Gaza implemented UPA Food Drive a Success!

---

MA'AN’s Gaza staff recently implemented a Food Drive in Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahia.  This was a $65,000 grant from the UPA (United Palestinian Appeal—a Palestinian headed American NGO).  There hard work helped deliver food baskets consisting of the following to 760 needy families.   

Sugar	Milk Powder
Vegetable oil	Chickpeas
Beans	Lentils – green
Lentils – yellow	Tehenah
Salt	Jam
Canned Corn beaf	Canned tomato
Canned Tuna	Macaroni
Pasta	Rice

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

 Goal:

To provide immediate relief to those in dire need in villages in the Gaza Strip.

 Components:

Food Coupons – the food coupons were distributed to the most destitute families in villages in Gaza.  The coupons were worth a total of 400 NIS, and covered the cost of the items listed above. 

Beneficiaries:

• 760 families given coupons for basic foodstuffs (approximately 5,320 individuals as average family size is 7)

Methodology:

MA'AN Development Center understands the importance of a fair and just distribution mechanism for the project.  For this reason, MA'AN relied on three different bodies to help with the distribution:

• Village Councils

• Village Popular Committees

• MA’AN Field Coordinator

Selection criteria for distribution was based on a number of factors, including the number of children, level of poverty, women head of households, the elderly, and whether the household has received any previous assistance.

Below & right side are some pictures of the implementation of the project: