Gaza crisis : Providing clean water

Oxfam is providing clean water to some of the thousands of families in Gaza that are homeless and staying in United Nations schools.

Water tanker driver Mohammed Al Boursh. Photo: Mohammed Ali

Mohammed Al Boursh is 43; he works as a water tanker driver for Oxfam's main supplier of drinking water.

The water company that I work with has nine tankers, now all of them are working for Oxfam to provide water to the families inside the UN schools. Two of the tankers are for Gaza City and the rest for the north of the Gaza Strip. Daily we pump about 60 cubic metres of clean water for each school.

Photo: Mohammed Ali

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Fayeq Abed Ala'al collecting water. Photo: Mohammed Ali

Fayeq Abed Ala'al is 19 years old. He has not yet returned home with his family because he fears that the Israeli military might come back.

This water is clean water to drink. The water inside the school is not for drinking and tastes salty.

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Mother of six, Amal Abed, fled to this UN school with her family to escape the bombing in eastern Gaza.

We face problems in everything, not only the water... We do not have enough food.
I carry this jerry can so I can provide my family with clean water to drink, and every time I need water I will be waiting for this water tank, to be able to fill my jerry can up again and again.

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Abedrabouh Abed Ala'al fled his home in the east of Gaza during the bombing and took his family to this UN school.

The water system here inside the school is not sufficient at all because there are many people. Most of the time we have no water. People here cannot find enough clean water to drink or wash with.
This water provided by Oxfam will help us to have clean water to drink and cook with, but what about showering and laundry?

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This young boy is 13 years old. He is staying in the school with ten of his family members.

We will use this water for drinking and to make tea. Inside the school we can find water from taps but it is cut off most of the time.
We have been here with my family for more than a week now. I really want to go back home and go back to school.

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Sua'ad Rasheed is a mother of ten from Gaza City.

The water inside the school is not drinkable, and it's not available every day. For more than six days my children and I have not taken a shower or changed our clothes.
This at least provides us with drinking water and I do thank Oxfam for this.

Photo: Mohammed Ali

Mahmoud El Amoudi works for the United Nations and is responsible for this school.

Water is cut off most of the time, but the UN provides the school's tanks with water on a daily basis. Due to a high level of consumption –there are more than 500 people living here – we face a lack of water.
This water provided by Oxfam is very good and a fast solution to the crisis, thought people are in need of a constant water supply to drink, clean, shower and do their laundry.

Photo: Mohammed Ali

Gaza crisis : Providing clean water

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