Family from the Zaitoun area
The Zaitoun area is an old and very
poor section of Gaza City. The family owns their own home which is very small.
This room is on the roof of the building. It is used for eating, sleeping and
for the bathroom. It is not sanitary, so the children have many skin problems.
It is one small room with no kitchen or bathroom. The electricity, as it is
wired, is not safe. The roof is old made of Zengo or corrugated metal. As a
result it is very hot in the summer and cold in the winter. The mother must
carry water from a water tank on a higher roof.
The father works cleaning a small
shop near earing 10 NIS or about $2.40 daily. He has a wife and three children
and with this small sum they cannot even buy milk for the children. The oldest
child is four years old.
The cost of the renovations of this
small home is: the bathroom 4,000
The kitchen 3,500
Windows
and doors 1,500
Roof for the one room 2,000
Labor 2,000
Total
13,000 which is $3,700
We ask our readers if anyone could
please help this family in need of a proper home for this young family to help
us to find the funding to renovate their home.
March – Family from Shegaylia Area
The Shegaylia area is a very old and
very poor area of Gaza City. It was heavily hit by shelling in the last war.
This is a family of six who live in
a house which is own by the father’s father. When the son married he tried to
build a floor on the roof for his family. He was able to only build the walls
and roof on the room that they have. Yet it has no bathroom or kitchen nor has
it any windows or doors. The family must go downstairs to his parents’ home to
the bathroom. When it is very cold and rainy they all go down to sleep on the
floor in the grandparents’ house. This is because water enters everywhere in
their home on the roof.
The father works for 20 NIS a day
and this is not enough for food and milk for the family. They are missing nutritious
meals and basic needs.
The grandfather is very ill and will
soon have open heart surgery. Being he is ill he hasn’t work so they have no
income now for some time. Their home is very damp and unhealthy. They too are
very poor.
The cost needed to make the home
suitable to live in on the top floor means replacing the doors, windows and
putting in a bathroom and a kitchen. The total sum to make these repairs is
5,000 NIS or $1,500. If any of our
readers would be able to help us find this sum it would greatly assist this
family of six to live in a healthy home.
