Life Under Blockade: A collection of essays
The booklet is a collection of essays written by young people in Gaza as part of an AFSC essay contest. Use the study guide to generate discussions about the blockade on Gaza and the youth essays you have read.
- Download the essays (PDF)
- Download the study guide (PDF)
Send Love to Gaza
Download the sign and share it online on Valentine's Day, February 14th. Don't forget to use #ValentineToGaza and #GazaUnlocked.
Lift Up Voices From Gaza
We need your help to further their message.
AFSC has partnered with an organization called Al-Wedad in Gaza, who have organized a group of young Gazans to share tweets, videos, memes, gifs and other messages over social media between 12:15pm and 2:15pm EST on Tuesday, July 18. Their goal is to give voice to people in Gaza, focusing on the impacts of the blockade on everyday life. Our goal is to help those messages be heard here in the U.S.
Health care jeopardized in Gaza
The fuel and electricity crisis in Gaza impacts every individual and service provider in Gaza, but none more vital than the health sector.
Why Gaza can't count on electricity
In June 2006, following the capture of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit by Hamas, the Israeli military bombed Gaza’s only power plant, destroying its six transformers. It took five months for the plant to resume partial production, and today the power plant still can’t function at full capacity.
Lacking water and sanitation in Gaza
Access to clean and safe water is a basic human right, but it is a right denied to Palestinians in Gaza under Israel’s occupation and blockade. Gaza has long faced a water crisis.
Overexploitation of the Coastal Aquifer on which Gaza relies—combined with contamination from chemicals, wastewater, and other pollutants—has created a situation in which 96 percent of Gaza’s water supply isn’t it for human consumption...
Bring Gaza to your Farmer’s Market: Gaza Strawberry Survey
Join our summer engagement effort to raise awareness about the Gaza blockade. Help us conduct audience research surveys to assess what people know about the situation in Gaza and share information from our Gaza Unlocked Campaign.
This will be our third summer conducting surveys and working to educate people about what is happening in Gaza. Past experience has allowed us to collect learning that may be helpful to you if you are interested in survey outreach.