No one in Gaza is safe from hunger.
After two years of devastating conflict, most families in Gaza are now displaced from their homes and living in tents – makeshifts shelters that offer almost no protection against the bitter cold and winter storms.
For babies and young children, these conditions are life-threatening. Hypothermia is a real and deadly risk. In overcrowded shelters, respiratory infections and diarrhoea spread fast. With the healthcare system collapsed and malnutrition at record levels, even a simple cold can become dangerous. This winter will take even more lives unless urgent support reaches families in time.
That’s why our teams in Gaza are working hard to help families stay warm – heating safe communal spaces, distributing wrapping scarves to protect newborns and babies, and alerting caregivers to the early signs of hypothermia. We’re also delivering our life-saving nutrition programmes, distributing therapeutic food and providing feeding centres for infants and young children.
Most supporters give an average of £32.30. Join them by making a donation to help families in Gaza get the emergency aid they need.
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“I am exhausted. Living in tents is very hard. You can’t shower properly or sleep peacefully. There is sand everywhere. My children are very sick, always with diarrhoea or flu, and they never fully recover.”
Page last updated: 22 December 2025
Thanks to supporters like you, our teams have reached over 1.4 million Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank so far with aid activities like:
This winter is expected to worsen conditions for 1.5 million Palestinians, with many children at risk of hypothermia.
We've served over 3,000 family-sized hot meals every 20 days and supported shelters in the West Bank with essential supplies.
Just £25 could provide one person in Gaza with a pillow, mattress, blanket and two meals for three days.
20% of households in Gaza aren't able to meet their nutritional needs and 30% of children under 5 are malnourished.
Palestinians are dying from hunger daily with no shelter or support.
Just £47 could provide a fresh food basket that keeps a family of six in Gaza nourished for two weeks.
Nearly a million Palestinians are getting less than 6 litres of water a day they can safely drink, clean and wash with and only 52% of people have proper sanitation facilities.
We've distributed 37 million litres of clean water in Gaza through our water trucking activities.
Just £103 could provide two tanks of clean water for families in need. One tank can hold up to 5,000 litres.
78% of buildings in Gaza have been destroyed - including homes, hospitals, food markets and schools. And despite the ceasefire, buildings are still being destroyed.
Everything Palestinians need to survive is gone. And people in are relying on aid just to get by.
Across Gaza, child malnutrition has increased 700% since October 2023. We're currently treating almost 1,000 children and 500 women for acute malnutrition.
It's not too late to prevent further loss of life. Your donation today could be a lifeline for someone in Gaza.
Help Gaza: Donate to send food and aid
Families are going days – even weeks – with no food. We asked people in Gaza when they last had a meal. This is what they told our team:
“The last time we had a meal, which was an eggplant salad, was fifteen days ago. It was a blessing.”
“The last time we had a meal was a few days ago when some vegetables were distributed around the camp.”
“The last time we had a real full meal was a week ago. It was fish.”
You can help a family in Gaza eat today.
Almost 1 in 5 pregnant and breastfeeding women are malnourished. Malnutrition carries risks for both mother and baby, including premature birth, low birth weight and maternal death.
Since October 2025, our teams have:
Despite the ceasefire, 77% of the population continues to face life-threatening food insecurity.
£47 could provide a fresh food basket that keeps a family of six in Gaza nourished for two weeks.
Over 70,000 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict including 20,000 children. Since the ceasefire, at least 267 Palestinians have been killed and 600 more injured.
£25 could provide one person who's lost loved ones with a pillow, mattress, blanket and two meals for three days.
We've supported over 200 sites in Gaza with clean water.
£103 could provide two tanks of clean water for people in Gaza. One tank can hold up to 5,000 litres.
Our teams have worked in Gaza since 2002. Since October 2023, our teams have been working on supporting families in Gaza through airstrikes, displacement, and severe access constraints.
Your donation to our Gaza Crisis Appeal will help protect vulnerable communities we’re supporting in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Lebanon.
Any funds raised over and above the needs of our Gaza Appeal will go to our life-saving work and used where the need is greatest.
Out of every £1 raised, we spend 94p on charitable activities and services and 6p on fundraising and support costs.
Photo credit 1: Mahmud HAMS/AP
Photo credit 2: Mohammed Abed/AFP
