We are actively involved in building self-sustainable short and long term development projects in addition to providing relief and humanitarian assistance that foster self-reliance, self-directness and preserves human dignity for the sake of the disadvantaged groups in the Gaza Strip. By reading these stories, you will meet the beneficiaries of HCI programs and you will learn about the power ordinary people have to change their own lives. You will also learn about the power caring people have to help them to do so.
Gaza Strip
Honoring and Celebrating Community Traditions: Ramadan and Adahi 2011
Egypt, Featured Stories from the Field, Gaza Strip, Jordan & Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Regional, Seasonal Projects, Sudan, West Bank
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Nov 212011
Each year HCI makes it a point to honor and celebrate the traditions of the communities we serve; understanding the culture and living conditions of the local communities we work with is part of HCI’s philosophy while serving these communities, especially at times such as Ramadan and Eid Al Adha when great importance is placed [...]
Apr 122011
Most of the world doesn’t have the benefit of picking up food from the corner store — they grow it themselves. A family’s plot of land has to provide for their nutritional and economic needs. HCI increases communities’ knowledge of sound agricultural methods and empowers farmers on how to diversify viable crops, make the best [...]
Health and Sanitation in 2010, the HCI Way
Egypt, Gaza Strip, Health and Sanitation, Lebanon
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Apr 122011
Health is widely recognized as a cornerstone of human development because it underpins the gamut of human functioning. But health is also essential to human security, since survival and protection from illness are at the core of any concept of people’s wellbeing. There are many in the Middle East with little or no access to [...]
Mar 312011
When natural disasters destroy housing or conflict forces families to flee their homes, HCI provides temporary and permanent shelter. HCI also contributes to local infrastructure by building schools, irrigation canals, and community centers in impoverished communities. During the 2009 war a large section of Gaza’s infrastructure was destroyed and the crippling blockade has prevented any [...]
This International Women’s Day, HCI and its local partners in Gaza celebrated together with a group of breast cancer survivors the launch of the Entrepreneurship Support for People with Special Needs project in Gaza which will provide breast cancer patients and other women entrepreneurs with special needs in Gaza the support and training needed to [...]
Emergency and Transition in 2010, the HCI Way
Children, Disability, Egypt, Emergency and Transition, Gaza Strip, Orphans, Palestine, Sudan, Woman, Youth
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Mar 092011
Life can change for millions of families in an instant: natural disasters can take loved ones and the outbreak of war drive families from their homes. When the unthinkable happens, HCI delivers rapid, lifesaving aid to hard-hit communities with the provision of food rations, clean water, non-food items, transitional shelter and emergency medical supplies and [...]
Education and Empowerment in 2010, the HCI Way
Children, Disability, Education and Empowerment, Entrepreneurs, Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Sudan, Woman, Youth
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Mar 092011
Education is the foundation of progress, but it is often interrupted by extreme poverty, war and other crises. As a result, individuals and their communities often can’t reach their full potential. HCI works to bring access to education to women and men of all ages and economic groups to help ensure a better future for [...]
Livelihoods and Enterprise in 2010, the HCI Way
Disability, Entrepreneurs, Gaza Strip, Livelihoods and Enterprise, Palestine, Sudan
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Mar 082011
Throughout our long history of working with the marginalized, HCI has sought a participatory and empowering approach. Rather than building dependence on charity, we seek to foster self-reliance, and success. To do so we have often used a business development approach, helping to empower through the building of self-esteem, positive risk taking, and problem-solving. HCI [...]
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day Hand in Hand with Women Entrepreneurs with Special Needs
Disability, Education and Empowerment, Egypt, Gaza Strip, Livelihoods and Enterprise, Sudan, West Bank, Woman, Youth
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Mar 042011
HCI is celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of International Women’s Day on the March the 8th by highlighting the plight of women entrepreneurs with special needs in the Middle East and launching a year of activities focusing on this group through a series of interventions specifically targeting their needs. There is a distinct gender disparity [...]
Gaza Emergency Appeal
Current Emergency Appeals, Emergency and Transition, Gaza Strip, Palestine
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Mar 022011
Help Us Help The Vulnerable People of Gaza “A number of areas inside Gaza City look like the aftermath of a strong earthquake where entire neighborhoods are beyond recognition. Some houses have been either completely leveled or badly damaged that it would be too dangerous to move back in,” reported Eman Khader, Director of HCI’s [...]
