

Together, we can make a difference in the lives of innocent children who have been impacted by conflict in Gaza. Help provide them with the safety and security they deserve.

Our ShelterBox response team is on the ground in Egypt, collaborating with partners like Rotary and local organization, MAP, to expedite aid delivery into Gaza.  We are continuing to scale up our response to be able to provide thousands of tents to people uprooted from their homes and left without shelter. It’s likely that people will need tents for upwards of one year. ShelterBox is ensuring the procurement of long-lasting tents, as well as tarps so people can make damaged buildings watertight, and other essential household items to the most vulnerable people in Gaza.

Access to water, food, and medicine is very difficult. It’s made worse by fuel shortages. Without electricity, people cannot use lights in the dark evenings, keep warm, or cook food.

Together with our partner MAP, we’ll be sourcing items in Egypt and Türkiye. The situation is complex, but our aid will reach people via the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza.

Update 06/05/2024:

Trucks loaded with life-saving aid—including tarps, rope, water carriers, blankets, mattresses, and floor mats—have successfully crossed into Gaza, and distributions are actively underway by our local partner, MAPs. These crucial supplies are essential for making temporary repairs to bombed-out buildings, creating makeshift shelters, and providing warmth and comfort to those caught in the crossfire.

With more than 80% of homes damaged or destroyed and 75% of people in Gaza displaced, this shipment of emergency supplies is a lifeline. Distributions are ongoing, and more aid is waiting to cross the border.

We are expanding our operations to address the urgent demand and have additional aid en route. Our tents have arrived in Egypt, and we expect more tents to arrive in Jordan shortly, where our ShelterBox team is on the ground working through supply chain logistics.

The situation in Gaza remains dangerous, unpredictable, and complex. Despite these challenges, we are committed to bringing much-needed relief to those affected by this crisis. We are urgently seeking your support to continue this life-saving work.