ActionAid Palestine to Continue Responding to Needs of Some Marginalized Villages in Governorates of Bethlehem and Hebron to Combat COVID-19
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.
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.
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.
Youth volunteers participate in distributing hygiene kits supported by AAP to infected families in Al-Thahria town in the south of Hebron Governorate
Through this response, a special attention was paid to the families having elderly people or people with disabilities. The response also focused on the needs of women and girls who need support to promote their resilience to be able to protect themselves and their families from psychological impacts and house works that have doubled during state of emergency.
A young woman participates in preparing and packing hygiene kits supported by AAP to be distributed on the infected families in the governorates of Hebron and Bethlehem in the south of West Bank.
This intervention which AAP took is a part of a series of other interventions through “ Civil Society and Democratic Participation of Palestinian youth” programme, Youth are responsible for assessing the needs of community and current threats and developing response plan for addressing those threats by building their capacities to combat this pandemic. Youth provide support to those in need and raise Palestinian community’s awareness about preventive measures to contain the spread of virus through social media. This response came in conjunction with promoting youth opportunities in participation in central emergency and support committees which allows them to participate in decision making and strengthening the principles of mutual accountability and transparency between Palestinian youth and local authorities
A young man is participating in preparing and packing hygiene kits supported AAP to be distributed to the infected families in the governorates of Bethlehem and Hebron in the south of West Bank .
AAP Country Director, Ibrahim Ibraigheth said: “Providing the most vulnerable groups with hygiene kits is the cornerstone of humanitarian efforts AAP exerts in responding to emerging situations resulting from COVID-19 crisis in Occupied Palestinian Territory. Our response also emphasizes the importance of supporting youth and engaging them in those efforts that contribute to serving Palestinian community in all relief, health and development fields”.
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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