How you can help the situation in Gaza
22 January 2009
You can donate to the 
Disasters Emergency Committee Gaza Crisis Appeal.
The Disasters Emergency Committee unites the leading independent humanitarian agencies in the United Kingdom, including:
- Action Aid
- British Red Cross
- CAFOD
- CARE International UK
- Christian Aid
- Concern Worldwide
- Help the Aged
- Islamic Relief
- Merlin
- Oxfam
- Save the Children
- Tearfund
- World Vision
Other organisations with active humanitarian activities in Gaza include:
- Action Against Hunger
- Handicap International
- International Medical Corps
- Medecins du Monde (MDM) UK
- Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
- UK Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)
- UK Mercy Corps
- Mines Advisory Group (MAG)
- Muslim Aid
- Relief International
- Welfare Association
What is DFID doing?
We are in the process of allocating emergency funds to make sure that aid reaches the people of Gaza quickly and in response to their most urgent needs. Read the latest update on how DFID and the UK government are responding
Further information is also available at: www.dfid.gov.uk/news/files/gaza-humanitarian-fund.asp
For more information on DFID's other ongoing work in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, please visit: www.dfid.gov.uk/countries/asia/opt.asp
Related links
- UK Gaza Humanitarian Response Fund - 18 January 2009
- UK pledges £20 million to help rebuild Gaza - Press release, 18 January 2009
- UK contributes £1 million to Gaza emergency fund - Press release, 13 January 2009
- DFID pledges £4 million to help food and water shortages in Gaza - Press release, 6 January 2009
- Douglas Alexander announces up to $10 million in humanitarian aid for Gaza - 31 December 2008
- Statement on the humanitarian situation in Gaza from Douglas Alexander - 28 December 2008
- Occupied Palestinian Territories country profile
- Fighting poverty: Conflict and security
Contact
If you're a journalist and have a media enquiry, please contact the DFID Press Office on 020 7023 0600 or by email pressoffice@dfid.gov.uk. A press officer is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
