Distribution of Hygiene Kits to Families Displaced from Jabalia Camp to Gaza City

Distribution of Hygiene Kits to Families Displaced from Jabalia Camp to Gaza City

When a family arrives with nothing, the response begins with the basics of health and dignity

100 hygiene kits for 100 displaced families at USD 100 per kit

Thousands of families left Jabalia Camp in the northern Gaza Strip for Gaza City carrying nothing with them. In crowded displacement settings, where water is scarce, sanitation services have broken down, and the most basic hygiene supplies are unavailable, personal hygiene is not a matter of comfort it is the first line of defence against the infectious diseases that spread rapidly in such environments, particularly among children and older people.

In response, the Gaza Society for Sustainable Agriculture and Friendly Environment (SAFE) distributed hygiene kits to families displaced from Jabalia Camp to Gaza City, supported by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), on 7 December 2024.

The Intervention in Numbers

• 100 hygiene kits distributed to families displaced from Jabalia Camp
• 100 beneficiary families settled in Gaza City after displacement from the north
• USD 100 per kit — a total in-kind contribution of USD 10,000
• Direct implementation by SAFE field teams with no intermediaries, from sourcing to handover

Why Hygiene Kits?

Because their impact is preventive, not merely relief-based. In crowded displacement settings, the spread of skin, gastrointestinal, and respiratory disease is directly linked to the absence of basic hygiene supplies. Providing a comprehensive kit per household means direct protection of public health, reduced pressure on an already exhausted health system, and the safeguarding of privacy and dignity a dimension that matters doubly for women and girls in displacement.

The value of each kit (USD 100) also reflects comprehensive contents covering a household's needs over an extended period, rather than token items.

SAFE's Role

SAFE delivered the intervention in full, without an implementing partner: identifying families displaced from Jabalia Camp against need-based criteria, sourcing materials and assembling the kits, and organising field distribution in a way that ensured fairness, ease of access, and respect for the dignity of the families served.

Partnership That Reaches the Affected

This intervention reflects the value of partnership with international organisations committed to humanitarian action. Support from the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) enabled a targeted response for one of the most severely affected groups: those displaced from the north of the Strip, who lost their homes and possessions all at once.

For one hundred dollars, a displaced family received what protects its health and its dignity. That is the difference a targeted response makes at the right moment.