Heavy rain hit Gaza this weekend, creating an immediate emergency for families living in displacement camps. About 70,000 emergency tents were flooded across the area, according to local reports.
Mattresses, blankets, clothes, and cooking supplies (which are already hard to procure for families) were completely soaked overnight. With winter coming soon and heavy rain getting worse, these floods put thousands of families who live without real roofs or floors in even harder living conditions.
As soon as the storm hit, the local AH&H team moved fast to reach families trapped in flooded camps, including Shinguit Camp, where we have been provided aid before.
Living in displacement camps is already hard, but rising water and cold weather have made daily life even harder. Families had to use plastic buckets to scoop water out of their tents and pile up mud and sand to stop their shelters from falling down.
One mother living in the camp shared the reality her family faced as the storm hit:
“Water came pouring down on us like a waterfall into all the tents… We don’t even know how we are going to put the children to sleep tonight. All we ask is for something to protect us from this freezing winter.”
In response, AH&H is bringing thousands of heavy-duty tarps into Gaza over the coming weeks to reinforce tents and provide critical protection from the rain.
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Your support enables AH&H to help families protect their shelters from these floods.
