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Temporary shelter programme for displaced families affected by the Gaza Conflict 2014 On July 8th, the Israeli military launched Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, which expanded with a ground invasion on July 17th. The combination of airstrikes, naval bombardment and mortar shells caused significant loss of life and physical damage, including extensive damage to infrastructure and housing. At the height of the conflict, over 500,000 people fled from their homes to seek refuge in relatively safer areas.  The majority were able to return home, though between 100,000 and 132,000 IDPs were still in need of housing as of November 2014. Many others are living with host families creating great strain on already limited resources.

CAFOD's partner Catholic Relief Services has identified that displaced households urgently need safe and stable transitional housing solutions. These households need a dignified interim solution to enable them to plan and start long-term recovery.  This project will address the temporary needs of shelter which have been largely unaddressed. The location of focus will be Khan Younis in Southern Gaza which experienced a high degree of destruction in the conflict.  A pilot shelter project has already been undertaken by CRS where the community was able to participate in the design on the shelters. This design has also been authorised by the Shelter Cluster in Gaza.

This is a six month project which will provide 54 shelters to Gazan families.  Conflict affected individuals in Gaza will participate in transitional shelter construction activities in a cash for work programme.  This project will use Phase 2 funds from the DEC Gaza Crisis Appeal 2014, supplemented will a small amount from CAFOD appeal funds.
Contribute to improving the health status of people in the aftermath of war in Gaza Fatalities and casualties caused by a renewed round of violence in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict starting May 10, 2021 has resulted in 253 reported Gazan Palestinian fatalities including 66 children, 39 women and 17 elderly. Moreover, 1,948 Gazan Palestinians have been injured, (MoH, May 24, 2021); placing considerable strain on a health system already overwhelmed by the strains of the global COVID-19 pandemic.   Most persons displaced during hostilities in the Gaza Strip are returning home but about 1,000 are  homeless due to destruction of their homes.  Health care has been affected by extensive damage and destruction to infrastructure including health facilities, lack of electricity and the scarcity of fuel for generators (resulting in the closure of a hospital providing essential care to cancer patients).  Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure was also severely affected during the escalation, and according to the WASH Cluster, due to lack of power supply, three main desalination plants providing drinking water for more than 400,000 people have suspended operation and so have sewage treatment facilities.  As a result more than 100,000 cubic metres of untreated or partially treated wastewater are being discharged to the sea daily. In total, an estimated 800,000 people lack regular access to piped water (OCHA, May 20, 2021).

Caritas Jerusalem reopened its main clinic in Gaza City as soon as a ceasefire allowed safe resumption of activity, and can deploy 5 mobile medical teams each with 2 doctors (1 m/ 1 f), 2 nurses, a pharmacist, lab technician and health educator to provide health services in Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahia, Al Shijaea, Al Bureij refugee camp and Beach camp (all in North and East of the Gaza Strip which was particularly heavily impacted).  Teams will receive upgraded training on management of mass casualties, basic emergency care, trauma management and infection prevention and control in order to provide a wide range of primary health services to sick children, older people and those with disabilities or chronic conditions, expectant mothers and others, also first aid to injured, and COVID-19 awareness with delivery of hygiene kits and PPE.
Protection, accountability, gender and mainstreaming support to CRS and IRPAL in Gaza This project encompasses the CAFOD support element of the joint project being funded by Islamic Relief Worldwide and implemented by CRS and IRPAL in Gaza. CAFOD will support partner in mainstreaming protection and accountability in this emergency response project. This will involve travel to Gaza to accompany partners during implementation (overall 4 trips during the 3-month timeframe), including discussing with partners the participation of male and female (including children) beneficiaries throughout the planning, implementation and M&E phases, providing beneficiary feedback boxes in each shelter involved in the project, discussing other beneficiary feedback mechanisms, providing advice on safe, gender sensitive and dignified distributions.
Food and hygiene distributions for vulnerable families affected by COVID19 Due to the shutdown in the West Bank because of COVID-19 thousands of day labourers and other low-paid workers are unable to earn, and their families are suffering disproportionately as they have no savings, so have no money to buy food and maintain power and water.  They also have no money for hygiene equipment to protect themselves and prevent spread of the virus.  Coping strategies such as support from family, churches and mosques have already been exchausted.  Caritas Jerusalem is planning to organise distributions of food and hygiene equipment over the next 2 months for 500 vulnerable families.
CIDSE Policy Officer for occupied Palestinian territory and Israel CAFOD is a member of CIDSE, an international alliance of Catholic development agencies, and – together with CIDSE member organisations in Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany and Ireland – is involved in a working group which acts as a forum for information exchange, policy analysis, and joint advocacy in support of a just peace for Israelis and Palestinians based on the applicable standards of international law.  The forum can also serve as a platform from which to build partnerships within the church and civil society, and engage other CIDSE member organisations.  Participating agencies all contribute towards maintaining a policy officer, based at Broederlijk Delen (the Belgian member) to engage with the European Union (EU).  The role allows for the building up of relationships with decision-makers in order to facilitate information exchange, the raising of concerns about human rights and development issues.  It also includes lobbying in support of the EU’s existing commitment to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and to the establishment of an independent, democratic and viable Palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with Israel and its neighbours.
Psychosocial counselling centre in northern Gaza CAFOD is providing financial support to Islamic Relief to run a specialised psychosocial counselling centre for children and parents in the Northern Governate of Gaza, the governate most exposed to violence from incursions.  The project targets approximately 200 children of preschool and school age (4-18 years old) for both individual and group counselling, to help them overcome their trauma and stress.
Empowering youth as peacebuilders in order to decrease the level of conflict in the community In the absence of positive political and economic prospects in Palestine, disenfranchised young people who feel marginalised by the dominant political groups and community leaders are more likely to participate in violent conflict. Young people are also increasingly vulnerable to recruitment by extremist groups.  This on-going threat exacerbates existing social problems and further hampers young people's involvement in community development. 

This project aims to counter the marginalisation of vulnerable young people and offers an active role in community peace building initiatives as an alternative to violence and extremism.  It will take place in Bethlehem, Hebron and surrounding areas, including the refugee camps of AZA, AIDA and DEHESHA.  The project will:
-	Empower 40 young people and build their capacity in conflict transformation, peace building and leadership skills. 
-	Support 30 community leaders to provide mentoring, mediation aid and support to young people and include them in  the mediation process. 
-	Facilitate young trainees to undertake peace building activities in their communities (Running mediation desks, establishing a hotline, running awareness-raising sessions in schools and universities and leading children's recreational activities).
Adopting a non-violence approach for a better future for the Palestinian youth Working with a team of young volunteers who were trained during a previous project, YDA aims to introduce children to the concepts of non-violence, and then to assist them to build on this concept through non-violence school clubs with the aim of building a new generation who believe in non-violence. The volunteers will be trained in art and drama therapy techniques to enable them to carry out the introductory work with the children, after which they will provide support for the school clubs.
Citizenship and Diversity and documentation project Citizenship and Diversity aims to integrate inter-faith religious and civic education into school curricula in 30 schools and student groups in the West Bank, half in Bethlehem and half in Ramallah.  The schools comprise 17 private schools, the partner-own youth group, and 12 Palestinian government schools.  It should be noted that student bodies in the government schools are overwhelmingly Muslim, while in the private schools they are on average 60% Muslim/ 40% Christian.  In each school both a Muslim and a Christian religious education or civics teacher are involved in the project, and in most schools one class (ie year group) but in a few schools more than one.  The age range of the students is 14-17.  Activities include lessons (with drama and discussion), school excursions to holy places, joint religious celebrations, teacher workshops and guest lectures.

Additionally, all full-time AEI staff will spend time during the month of August 2021 creating an orderly documentation of AEI's audio-visual and textual resources promoting the values of peace, sumud (steadfastness), citizenship and Christian-Muslim living together with a special focus on Palestinian young people and women.
Improving public health and hygiene practices for female-headed households Groundwater from the Gaza Coastal Aquifer is the only natural source for the Gaza Strip, and due to high population density is under considerable stress.  Over-pumping has led to pervasive seawater intrusion.  Underdeveloped wastewater storage and treatment facilities result in the releasing of large quantities of untreated sewage causing further groundwater contamination.  The blockade has banned, or delayed, the import of construction materials and spare parts to repair the collapsing water and sanitation network.  Agricultural fertilisers are causing an increase in the levels of nitrate in the groundwater beyond recommended levels, which can be fatal to infants.  Prices for purchased desalinated water are high and place additional financial strain on many households: those who cannot afford it turn to alternative sources which may be unsafe.

Existing problems were significantly exacerbated by the war during the summer of 2014 (Operation Protective Edge) in which 20-30% of water networks were damaged.  The worst hit areas are those areas within the Israeli-declared 3km no go zone during the ground invasion. Communities with chronic WASH deficiencies are particularly vulnerable to disruptions in service provision. 

The public health risk resulting from unsafe drinking water intake, and unsafe disposal of sewage and household solid waste, is greatest in the densely populated urban areas of Gaza.  Children are particularly vulnerable: diarrhoea is the main cause of morbidity, particularly among under-threes.  Women are charged with caring for their families’ health and wellbeing, but have very limited control over resources and are almost entirely dependent on their male relatives.  

The project proposes to address the issue of access to good quality drinking water for these vulnerable groups through the following interventions: 
1)	Provision of reliable, good quality drinking water through the installation of domestic reverse osmosis (RO) units and water tanks to 100 of the most vulnerable female-headed households and to 25 kindergartens most affected by the war. 
2)	Provision of health information and of best health/hygiene practices to kindergartens, mothers and educators which will further assist in avoiding the risks of disease and in improving child health and safety. 

Being provided with effective control over family water resources, and an understanding of practical preventive measures to safeguard their families’ health, has proven during previous projects to build the women’s confidence and will be continued here.
Support to Caritas Jerusalem COVID-19 health care response in Gaza There was an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 in the Gaza Strip in November and early December; active cases have doubled in the oPt overall and tripled in Gaza.  The delivery of essential routine health services continues to be affected by the pandemic. The health authorities in Gaza announced the closure of all public outpatient clinics and the temporary suspension of elective surgeries for two weeks on November 24, while maintaining urgent and life-saving surgeries only. 

Therefore, preventive measures like social distancing, hygiene practices, hand hygiene, and strengthening the immune systems of vulnerable people, many of whom are food insecure are of paramount importance. 

This project will provide medical care in the homes of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 and/or people who need emergency primary heath care.  It will also provide nutritional supplements to help improve the immune systems of people at risk in poor, over-crowded and multi-generational homes. The project, coordinated by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with Caritas Jerusalem, is designed to prevent spread of the virus and relieve pressure on the under-resourced and overcrowded public hospitals. The five medical teams will visit homes and assess the possibility of keeping the infected isolated in their own homes. If their houses are not suited for isolation, Caritas Jerusalem will refer to MoH isolation centres.  Caritas Jerusalem will also provide non-COVID-19 related primary health care e.g. dressing changes, provision of medication as necessary. 

In addition, Caritas will give hygiene kits in order to keep the homes virus free as much as possible as well as distributing flyers to raise awareness and the Caritas Jerusalem hotline number for additional enquiries.
Legal assistance for Palestinians This project aims at improving the quality of life of Palestinian people through providing pro bono legal aid and advice to individuals and groups in cases of human rights violation either by Israel or the Palestinian authority.  Beneficiaries include farmers and their families, women, people with disabilities, administrative detainees and their families, and families affected by house demolition and related issues.  Jerusalem Legal Aid Centre (JLAC) provides special consideration for clients on low incomes, and those who have limited or no other access to legal services, taking up over a thousand cases in a typical year.  JLAC also conducts public awareness-raising campaigns on human rights, and advocacy for increased rights both with the Palestinian Authority and international duty bearers.
CAFOD-led activities - JLAC EIDHR 2016-17 This project aims at improving the quality of life of Palestinian people through providing pro bono legal aid and advice to individuals and groups in cases of human rights violation either by Israel or the Palestinian authority.  Beneficiaries include farmers and their families, women, people with disabilities, administrative detainees and their families, and families affected by house demolition and related issues.  Jerusalem Legal Aid Centre (JLAC) provides special consideration for clients on low incomes, and those who have limited or no other access to legal services, taking up over a thousand cases in a typical year.  JLAC also conducts public awareness-raising campaigns on human rights, and advocacy for increased rights with both the Palestinian Authority and the Government of Israel.
Consultancy for JLAC visit CAFOD’s partner, Jerusalem Legal Aid Centre (JLAC), has obtained EU funding for its project “Protection of Marginalised Palestinian Communities in East Jerusalem and Area ‘C’ of the West Bank through Legal Aid, Outreach and Advocacy- 2015 – 18”.  As co-applicant with JLAC, CAFOD is jointly responsible for Result 3: “EU and UK policy-makers encouraged to question human rights violations in I/oPt and align aid policy and political objectives with a commitment to IHL and IHRL, and social/financial/political support of the Palestinian Authority and local community toward marginalised target groups is increased”.  Specifically, CAFOD will undertake advocacy work with the objective of achieving policy change at UK and EC levels.  As a key advocacy activity, CAFOD will host the visit of two staff members of JLAC to the UK and Brussels during 10 days in January 2017.  The visit will be accompanied with a photo exhibition.  While in the UK, JLAC will meet officials from the FCO and DfID; MPs in Parliament and the House of Lords courtesy of CAFOD’s Parliamentary Friends Group; and meet CAFOD supporter groups in 2-3 dioceses in England and Wales.  While in Brussels, JLAC will meet officials from relevant EU institutions and with MEPs.  It is anticipated that Broederlijk Delen, co-member of the CIDSE Working Group with CAFOD, will assist with advice and contacts for this part of JLAC’s visit.  The consultant will provide support to the logistics and administration for the visit, and to the communications and media work.
Youth engagement in Gaza Although the proportion of youth (Aged 15-29) in Palestinian society is high, young people are marginalised and poverty and unemployment are at alarmingly high levels. Almost two thirds of Palestinian youth are unemployed and nearly half are classified as poor. Economic opportunities for young people are limited, rendering them dependent on their families and with limited potential to be a powerful force for change as negative social and cultural values also impede their participation in decision making processes.  Additionally, the closure of Gaza restricts the ability of Gazan youth to access resources for their own development. As a result, there is a risk that the frustration felt by youth due to this marginalisation and oppression will be manifested through violence and disorder.  For these reasons, youth engagement and empowerment are essential to increase skills and confidence, boost involvement in the community and to contribute to the attainment of youth goals. 

This project aims at providing safe spheres of engagement for talented youth from vulnerable areas in the south of the Gaza strip and supports the role of youth in social development through uniting diverse groups of talented people and engaging them in community initiatives with a focus on the issue of justice and human rights in the Palestinian community.
Citizenship and Diversity: Muslims and Christians living together In a context of increasing extremism, ongoing occupation and the breakdown of peace talks between Israel and the PLO/Palestinian Authority, this project aims to both support Moslem-Christian relations and also to contribute to Palestinian society by seeking nonviolent ways of challenging the present difficult situation and by encouraging the incorporation of teaching of democratic values into  the school curriculum. 

This project aims to integrate inter-faith religious and civic education into school curricula in 30 schools and student groups in the West Bank, half in Bethlehem and half in Ramallah.  The schools comprise 17 private schools, the partner-own youth group, and 12 Palestinian government schools.  It should be noted that student bodies in the government schools are overwhelmingly Muslim, while in the private schools they are on average 60% Muslim/ 40% Christian.  In each school both a Muslim and a Christian religious education or civics teacher are involved in the project, and in most schools one class (ie year group) but in a few schools more than one.  The age range of the students is 14-17.  Activities include lessons (with drama and discussion), school excursions to holy places, joint religious celebrations, teacher workshops and guest lectures.
Legal assistance for Palestinians co-financing component This is the contribution committed by CAFOD as part of an agreement with the EU which is currently providing funding to this longstanding CAFOD partner for its core programme of providing legal assistance to marginalised Palestinians.  WBN002.  An assessment carried out in 2014 indicated a need for action to mitigate “push factors” fostering displacement of Palestinians from large expanses of Palestinian land in the West Bank and from the city of Jerusalem.  Such push factors include house demolition, forced displacement, and confiscation of land in Area C, and social and economic pressures involving East Jerusalem.  Strategies being implemented to address these issues involve rendering legal aid, combined with awareness-raising and advocacy efforts to strengthen the resilience of marginalized communities at risk for displacement.  Ongoing engagement with civil society coalitions, local government, community leaders and community based organisations ensures that the people affected are fully participant in the mitigation process, and that their prioritizations and input are continually sought during service provision and evaluations.
Economic empowerment of Palestinian women and young people with disabilities This project aims to improve the socio-economic status and involvement of women in Palestinian society, by strengthening their confidence and ensuring access to opportunities to increase economic productivity and independence both within their own homes and in wider society. Activities will directly target 20 women and 5 young people with disabilities in two rural villages in the Ramallah Governorate (Ein Arik and Bir Zeit), thereby indirectly benefiting approximately 150 men and women. 

Project activities include an 11-month training course on clothes design and production for women and young people with disabilities, provision of the necessary funds and equipment for women with the skills required to establish their own clothing business, and completion of a small manufacturing centre at the Caritas Jerusalem training centre in Ein Arik in order to create long-term employment for 10 women graduates of the project. Through these activities, the expected results of the project are:
1.	10 women and 5 young people with disabilities trained in clothes design and production
2.	5 women with necessary skills receive a business start-up grant to become self-employed clothes makers
3.	10 women are employed in the Ein Arik centre on a permanent basis
4.	25 women and young people report increased economic productivity and increased income
5.	Women and youth participants report increased self-confidence and improved psychological well-being 
6.	Caritas Jerusalem training centre is fully fitted and equipped to support trainees for years to come