Media Release
BOB McMULLAN MP
PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
FEDERAL MEMBER FOR FRASER
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30 January 2009
Australia provides support to NGOs for humanitarian relief in Gaza
I am pleased to announce the Australian Government is providing $2 million for
Australian NGOs to deliver immediate emergency assistance to Gaza.
This funding is part of the $5 million package of assistance announced by the Minister
for Foreign Affairs, Stephen Smith on 27 January. The remaining $3 million is for United
Nations agencies to replenish food and emergency stores.
Details of the support and funding:
Australian Red Cross ($300,000):
In partnership with the Palestine Red Crescent
Society, the Australian Red Cross will focus on improving access to safe water for up to
50,000 families through the provision of hygiene kits, water purification supplies and the
deployment of water treatment units and jerry cans.
CARE Australia ($425,000) will provide basic medical assistance, non-food items such
as building materials, cooking equipment, blankets, winter clothes and hygiene kits, and
increased access to safe water supplies by deploying water trucks and repairing water
pumping stations. Their activities will focus on assisting conflict affected families in the
north of Gaza.
Oxfam Australia ($425,000) will distribute family emergency hygiene kits, baby
hygiene kits and cleaning kits to 5,000 conflict-affected households across Gaza. They
will also improve the water and sanitation conditions in target communities,
kindergartens and primary schools by repairing damaged community infrastructure and
deploying 10 mobile water tanks.
Save the Children Australia ($425,000) will focus their emergency response on
improving the health of mothers, newborns and children in hospitals, health care centres
and shelters in the north and south of Gaza, as well as Gaza City. This will involve
advising mothers on the care of their newborns, establishing community support
networks and providing supplementary food and micronutrients.
World Vision Australia ($425,000) will meet the immediate food and hygiene needs of
2,150 vulnerable families that have been affected by the recent conflict in Gaza. These
families are located in both the north and south of Gaza.
Contacts: Sabina Curatolo (Mr McMullan’s Office) 0400318205, AusAID 0417680590
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