FOOD & AGR ORG OF THE UNITED NATION

Published purpose

The project aims to mitigate household food insecurity in targeted areas of the West Bank and Gaza. The project is helping poor families to maintain or establish backyard gardens or to raise animals such as goats, rabbits, chickens or fish for food or to sell for income. The project is also helping targeted families to install rainwater collection and wastewater treatment systems to increase resilience to frequent water shortages. This project is one of over 200 projects that make up the United Nations' 2011 Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP) for the West Bank and Gaza. The 2011 CAP, worth over US$575 million, allows the international community to help spare Palestinians from the worst effects of the ongoing crisis by delivering humanitarian assistance, increasing the protection of civilians, improving the collection of humanitarian information, and strengthening the United Nations' humanitarian coordination structure. Overall, through this appeal, non-governmental organizations and the United Nations help restore human dignity and alleviate further poverty, institutional weakness, and instability in the West Bank and Gaza.