ActionAid Palestine to Continue Combating COVID-19 in Hebron Governorate
West Bank-Hebron- ActionAid Palestine (AAP) doubled its emergency interventions to respond to the second wave of the spread COVID-19 in Hebron governorate after declaring the closure of the governorate on 20th of June and extension the state of emergency for one month by the Palestinian government on 5th of July . Doubling efforts by AAP e aims to reach all the targeted areas that include 20 communities in towns, villages and refugee camps of Al-Fawwar and Al-Aroub in Hebron Governorate. During the past two days, 718 families staying in home quarantine were provided with preventive and hygiene kits. Those interventions conducted during the second wave aim to support the Palestinian health system and strengthen the resilience of the targeted families and their preventive measures. They also contribute to national and civil efforts exerted to contain the spread of the pandemic.
(photo of female staff and young volunteers while they were preparing hygiene kits to be distributed in Hebron governorate)
The response was proactively designed by integrating the approach of gender and basic needs lens and analysis to ensure respect to the dignity of families staying in home quarantine. Those kits included health items responding to the needs of children and women to ensure providing women with reproductive health services and they also include children diapers to mitigate the severe economic impacts the Palestinian families suffer from due to the state of lockdown.
(AAP’s staff member during the preparation of health kits to be distributed in Hebron Governorate)
AAP focuses its emergency interventions to contain the spread of pandemic in Hebron governorate which has the highest number of cases and has emerged as the center of the West Bank outbreak according to the Palestinian ministry of Health. AAP implemented this response in cooperation and coordination with Hebron governorate, Central Emergency Committee, Palestinian ministry of Social Development, municipal and local councils, Public Committees for Services in refugee camps and sub emergency committees in the local and targeted areas. Young people participated in process of packing hygiene kits under supervision of the management of AAP to maintain a high level of social distance.
( photo of a young volunteer while he was preparing hygiene kits that will be distributed in Hebron governorate)
The country director of AAP Ibrahim Ibrgaith said: “AAP continues its work to support the resilience of Palestinian cities and villages to contain the spread of the virus in Palestine and control the spread of infection among residents. We affirm our support and assistance to the Palestinian community during this crisis and in the future. We express our appreciation to efforts and correct decisions taken by the Palestinian government and importance of the adherence of Palestinian community to those decisions to overcome this crisis with least possible harm”.
(photo of female staff members while they were preparing hygiene kits that will be distributed in Hebron Governorate)
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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