In Gaza, where access to food and medicine is a daily struggle, the difference between one kitchen staying open and closing can mean hundreds of families going hungry. It is a place where every pallet of supplies, every nutritional supplement, and every piece of medical equipment carries life-or-death weight.
This is a look at what All Hands & Hearts has been doing this last month, from keeping the only community kitchen in Jabalia running, to fighting child malnutrition in schools, to delivering $800,000 in medical equipment to clinics and hospitals overwhelmed with patient needs.
Assessing Needs in North Gaza
Completely destroyed buildings, families living in tents surrounded by rubble. This is the reality thousands of people are waking up to every single day. Our team is talking to families in the community, listening to what’s needed most urgently. North Gaza has very limited aid and resources reaching its residents, and the needs are immense.These images were taken by the AH&H team on the ground, a reality that words alone cannot capture.
Delivering Wood Pallets to Keep Community Kitchens Running
With cooking gas almost impossible to find and firewood prices through the roof, community kitchens in Gaza are fighting to stay open. For many families, these kitchens are the only reliable source of food available each day.
Al-Rasheed Community Kitchen is currently the only operational community kitchen serving Jabalia, North Gaza — one of the most heavily destroyed areas in Gaza, with very limited aid and resources reaching its residents. This kitchen feeds 1,350 people every day. For many families, it is their only source of food.
When our team was contacted urgently after the kitchen ran out of fuel and was about to close, we acted immediately. Within one day, we delivered wood pellets for kitchen stoves to keep it running for at least the next couple of months.
We also delivered wood pallets to Heal Palestine Community Kitchen so they can continue cooking hot meals for families in need at Al-Shati Refugee Camp (Beach Camp) — one of the most crowded and hardest-hit areas in Gaza, where thousands of families struggle every day just to meet their most basic needs.
Working on Multiple Fronts to Support Health Clinics and Fight Malnutrition
Many children in Gaza face severe malnutrition, which stunts their growth, weakens their immune systems, impairs their ability to learn, and in the most severe cases, take their lives. Our teams continue to distribute ready-to-use nutritional supplements across several schools in the Middle East and partner medical points run by Heal Palestine.
We are also coordinating the delivery of approximately $800,000 in medical equipment to AH&H partner clinics across Gaza. This effort is made possible through the power of collaboration and was featured in the Houston Chronicle. We donated 13 pallets of medicines and medical supplies to partner organization Project HOPE to support urgent needs within Gaza’s health sector, and are working alongside Direct Relief to deliver dozens of pallets of urgently needed medicine to hospital partners throughout the region.
As our CEO Nate Mook put it: “I think the magic is in the collaboration. Where we’ve been very successful as All Hands & Hearts is those partnerships. If it were just ourselves working in a bubble or a silo, and we didn’t have amazing people and the experience that we’re drawing on along with our partnerships, I don’t think we would be able to do this.” – Nate Mook, CEO, AH&H
Ward’s Journey Back to Health
Ward is a 3-year-old Palestinian child who was suffering from severe acute malnutrition. Her mother shared their story — one of fear, uncertainty, and ultimately, hope.
Thanks to intensive nutritional support, supplements, and consistent medical follow-up, Ward’s condition has improved significantly. Today, she has almost fully recovered, moving from severe acute malnutrition to between moderate and normal levels.
These contributions reflect our continued commitment to stand with the people of Gaza, especially during these difficult times. Through our partnerships and humanitarian efforts, we will continue to provide essential medical and relief support.
Support Ongoing Gaza Humanitarian Aid
Your support helps ensure urgent needs are met for families in Gaza. The needs in Northern Gaza are immense.
Thank you for standing with us in this great time of need.
