ActionAid Palestine to Respond to the Needs of Marginalized Families in “Karameh” Village in the South of Hebron to Combat COVID-19
Hebron -West Bank- ActionAid Palestine (AAP)’s Child Sponsorship programme distributed food parcels to the neediest families in the marginalized village “Karameh” in the south of Hebron governorate in the south of West Bank.
A volunteer is participating in preparing food parcels that AAP will distribute to the neediest families affected by the outbreak of virus in Karameh village in the south of West Bank.
This response which AAP took is a part of a series of other interventions aiming to support families affected by the outbreak of the virus and strengthen their resilience and their food security to counteract the impact of this pandemic. It also aims to protect them so that social and economic impacts caused by the full lockdown can be alleviated.
AAP targeted poor families that lost their livelihoods because of lockdown and they have people with disabilities, and they are already headed by women. Targeting those families in Karameh village will mitigate its suffering caused by demolition notifications of water springs and land confiscation as other Palestinian villages located in Area “C” in the West Bank.
A young man is participating in preparing food parcels that AAP will distribute to the neediest families affected by the outbreak of virus in “ Karameh” village in the south of Hebron in the south of West Bank
This intervention was implemented by AAP’s crisis unit, village council of Karameh and its emergency committee whose members were trained on preventive measures .Complying with high standards of public safety and social distance, the process of packing of parcels and kits was directly carried out by the supplier under the supervision of AAP.
Background Information
ActionAid
ActionAid is a global federation working for social justice and gender equality and eradicate poverty. ActionAid works worldwide to empower people living in poverty and exclusion with focus on women’s rights .ActionAid works directly and closely with communities, civil society organizations, women movements and social groups and movements and other allies to tackle root causes of poverty and oppression. ActionAid deliver grassroots programmes to utilize efforts of global struggle movements working for a just, fair and sustainable world. Based on human rights-based approach and women rights’ principles, ActionAid seeks to fairly re-distribute powers through solidarity, empowerment, awareness campaigns and creating alternatives to ensure that everybody enjoys the right to a life of dignity, and freedom from oppression.
ActionAid in Palestine (AAP) is a part of that federation which started its work in Palestine in 2007 to strengthen the resilience of Palestinian People as ActionAid believes that they should enjoy their rights to freedom, justice and self-determination. AAP implements a number of programs through its engagement with communities and women and youth groups seeking to empower them and enhance their influential civil and political participation to understand their rights and undertake collective activism to address the protracted rights violations resulting from the prolonged occupation of Palestine. AAP works simultaneously to enhance their leadership capacity and knowledge to practice their citizenship in holding authorities and other duty bearers to account.
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