Urgent support of in-kind food assistance to the affected poor households in the ARA - Gaza Strip This action intends to respond to the prolonged humanitarian crisis which has resulted from several factors A long decade blockade as core issue, the PA decision to reduce monthly salary to PA employees in the GS, and the sudden cut of USAID for 200 million dollars by the US government to the UNRWA. As per the World bank "Free-fall economy Report, Sep 2018 "the unemployment in Gaza strip is now over 50 percent—and over 70 percent, among Gaza’s youth". Almost 40% of the Gaza population are either severely or moderately food insecure ( HNO 2018).  

The project is designed to complement the emergency food distribution campaign " think of Gaza"  implemented by the Agricultural Development Association/PARC by April 2018, following the outbreak of the Great March of Return GMR. The Campaign was launched by the PARC local partners and friends in the West Bank and occupied territories 1948 and solidarity partners from INGS worldwide to collect donations to purchase food to be distributed to affected, and poor households that are vulnerable to food insecurity in the Gaza strip. The campaign lasts for 6 months to avail some of 5590 affected, and poor HHs. In order to reach the most affected, poor and food insecure HHs in Gaza, PARC has partnered several local NGO in the different  sectors of health, people with disabilities, women and children. The collected benefit applications from the partner NOGs were double-checked with the lists of Ministry of Social Development MSD. Special attention was given to the HH with affected people from the GMR, people with disabilities, HH heads by women and, jobless people, people with chronic diseases and others. 
PARC now has a good data-based/ baselines for list of 5590 HHs with complete data that are already crossed checked with the MSD of the neediest, and affected HHs to continue its food distribution program. 400 HHs will be selected out of the 5590 HHs based on food security and resilience factors to be targeted by this project activities. 

The project will distribute 4000 food parcels/ fresh and dried (2 parcel biweekly for 5 months". the project aims at ensuring access to food in-kind of the affected families. The target HHs will be shortlisted of the list already available at PARC, that will be again double-checked with MSD and FSS members. 
In addition to the project coordinator and supervisor, two social workers will be hired to ensure the best performance in the field and will provide monitoring reports for the project management with the performance levels, improvement required and feedback for any complaints and challenges.  

PARC has been working for more than two decades in leading fresh and processed food distribution programs under the "From poor Farmers to Poor Families". The program aimed to ensure urgent access of affected households with necessary food items and to ensure resilience of poor HHs and poor small-scale farmers and that they continue the  production process in emergency time. PARC has lead the program with more than 15 leading partners most importantly Christian Aid/UK- CARE international- Luxembourg government- Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), DIAKONIE- Arab Social and Development Fund- PARCIC/Japan- campaign for the children of Palestine and many others.