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  • Boys with toy squirt guns play in the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-031.jpg
  • Boys with toy squirt guns play in the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-194.jpg
  • A man sells women's clothing on the sidewalk in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-173.jpg
  • Men watch workers with heavy equipment clean up the rubble of bombed buildings in the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-168.jpg
  • People on a street in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-167.jpg
  • People in the market in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-164.jpg
  • A girl in a narrow street in the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-161.jpg
  • A man straightens bent rebar he has salvaged from the rubble of a bombed building in the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-160.jpg
  • A man gestures in the market in the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-022.jpg
  • War-weary children in Rafah, in the south of Gaza, participate in a psychosocial program run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. The program is designed to help the children cope better with stress caused by the 2014 war with Israel and the continuing hardship provoked by the Israeli siege of the Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-242.jpg
  • War-weary children in Rafah, in the south of Gaza, participate in a psychosocial program run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. The program is designed to help the children cope better with stress caused by the 2014 war with Israel and the continuing hardship provoked by the Israeli siege of the Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-241.jpg
  • War-weary children in Rafah, in the south of Gaza, participate in a psychosocial program run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, , and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. The program is designed to help the children cope better with stress caused by the 2014 war with Israel and the continuing hardship provoked by the Israeli siege of the Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-040.jpg
  • War-weary children in Rafah, in the south of Gaza, participate in a psychosocial program run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. The program is designed to help the children cope better with stress caused by the 2014 war with Israel and the continuing hardship provoked by the Israeli siege of the Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-240.jpg
  • A man salvages bent rebar from the rubble of a bombed building in the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-197.jpg
  • A man sells pastries to two little girls in the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-196.jpg
  • A man walks with his son through the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-195.jpg
  • Bread sticks on sale in a cart in the market in the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-193.jpg
  • A barber shop in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-177.jpg
  • A man bakes namoura, a sweet pastry, in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-026.jpg
  • Spices on sale in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-172.jpg
  • A man sells women's clothing on the sidewalk in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-171.jpg
  • Dates on sale in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-170.jpg
  • A shoemaker in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-169.jpg
  • Women walk in front of a clothing store in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-025.jpg
  • A woman walks in the market in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-165.jpg
  • A man straightens bent rebar he has salvaged from the rubble of a bombed building in the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-162.jpg
  • Two girls in a narrow street in the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-023.jpg
  • A street in the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-157.jpg
  • Women talk in front of a clothing store in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-145.jpg
  • A woman walks by clothing on the street in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-019.jpg
  • A shoemaker works in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-175.jpg
  • A boy gets his hair cut in a barber shop in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-174.jpg
  • Boys play football in the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-009.jpg
  • Jewelry stores line a narrow passageway in the market in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-166.jpg
  • A boy with a toy gun in the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-024.jpg
  • A man salvages bent rebar from the rubble of a bombed building in the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-163.jpg
  • Girls play in a narrow street in the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-159.jpg
  • A man carries a box of apricots in the market in the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-158.jpg
  • A girl plays hopscotch in the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-143.jpg
  • A man rides a bike in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-020.jpg
  • People shop for vegetables in the market in the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-156.jpg
  • Olives and other foods on sale in the market in the Al-Shalti refugee camp in Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-021.jpg
  • Abed Rabu Abu Jowe'a waters the flowers he planted in front of his family's transitional house built by Catholic Relief Services in Khan Yunis, Gaza. His house and many others in the area were destroyed by the Israeli military during the 2014 war between the state of Israel and the Hamas government of Gaza. His family of 11 people moved into the new 80-square meter house in April 2015. A taxi driver, he has already added to the house, and says that with proper care it should last at least ten years, twice what CRS expects. Yet Jowe'a isn't hopeful that tensions between Israel and Gaza will diminish anytime soon.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-267.jpg
  • Fawzi Abu Jame'a, holding his 7-year old daughter Raghad, stands in front of the ruins of what was one their home in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Houses in the area were destroyed by Israeli air strikes during the 2014 war between the state of Israel and the Hamas government of Gaza.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-265.jpg
  • Nabil Ayad stands among repaired tombs in the cemetery of the Saint Porphyrios Orthodox Church in Gaza City, Gaza. Fifty tombs in the cemetery were damaged by Israeli bombing during the war in 2014, and International Orthodox Christian Charities, a member of the ACT Alliance, has paid to have them repaired. The church, which was also damaged by the bombing, served as a refuge for 240 people during the war, and as a feeding center for an additional 100 people. IOCC provided the food and other supplies for the displaced families. Ayad is the church caretaker.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-260.jpg
  • Amna Ali Attan stands in her garden in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. Her home and garden were damaged by Israeli rocket fire during the war in 2014, and she took refuge in a United Nations school. When the war ended, International Orthodox Christian Charities, a member of the ACT Alliance, helped her rehabilitate her garden and install new irrigation equipment and buy new seeds and seedlings. She produces tomatoes, onions, eggplant, squash, spinach and other crops, supporting her family of 11 people.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-257.jpg
  • Najeeb Zaneen and Moyasar El Za'anen stand in the rubble of their home in Beit Hanoun, Gaza, which was destroyed by an Israeli air strike in 2014. They have received help in reestablishing their farm from International Orthodox Christian Charities, a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-250.jpg
  • Student Emad Abu Holli climbs a utility pole during a class on electrical wiring at the Vocational Training Center in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance. A minaret is in the background.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-246.jpg
  • Teacher Mohammed Alatrush (right) instructs students in a class in electrical wiring at the Vocational Training Center in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-245.jpg
  • A student in an electronics class in the Vocational Training Center in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-243.jpg
  • Lab technician Jaber El-Qrinawi works with a blood sample in a clinic in Rafah, in the south of Gaza. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance. The clinic is funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-237.jpg
  • Fishers unload their catch early in the morning in the harbor of Gaza City, Gaza. The Israeli military prevents fishers from venturing more than six nautical miles out to sea--and often times even less--preventing them from catching the fish the Palestinian territory needs.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-231.jpg
  • Fishers unload their catch early in the morning in the harbor of Gaza City, Gaza. The Israeli military prevents fishers from venturing more than six nautical miles out to sea--and often times even less--preventing them from catching the fish the Palestinian territory needs.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-229.jpg
  • Moyasar El Za'anen stands in the rubble of her home in Beit Hanoun, Gaza, which was destroyed by an Israeli air strike in 2014. She has received assistance in reestablishing her family's farm from International Orthodox Christian Charities, a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-218.jpg
  • Student Emad Abu Holli climbs a utility pole during a class on electrical wiring at the Vocational Training Center in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-215.jpg
  • A student in an advanced dressmaking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-210.jpg
  • The harbor in Gaza City, Gaza. The Israeli military prevents fishers from venturing more than six nautical miles out to sea--and often times even less--preventing them from catching the fish the Palestinian territory needs. Although Gaza sits beside the Mediterranean, residents complain about high prices--a result of restricting the fishing fleet from going farther out to sea.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-202.jpg
  • Lab technician Jaber El-Qrinawi draws blood from a patient in a clinic in Rafah, in the south of Gaza. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-033.jpg
  • Fathiya Qasem and her family stand in the doorway of their transitional house in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The house was provided by the local government after her home was destroyed by an Israeli air strike in 2014. The family received a water tank and hygiene supplies from International Orthodox Christian Charities, a member of the ACT Alliance. Before the water tank was installed, the children of the family had to walk 15 minutes to a United Nations school to carry back water. Now, according to their mother, they can spend their time studying.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-199.jpg
  • Emad Almoqari leads a group of children in an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
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In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-184.jpg
  • Emad Almoqari leads a group of children in an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
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In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-183.jpg
  • Shoroug Faraj Allah leads a group of children in an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
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In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-027.jpg
  • Mai Ziyedah (in back) leads a group of children in a relaxation activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
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In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-155.jpg
  • Children close their eyes and relax during an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
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In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-153.jpg
  • Children yell during an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
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In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-151.jpg
  • Two young men use a drill press in a metalworking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-142.jpg
  • Two women selling items along a street in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-018.jpg
  • A child looks around while his mother talks with Sr. Ahmad Mathoj in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.<br />
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Health care workers say that since the 2014 war, children in Gaza are plagued with a variety of stress-related illnesses.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-007.jpg
  • Lab technician Kamal Jad Alla takes blood from an unhappy boy in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-107.jpg
  • Children traumatized by war enjoy a trip to an amusement park in Gaza City. The outing was sponsored by the Al Ahli Arab Hospital, a member of the ACT Alliance, and financed by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine and Misereor.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-016.jpg
  • Three-year old Anas, who suffered a severe burn to her chest, is comforted by her mother Ola Yasin and her 8-year old brother Zeki as the girl sits in a therapeutic bath in the Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City. The Anglican Church-affiliated hospital is a member of the ACT Alliance.<br />
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The 2014 war provoked serious damage to Gaza's health infrastructure. Seventeen hospitals, 56 primary health care facilities and 45 ambulances were damaged or destroyed. Sixteen health care workers were killed and 83, most of them ambulance drivers and volunteers, were injured.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-097.jpg
  • Three-year old Anas, who suffered a severe burn to her chest, is treated by Dr. Mohannad Hadad as the girl sits in a therapeutic bath in the Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City. The Anglican Church-affiliated hospital is a member of the ACT Alliance.<br />
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The 2014 war provoked serious damage to Gaza's health infrastructure. Seventeen hospitals, 56 primary health care facilities and 45 ambulances were damaged or destroyed. Sixteen health care workers were killed and 83, most of them ambulance drivers and volunteers, were injured.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-092.jpg
  • A woman and her daughter, still traumatized by war, enjoy a trip to an amusement park in Gaza City. The outing was sponsored by the Al Ahli Arab Hospital, a member of the ACT Alliance, and financed by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine and Misereor.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-086.jpg
  • A man and his daughter, still traumatized by war, enjoy a trip to an amusement park in Gaza City. The outing was sponsored by the Al Ahli Arab Hospital, a member of the ACT Alliance, and financed by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine and Misereor.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-084.jpg
  • Children traumatized by war enjoy a trip to an amusement park in Gaza City. The outing was sponsored by the Al Ahli Arab Hospital, a member of the ACT Alliance, and financed by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine and Misereor.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-083.jpg
  • Children traumatized by war enjoy a trip to an amusement park in Gaza City. The outing was sponsored by the Al Ahli Arab Hospital, a member of the ACT Alliance, and financed by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine and Misereor.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-079.jpg
  • Children traumatized by war enjoy a trip to an amusement park in Gaza City. The outing was sponsored by the Al Ahli Arab Hospital, a member of the ACT Alliance, and financed by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine and Misereor.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-078.jpg
  • Children traumatized by war enjoy a trip to an amusement park in Gaza City. The outing was sponsored by the Al Ahli Arab Hospital, a member of the ACT Alliance, and financed by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine and Misereor.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-077.jpg
  • Children traumatized by war enjoy a trip to an amusement park in Gaza City. The outing was sponsored by the Al Ahli Arab Hospital, a member of the ACT Alliance, and financed by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine and Misereor.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-001.jpg
  • Mu'az Abudagga, 6, waters his family's small farm with water collected in a rainwater harvesting system his father installed at their home in Al Fukari, Gaza. The family had built a system before, but Israeli air strikes in 2014 destroyed that system and damaged the family's house. With help from Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, a member of the ACT Alliance, they rebuilt the water system and have repaired some of the damage to their home. In the wake of the devastating 2014 war, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-066.jpg
  • Samy Abu Khater harvests tomatoes in a greenhouse in Al Fukari, Gaza. He grows vegetables in several greenhouses, using water from a rain water catchment system to fill a giant pond. That water he mixes with increasingly saline groundwater from a well. The system allows him to produce a greater quantity of more lucrative crops, at greater profit because he has to buy less water. Khater and several other farmers in the community received assistance in building the system from Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, a member of the ACT Alliance. In the wake of the devastating 2014 war, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory. Quality water is growing increasingly scarce in Gaza, as Israel drains the aquifer for its own development, pulling salt water into the aquifer from the west.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-064.jpg
  • Khaled Abu Khater harvests tomatoes in a greenhouse in Al Fukari, Gaza. He grows vegetables in several greenhouses, using water from a rain water catchment system to fill a giant pond. That water he mixes with increasingly saline groundwater from a well. The system allows him to produce a greater quantity of more lucrative crops, at greater profit because he has to buy less water. Khater and several other farmers in the community received assistance in building the system from Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, a member of the ACT Alliance. In the wake of the devastating 2014 war, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory. Quality water is growing increasingly scarce in Gaza, as Israel drains the aquifer for its own development, pulling salt water into the aquifer from the west.
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  • Khaled Abu Khater places a hose in his water storage tank in Al Fukari, Gaza. He grows vegetables in several greenhouses, and uses a catchment system to capture the rainwater that falls on the greenhouses. That water he mixes with increasingly saline groundwater from a well. The system allows him to produce a greater quantity of more lucrative crops, at a greater profit because he isn't forced to buy as much water for irrigation. Khater and several other farmers in the community received assistance in building the systems from Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, a member of the ACT Alliance. In the wake of the devastating 2014 war, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory. Quality water is growing increasingly scarce in Gaza, as Israel drains the aquifer for its own development, pulling salt water into the aquifer from the west.
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  • Mabrouk Ramadan Mabrouk is a farmer in Al Fukari, Gaza. He grows crops in several greenhouses, and uses a catchment system to capture the rainwater that falls on the structures. That water he collects in a pond and mixes with increasingly saline groundwater he pumps from a well. The system allows him to produce a greater quantity of more lucrative crops, at a greater profit because he isn't forced to buy as much water for irrigation. Mabrouk and several other farmers in the community received assistance in building their systems from Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, a member of the ACT Alliance. In the wake of the devastating 2014 war, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory. Quality water is growing increasingly scarce in Gaza, as Israel drains the aquifer for its own development, pulling salt water into the aquifer from the west.
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  • Abdulah Sliman harvests eggplant in his greenhouse in Al Fukari, Gaza. The farmer grows vegetables in several greenhouses, and uses a catchment system to capture the rainwater that falls on the structures. That water he collects in a pond and mixes with increasingly saline groundwater he pumps from a well. The system allows him to produce a greater quantity of more lucrative crops, at a greater profit because he isn't forced to buy as much water for irrigation. Sliman and several other farmers in the community received assistance in building their systems from Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, a member of the ACT Alliance. In the wake of the devastating 2014 war, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory. Quality water is growing increasingly scarce in Gaza, as Israel drains the aquifer for its own development, pulling salt water into the aquifer from the west.
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  • Samy Abu Khater harvests tomatoes in a greenhouse in Al Fukari, Gaza. He grows vegetables in several greenhouses, using water from a rain water catchment system to fill a giant pond. That water he mixes with increasingly saline groundwater from a well. The system allows him to produce a greater quantity of more lucrative crops, at greater profit because he has to buy less water. Khater and several other farmers in the community received assistance in building the system from Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, a member of the ACT Alliance. In the wake of the devastating 2014 war, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory. Quality water is growing increasingly scarce in Gaza, as Israel drains the aquifer for its own development, pulling salt water into the aquifer from the west.
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  • Women and children in Gaza stand beside their tent and in front of the rubble of their home, which was destroyed by Israeli bombing in 2014. Many families in this neighborhood received cash assistance from DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, for immediate needs when they emerged from shelters and returned to the rubble of their homes at the end of the war. ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged territory.
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  • Eight-year old Awad Samy Khater harvests tomatoes in his family's greenhouse in Al Fukari, Gaza. The family grows crops in several greenhouses, using water from a rain water catchment system to fill a giant pond. That water is mixed with increasingly saline groundwater from a well. The system allows them to produce a greater quantity of more lucrative crops, at greater profit because they have to buy less water. The boy's family received assistance in building the system from Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, a member of the ACT Alliance. In the wake of the devastating 2014 war, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory. Quality water is growing increasingly scarce in Gaza, as Israel drains the underground aquifer for its own development, pulling salt water into the aquifer from the west.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Fawzi Abu Jame'a plays football with his 7-year old daughter Raghad and 12-year old son Ahmad in the courtyard of their new transitional house built for them by Catholic Relief Services in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Houses in the area were destroyed by the Israeli military during the 2014 war between the state of Israel and the Hamas government of Gaza. CRS is building hundreds of transitional homes where families can live for several years until they can rebuild their own permanent home.
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  • Ahmad Jame'a, 12, practices heading the football in the courtyard of his family's transitional house built for them by Catholic Relief Services in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Houses in the area were destroyed by the Israeli military during the 2014 war between the state of Israel and the Hamas government of Gaza. CRS is building hundreds of transitional homes where families can live for several years until they can rebuild their own permanent home.
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  • An 11-year old boy rides his bike amid the ruins of Khan Yunis, Gaza. Houses in the area were destroyed by Israeli air strikes during the 2014 war between the state of Israel and the Hamas government of Gaza.
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  • Fawzi Abu Jame'a, with his 7-year old daughter Raghad, sit in the ruins of what was once his parents' home Khan Yunis, Gaza. Houses in the area were destroyed by Israeli air strikes during the 2014 war between the state of Israel and the Hamas government of Gaza.
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  • Abed Rabu Abu Jowe'a stands in front of the ruins of what was one his home in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Houses in the area were destroyed by Israeli air strikes during the 2014 war between the state of Israel and the Hamas government of Gaza.
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  • An 11-year old boy rides his bike amid the ruins of Khan Yunis, Gaza. Houses in the area were destroyed by Israeli air strikes during the 2014 war between the state of Israel and the Hamas government of Gaza.
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  • Ninety-five year old Nazer Tarazi stands on the balcony of his apartment in Gaza City, Gaza. During the 2014 war, the Israeli military sent a warning that it was going to blow up an apartment building across the street, and residents of the building evacuated. Yet Tarazi and his wife and nurse didn't hear the warnings, and were in the apartment when the bombs exploded, blowing out the windows of their apartment. International Orthodox Christian Charities, a member of the ACT Alliance, has helped Tarazi repair his apartment and move back in.
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  • Tombs in the cemetery of the Saint Porphyrios Orthodox Church in Gaza City, Gaza. Fifty tombs in the cemetery were damaged by Israeli bombing during the war in 2014, and International Orthodox Christian Charities, a member of the ACT Alliance, has paid to have them repaired. The church, which was also damaged by the bombing, served as a refuge for 240 people during the war, and as a feeding center for an additional 100 people. IOCC provided the food and other supplies for the displaced families.
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  • Amna Ali Attan works in her garden in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. Her home and garden were damaged by Israeli rocket fire during the war in 2014, and she took refuge in a United Nations school. When the war ended, International Orthodox Christian Charities, a member of the ACT Alliance, helped her rehabilitate her garden and install new irrigation equipment and buy new seeds and seedlings. She produces tomatoes, onions, eggplant, squash, spinach and other crops, supporting her family of 11 people.
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  • Amna Ali Attan stands in her garden in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. Her home and garden were damaged by Israeli rocket fire during the war in 2014, and she took refuge in a United Nations school. When the war ended, International Orthodox Christian Charities, a member of the ACT Alliance, helped her rehabilitate her garden and install new irrigation equipment and buy new seeds and seedlings. She produces tomatoes, onions, eggplant, squash, spinach and other crops, supporting her family of 11 people.
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  • Twelve-year old Iman collects eggs from the chickens in her family's home in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The house was damaged by Israeli tank fire during the war in 2014, an attack that killed six people in the home next door. The family took refuge in a United Nations school for the remainder of the war, but Iman and her mother walked the five kilometers home whenever there was a lull in the fighting in order to feed their chickens. Only six chickens survived the conflict, but the family has now built that number back to 29 chickens. International Orthodox Christian Charities, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided the family with assistance, including supplies for the chickens.<br />
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Parentla consent obtained.
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  • Twelve-year old Iman collects eggs from the chickens in her family's home in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The house was damaged by Israeli tank fire during the war in 2014, an attack that killed six people in the home next door. The family took refuge in a United Nations school for the remainder of the war, but Iman and her mother walked the five kilometers home whenever there was a lull in the fighting in order to feed their chickens. Only six chickens survived the conflict, but the family has now built that number back to 29 chickens. International Orthodox Christian Charities, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided the family with assistance, including supplies for the chickens.<br />
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Parentla consent obtained.
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