Maia Project Resources

Below are some important resources about the water crisis in Palestine with a particular focus on Gaza where the Middle East Children Alliance's (MECA) Maia Project is bringing clean water children at schools, kindergartens, and preschools. 

MECA has also developed a downloadable factsheet for raising awareness and funds for the Maia Project.

Reports and articles:

• Water As A Tool For Continuing Oppression And Injustice. Jan 2012. Palestinian News Network
• Humanitarian Minimum: Israel's Role in Creating Food and Water Insecurity in the Gaza Strip. Dec 2010. Physicians for Human Rights Israel
• Water supplied in Gaza unfit for drinking; Israel prevents entry of materials needed to repair system. Aug 2010. B'Tselem
• Children's Plea for Clean Water Inspires MECA's "Maia Project" in Gaza. Aug 2010. Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.
• Thirsting for Justice: Palestinian Access to Water Restricted. Oct 2009. Amnesty International.
• Gaza's Water Supply Near Collapse. Sept. 2009. InterPress Service.
• Looming water crisis in Gaza. Sept. 2009. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Videos:

• US artists in Gaza over water crisis. July 2011. Press TV.
• Israel hogging Gaza water sources. Oct. 2010. Press TV.
• Gaza is Floating. March 2010. LifeSource.
• Besieged Waters. March 2010. LifeSource.
• Israel's blockade causes water crisis in Gaza. Sept 2009. Al-Jazeera English.
• By Land or By Water: Gaza Under Siege. June 2009. LifeSource.