What Has IHH Been Doing For Gaza
1. Cash and Emergency Aid:
- IHH, The Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief, donated $300 per family to 400 families of killed and wounded Palestinians, totalling 170,000 Turkish Liras (TL).
Note: 1 US Dollars is equal to 1,5 TL
- Affected Palestinians were provided by the IHH Base Office in Gaza with tents, clothing and blankets worth TL 30,000.
- 50 tons of flour was purchased in Egypt and distributed to needy Palestinians.
- Two tons of candles were sent to Gaza, where there is often no electricity.
- The people of Gaza were handed a TL 450,000 cash donation in the second round of aid.
- A group of people, including IHH President Bülent Yıldırım, lawmakers and doctors, travelled to Gaza and delivered TL 4,800,000 in cash to the officials of the Gaza Health Ministry.
- Aid in cash was delivered to the authorities in Gaza by an IHH team of medics to be spent on medication, medical equipment and health services.
- 2,000 families whose houses were completely destroyed were given a $2,000 cash donation each. A total of TL 6,500,000 in cash was donated as aid.
2. Activities for Orphans
The leading priority among IHH’s activities in the crisis regions is its work in Palestine. In the long term, IHH continues on a regular basis to organise aid projects in Palestine, and in neighbouring countries with Palestinian refugee populations. In addition, our teams travelled to Gaza during and after the airstrikes and attacks in 2008 and 2009, where they quickly co-ordinated work on fresh campaigns. Our campaigns include:
9,372 orphan children are financially supported on a regular basis within the scope of IHH’s “Family Sponsor Campaign”.
4,000 children, who were seriously mentally traumatised as a result of the harmful pyschological effects of war, benefited from rehabilitation services and psychological support provided by IHH.
IHH established a training centre offering first aid and needlecraft courses.
In Jabalia, Gaza, IHH founded a computer center for the training of the mothers of 120 orphans.
In addition, 5 training centers spread across Gaza offer courses for the mothers of orphans.
The charity bakery in Jabalia provides bread to 200 orphan families free of charge.
Within the scope of our orphan aid work in Gaza; 1,350 orphan families received regular financial aid totalling 1,000 Euro per family, which adds up to 1,350,000 Euro.
3. Health Services:
- 15 tons of medication and medical equipment were delivered to Gaza.
- An IHH team of eight doctors and a nurse worked on the ground after the attacks.
- Another relief team headed by the IHH president visited families of the wounded and refugees.
- Two ambulances were purchased in Egypt and donated to a hospital in Gaza.
- A team of orthosis and prosthesis experts was sent to the region to assess the condition of the wounded.
4. Aid Air Cargos:
- Seven trailer-loads of aid materials were sent to Gaza on a special cargo plane. 38 tons of aid was sent; including 11 tons of powdered milk, 10 tons of sugar, 11.5 tons of canned fish and 30 packs of medicine, worth TL 500,000.
- Another cargo plane was sent to Gaza loaded with 34 tons of relief materials - such as a field hospital, generators, medicines and basic foodstuffs – in total worth TL 670,000.
- The third aid cargo plane contained 36.7 tons of urgently needed supplies such as medication, medical equipment, powdered milk and foodstuffs. It carried TL 585,000 worth of aid.
5. Aid Ship:
- In a major relief effort, the Foundation sent an aid ship to Gaza loaded with 1,000 tons of medicine, medical equipment, generators, cleaning materials and food supplies, worth a total of TL 2,774,400.
Summary of IHH Aid to Gaza (From 2005 to 2009):
Emergency Relief : 12,549,600 $
Social Aid : 6,044,740 $
Cultural Aid : 226,761 $
Educational Aid : 3,373,789 $
Medical Aid : 2,577,820 $
TOTAL : 24,772,710 $
