Project profile — Providing Food Assistance - UN Humanitarian Response 2014

• West Bank Gaza (100.00%)

• Emergency food aid:
Emergency food aid (72040) (90.00%)
Relief co-ordination; protection and support services (72050) (10.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This project aims to improve the resilience of Palestinian women, men and children by ensuring that about 237,000 non-refugee Palestinians in Gaza and 263,000 non-refugee Palestinians in the West Bank have access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food. Some project activities include: (1) providing emergency food assistance; (2) distributing food vouchers; (3) providing food to orphanages; and (4) monitoring access to food to determine where the needs are greatest. To raise awareness of the importance of good nutrition, the project supports educational campaigns and activities. The project also improves coordination among organizations working to increase access to food and enhance emergency preparedness. This project is one of over 150 projects that make up the United Nations' 2014 Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC) for the West Bank and Gaza. The 2014 HPC, worth over US $400 million, allows the international community to help spare Palestinians from the worst effects of the ongoing crisis. Delivered through a coordinated approach, the HPC provides life-saving humanitarian assistance by providing food, water, health, and nutrition and by increasing the protection of civilians.

The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: increased access to food to meet the basic human needs of hunger-affected women, men, and children.

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• Proactive disclosure
• Related activities:
• Building the Resilience of Farmers and Herders - UN Humanitarian Response 2014
• Improving Access to Services for People with Disabilities - Humanitarian Response 2014
• Improving Food Security for Vulnerable Palestinians - Humanitarian Response 2014
• Improving the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance - UN Humanitarian Response 2014