Ramallah – Ma’an – Bank of Palestine, in partnership with the Welfare Association, has contributed to providing potable water for hundreds of families affected and displaced in shelters in the northern Gaza Strip, who are suffering from water scarcity and an unprecedented crisis in the availability of drinking water. This is in continuation of the relief and humanitarian bridge established by the Bank of Palestine Group to provide relief to our affected people in the Strip.
This intervention is the twenty-eighth within the ongoing relief bridge since the beginning of the war, especially in light of the severe shortage that the northern Gaza Strip in particular suffers from in all emergency needs, and the loss of all the necessities of life in the Gaza Strip as a result of the ongoing war.
Bank of Palestine confirmed that its ongoing humanitarian and relief operations to support our people in the Gaza Strip have not stopped since the beginning of the war on the Gaza Strip, noting that these contributions fal
l under the umbrella of its relief and humanitarian program, and are implemented with a number of local and international partners.
The bank stressed that it will continue its relief efforts and provide aid to our people in the Gaza Strip, and contribute to meeting their needs and alleviating their suffering in light of the difficult conditions they are going through, so that they can emerge from their humanitarian crisis.
According to reports published by some international organizations, the citizens of the Gaza Strip are suffering from dehydration and disease amid unsanitary conditions due to the severe shortage of potable water. The average amount of water that the people of the Strip receive is only about 2 liters of water per day, which is much less than the minimum required per person per day according to the standards of humanitarian work in emergency situations, which is about 15 liters to cover drinking needs and limited domestic use.
It is worth noting that the Bank of Palestine Group, through a
number of local and international institutions, continues its humanitarian interventions to provide relief to our affected people and displaced families since the beginning of the war, including launching a program to sponsor 20,000 orphans in the Gaza Strip in partnership with the Welfare Association, in addition to providing thousands of hot meals, food parcels, mineral water bottles and health parcels to thousands of displaced people, in addition to providing winter supplies for families and children. Urgent financial assistance was also provided to patients in the Strip in hospitals in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Jordan, and recreational activities and psychological support were implemented for women and children in shelters.
Source: Maan News Agency