WASH & Environment<\/strong><\/p>\nWater, sanitation and hygiene are among the top humanitarian priorities in Gaza because access to clean water and improved sanitation are essential to life, health and dignity.<\/p>\n
The water quality in the Gaza Strip has been severely compromised due to increasing salinity of groundwater, contamination of water resources with fertilizers, pesticides and solid waste and lack of adequate water and sewage treatment options.<\/p>\n
\n\n\n| \u201c A very heavy\u00a0 burden was removed\u00a0 from my shoulder after Islamic Relief\u00a0 provided us with the filter. We can now get drinkable water at home\u201d<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n IRPAL contributes in securing people WASH needs \u00a0\u00a0through improving access to safe and clean drinking water and improving the environment of an affected area to help children grow within a proper environment.<\/p>\n \n\n\n| \u201cNow, I work and my sons are my assistants. We have income source and we can cover our family expenses. Thanks to Allah, thanks for the IRPAL for standing next home to re-establish my project and provide me with advice and guidance.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Mrs.Randa Jarghon is one of the beneficiaries from RO units installed at households by Islamic Relief. She expressed her previous suffer in drinking water getting. She said \u201cI don\u2019t have a big sonto help me in filling drinking water gallons, so I used to go out to fill them especially that the drinking water vendors refuse to come to fill my little gallons. That because they only fill the big tanks to get more mone<\/p>\n<\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> | |