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“I have achieved a lot: organising women’s self-help groups, getting the children to attend school, and providing basic needs such as water, electricity and street lights. Even men could not have done so much. ”

— member of a women’s group supported by CWS in Tamil Nadu

Middle East

Conflict has dominated this region for decades, intensifying with the 1948 formation of Israel as a Jewish state within Palestinian territory. Many Palestinians were displaced and today the conflict and displacement continues. The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is worse than it has ever been. Plunged into internal political crisis, and functioning under the siege-like conditions imposed by Israel, 87% of the population of Gaza are now living below the poverty line.

Our partners in the region are working to uphold people’s rights to the basics of life, regardless of religion, ethnicity or gender.

CWS works with Palestinian refugees.
In 2008/09 we gave grants of $250,000 to the Middle East Council of Churches' Refugee Development Programme and $115, 106 for emergency relief in Gaza.