2023 – 2024 – Food Security/Economic Empowerment
WHERE
Gaza strip – The North Gaza Governorate (North Gaza strip) and the Deir el-Balah Governorate (Middle of Gaza strip)
PARTNERS
AIDOS (coordinator), The Gaza Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture Platform -GUPAP (partner)
GOAL
The project aims at improving food security and living conditions of vulnerable families in the Gaza Strip, combining emergency, development and a gender approach
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
- Improve the nutritional status of vulnerable families in the Gaza Strip through food distribution and awareness on proper nutrition
- Improving the resilience and sustainability of women-led urban agribusinesses by supporting their production, promoting their rights and role in society, including their role on socio-economic development of the country, and strengthening their management skills
- Strengthen GUPAP’s capacity to promote the development and resilience of women entrepreneurs and vulnerable communities.
ACTIVITIES
- Food distribution and community outreach
- Capacity building of women agro-entrepreneurs
- GUPAP training and capacity building
WHAT AIDOS DOES
- Training and technical assistance of GUPAP staff for the integration of the gender dimension in its programs, the strengthening of networking and marketing of women’s agricultural products
- Identification of the expert and definition and organization of the assignment and missions of the expert
- Facilitating advocacy actions, networking and exchange of GUPAP with other relevant regional and international organisations/programmes. Information and networking to share lessons learne
- Coordination
- Periodic reports to the donor (about 4) and communication with the donor
BENEFICIARIES
Direct beneficiaries
- 500 households headed by women (about 2,000 people).
- 150 Palestinian urban agribusiness women entrepreneurs, of which 135 already members of the Urban Women Agripreneurs Forum (UWAF) and 15 new women entrepreneurs
- 20 women’s grassroots community organizations/cooperatives, (potential) members of the Gaza Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture Platform (GUPAP)
- 14 operators of GUPAP and UWAF
Indirect beneficiaries/beneficiaries:
- Approximately 15,000 individuals who are members of the beneficiaries’ extended families.
WHEN
January 2023 – March 2024 (15 months)
COST OF THE PROJECT
€ 133.375
WHO IS FINANCING THE PROJECT
Presidenza Italiana del Consiglio dei Ministri (Italian Presidency Of The Council Of Ministers)