World Water Day in Gaza
Mar 22, 2026
On World Water Day, people around the world reflect on the importance of water. But in Gaza, water is not a symbol: it is survival. Amal, our colleague from Gaza,...
Stories of Our Work
Gaza Diaries: Clean Water in Gaza, a Lifeline during the Genocide
Dec 23, 2025
I have been working with MECA on the Maia Project to provide safe, clean drinking water to Palestinian children in Gaza for nearly a decade. During this time, we have...
Stories of Our Work
Gaza Diaries: Distributing Tarps in Gaza
Nov 13, 2025
Today I visited two distribution points in Khan Younis. MECA received 10,000 tarps from UNICEF which we are distributing across 10 of the camps where we have been providing drinking...
Stories of Our Work
Gaza Diaries: Today I came to see what was left…
Nov 11, 2025
https://www.mecaforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/WhatsApp-Video-2025-11-06-at-8.47.23-PM.mp4 "The place where I’m standing now was once the site of a water desalination unit that MECA installed. It used to provide clean water to about 2,500 people every...
Stories of Our Work
Going back to Rafah
Feb 13, 2025
MECA's Amal Abu Moaliqe writes about going back to Rafah during the temporary ceasefire to see what people need and how MECA can help. After her visit, we began sending...
Stories of Our Work
“A cup of clean water for my baby girl means so much to me”
Dec 28, 2024
No one in Gaza can get enough water to meet their most basic needs but with your support MECA provides nearly a million gallons of clean drinking water each month...
Stories of Our Work
The smallest child in Gaza knows the meaning of these sounds
Jul 26, 2018
BACKGROUND: Since March more than 150 Palestinians have been shot and killed by Israeli snipers. Over 16,000 have been injured. Israelis are targeting Palestinian children: two teenage boys were killed...
News
Daily life and work in the Gaza Strip
May 29, 2018
Today I visited the village of Khuza’a in the Gaza Strip. I was met with poverty, disease, disability, humiliation, helplessness, and much more. It is worse than any explanation or description...
Stories of Our Work
