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ActionAid Palestine to Continue Responding to Needs of Some Marginalized Villages in Governorates of Bethlehem and Hebron to Combat COVID-19

Members of youth groups and staff members of ActionAid Palestine participate in packing and preparing hygiene kits supported by AAP to distributed to the infected families by corona virus in the marginalized villages in Bethlehem and Hebron in the south of West Bank
Members of youth groups and staff members of ActionAid Palestine participate in packing and preparing hygiene kits supported by AAP to distributed to the infected families by corona virus in the marginalized villages in Bethlehem and Hebron in the south of West Bank
ActionAid Palestine Staff Member

 

Hebron-West Bank – ActionAid Palestine(AAP) continued its emergency interventions to address the needs of a number of marginalized  villages in the governorates of Bethlehem and Hebron in the south of West Bank.( including Khelet Al-Mayya, Al-Samou’, Al-Thahria, Beit Kahel,Yatta, Nahaleen, Beit Ummar,Husan, Beit Fajjar, Deheisha refugee camp  and old city of Hebron, H2). The response aimed at supporting 1055 infected Palestinian families of corona virus with the hygiene kits, in partnership with Alternative Information Center- Palestine (AIC) to promote their preventive measures and strengthen their resilience.

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Members of youth groups are participating in packing hygiene kits supported by AAP to be distributed to infected families by COVID-19 in the governorates of Bethlehem and Hebron

This emergency response was implemented by youth voluntary groups in the Palestinian villages and camps  in cooperation with national and governmental stakeholders in Governorates of Bethlehem and Hebron  in the south of West Bank and the Palestinian Ministry  of Social Development(MoSD), National Emergency Committee and Village Councils of targeted areas.

 

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Young volunteers in some of marginalized villages in the south of Hebron Governorate participate  in distributing hygiene kits supported by AAP to infected families by virus 

AAP’s response plan confirmed the importance of promoting young men and women’s leadership in preparedness and response actions taken to contain the spread of the virus. This engagement was achieved by supporting youth initiatives aiming to reach the infected families particularly families staying in health home quarantine and families whose livelihoods were lost due to the current state of emergency.