Emergency Water Distribution | July 27 – August 8, 2026
The water crisis in Gaza continues to worsen, especially in remote camps and neighborhoods close to the Yellow Line, where damaged roads and security risks make regular aid deliveries difficult.
For Initiatives #11 and #12, Gaza’s Forgotten Families continued focusing almost entirely on life-sustaining clean drinking water.
Together, our teams in Central and Northern Gaza reached 4,350 families/tents across 33 camps, providing water to an estimated 21,750 Palestinians.
Central Gaza
Led by Alaa
Alaa received $4,000 for this phase.
Financial Summary
Funds sent: $4,000
Currency conversion (5%): $200
Team labor commission (10%): $380
Printing/documentation: $55
Water trucks: 16 × 4,600-liter trucks at $200 each = $3,200
Remaining balance: $164, to roll into Initiative #13
Central Gaza receipts
Central Gaza Impact
💧 16 water trucks
🏕️ 1,920 families/tents reached
📍 16 camp distributions
Camps Served
• Al-Rafidain, Al-Siraj, Al-Aman (Yellow Line), Legislative Camp , Al-Shishan, Sheikh Radwan, Al-Samidin, Al-Aman, Al-Israa, Sheikh Radwan, Al-Muhibeen, Al-Israa, Al-Shanti, Sheikh Radwan, Aman, and School Camp
One of the most difficult realities Alaa documented came from Al-Shishan Camp, where families told the team they had gone approximately 15 days without a water truck.
That is the scale of the shortage our teams are encountering.
Some of these camps are close to the Yellow Line and extremely difficult to reach. The roads are heavily damaged, access is dangerous, and larger vehicles can draw unwanted attention.
But the need remains the same.
Families are waiting for water.
Northern Gaza
Led by Abood
Abood also received $4,000.
Financial Summary
Funds sent: $4,000
Currency conversion (3%): $120
Team labor commission (10%): $293
Seven 12,000-liter trucks: $2,800
Two 4,600-liter trucks: $179 + $159
Poster printing: $10
Remaining balance: $73, to roll into Initiative #13
Northern Gaza Receipts:
Northern Gaza Impact
💧 9 water trucks
🏕️ 2,430 families/tents reached
📍 17 camp distributions
Camps Served
• Al-Tuffah • Al-Awda • Hassouna Camp • Al-Ain • Al-Taqa •Al-Shifa • Al-Salam • Al-Zahraa • Shuja’iyya • Jenin • Al-Amali • Al-Ain • Al-Kawthar • Dahdouh Street • Doha • Adam • Al-Abbas • Al-Zaytoun • Salah Al-Din
What Abood Saw
At Al-Tuffah, Abood originally planned to serve two areas.
That changed as families kept arriving.
“I couldn’t bring myself to close the taps while families were still standing there waiting desperately for water.”
So the entire 12,000-liter truck stayed in one neighborhood.
Families filled their containers, returned home, and then came back to refill them so they could store enough water for the days ahead.
Abood estimated 250–350 families benefited from that single distribution.
At Al-Zahraa School, less than 80 meters from the Yellow Line, 215 families were sheltering inside the school and in tents along its walls.
Abood described the situation there as catastrophic.
Families live with the sound of gunfire through the night while trying to secure something as basic as drinking water.
Afterwards, the team continued to Shuja’iyya, where another 75 families received water.
At Dahdouh Street, there had been no planned distribution.
The truck driver simply told Abood that families there were desperate for water.
When they arrived, the street initially appeared empty.
Then the driver honked the horn.
“It was as if people emerged from beneath the rubble.”
Within minutes, families came running with containers.
More than 150 families received water.
Abood described displaced people living in partially intact rooms beneath heavy debris, in what had once been one of Gaza’s busiest streets.
One moment stayed with him.
A very young girl insisted on carrying a heavy water container herself, even though her mother told her not to. Her young brother also wanted to carry one.
Even as children, they already understood that bringing water home had become part of their responsibility.
On Friday, Abood distributed 4,500 liters to Doha Camp because many other organizations were not distributing water that day.
Families came from far away hoping the truck would reach them.
As Abood put it:
“I cannot understand how these families can be left without access to drinking water for an entire day.”
At Adam Camp and Al-Abbas, another 12,000 liters were distributed.
At the mosque in Al-Abbas, there was no water at all.
Children began filling the mosque’s containers so that anyone entering would have something to drink.
New: GFF Video Archive
Transparency shouldn't require you to take our word for anything.
Over the past months, our teams have accumulated extensive field documentation: water trucks being filled, roads being traveled, camps being entered, distributions taking place, and families speaking directly from Gaza.
We are now building a permanent Gaza's Forgotten Families video archive on Vimeo where supporters can watch the initiatives for themselves:
https://vimeo.com/user259835683Gaza’s Forgotten Families Video Archive
The archive will continue to grow as we organize and upload documentation from each initiative.
Our donors deserve to see what their money does.
And the families we serve deserve more than statistics. They deserve to be seen.
Combined Impact
Initiatives #11–12
Together, Alaa and Abood reached:
💧 10 water trucks
🏕️ 4,350 families/tents
❤️ Approximately 21,750 Palestinians
📍 33 camp distributions
Many of these communities are in remote, heavily damaged, or dangerous areas where access is difficult and regular water deliveries are unreliable.
Some families told us they had gone 15 days without a water truck.
Others came running from beneath rubble when they heard a horn.
Children carried containers nearly as heavy as they were.
Families waited in extreme heat simply hoping there would be enough water left when their turn came.
This is what these numbers represent.
Not statistics.
People surviving one more day.
Thank you for continuing to stand with Gaza’s Forgotten Families.
Every truck matters.
Every liter matters.
Every family reached matters.
We’re still in need of your generous donations to keep our water distribution efforts in Gaza going strong.