young people the task of collecting water in buckets for sanitation, cooking and washing. For those homes with access to fuel for domestic generators there is endless drone of their engines and the health hazard for children. But for most of Gaza's young people the main frustrations presented by electricity cuts are the lack of light for reading and study at night, and reduced access to computers and the internet. In a territory where education is considered the primary means of escaping poverty, electricity cuts can be at once disabling and dispiriting, negatively impacting on classroom performance and the development of young people. Health and Sanitation There are also worrying health implications for children resulting from the fuel crisis. In addition to the reduced water supply are the effects of stalled sewage pumping stations, waste water treatment plants and desalination units on the quality of Gaza's water. Dr Fadel Jouda, General Director of Al Awda Hospital in Northern Gaza, the primary source of health care for Jabalia, the largest of the territory's eight refugee camps, said that the majority of child cases presented to the hospital are diarrhoea and anaemia. The former are mostly caused by parasites in an untreated water supply and the latter by an iron deficiency in their diet. Dr Jouda believes that the processed food smuggled into Gaza through the tunnels is designed for a long shelf-life and lacks nutrition thus limiting the dietary intake of children. A recent report from Save the Children found that