When natural disasters destroy housing or conflict forces families to flee their homes, HCI provides for temporary and permanent shelter. HCI also contributes to local infrastructure by building schools, irrigation canals, health centers, and community centers in impoverished communities. HCI supports training for local residents so that they can participate in the construction process, creating livelihood opportunities for community members. Complementary programs help make homes safer, more comfortable and more accessible.
Housing and Infrastructure
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 [...]
Providing a Better Future for Mentally and Physically Challenged West Bank Children through Education
Children, Disability, Education and Empowerment, Housing and Infrastructure, Palestine, West Bank
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Dec 112009
Frequent arrests, military raids, over 600 Israeli military checkpoints, severely restricted freedom of movement, and ever-expanding settlements occupying more and more land are all a part of life in the West Bank. Conflict, poverty, unemployment, and isolation have left its residents with an uncertain future. The physically and mentally challenged, who according to WHO estimates [...]
Bringing Warmth and Hope to Gaza’s Preschool Children
Children, Emergency and Transition, Gaza Strip, Housing and Infrastructure, Kindergarten, Palestine
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Mar 242009
In post-war Gaza, one can easily observe the aftermath: displacement and homelessness are prevalent; poverty is visible; unemployment is raging; malnutrition among children is rampant; trauma and grief are widespread; and lost livelihoods are common. For many families, everything they had worked for or achieved all their life has been destroyed. If such a reality [...]
Launching the Kindergarten Rehabilitation Program in Gaza
Children, Emergency and Transition, Gaza Strip, Housing and Infrastructure, Kindergarten, Palestine
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Mar 162009
HCI launched this week the Kindergarten Rehabilitation Program in Gaza and is now working towards reconstructing the physical damages incurred on the Al-Majed School and Kindergarten located in the Rimal neighbourhood in Gaza City. The Al-Majed school and Kindergarten was established in 1972 under the name Hashim’s Gaza, and renamed the “Two Sisters” Kindergarten in [...]
