We provide psychological first aid to children and their families in Gaza. 7,500 individuals participated in activities funded by donations from the Czech people

Working together with the organisation, War Child

Through our support of War Child, children and their families are getting much-needed psychological first aid. Where possible from a safety point of view, we also organise recreational activities for children to help them cope with the traumas they have endured. 

Children can play, learn and meet other children in relative safety, which is essential for their mental well-being. We are sending additional money from our SOS Gaza collection to continue this work, and we plan to get involved—if possible—in providing temporary education in Gaza itself. 

Our help in numbers

• In total, we helped support 7,544 children and their families, 92 of whom had some form of disability.
• 3,034 children and 1,621 adults (family members) participated in psychological first aid activities.
• 2,889 children participated in recreational activities.
• Over 600 children received a total of 279 packages with equipment for recreational activities.

Our help in schools

We focused on assisting displaced children and their families who sought refuge in eleven schools in Rafah, in the central Gaza Strip, and in a tent camp in Khan Younis Al-Qarara, from the beginning of the project until mid-June.

However, the situation changed dramatically after the invasion of Rafah in early May. The entire local population, including the previously displaced, was forced to seek new refuge, and the area of our assistance had to be expanded to include other zones such as Rafah al-Mawasi , Khan Younis al-Mawasi, Khan Younis al-Karara , Dayr al-Balah .

Due to the severe needs in Gaza and through our cooperation with War Child, which has proven to be successful, we have extended our support by an additional €75,000. 

Schools are in ruins, children are losing their education

Children living in Gaza are suffering from being denied the chance to go to school. They have already missed one year of school, and we expect that schooling will not be able to resume next year, because the school infrastructure is in ruins. In addition to education, they are also losing their regular routine, school meals, and contact with teachers and their peers.

We are looking at expanding our programmes in Gaza and working with other partner organisations to expand our assistance to children in both provisional and formal education in the future. We have many years of experience with this form of assistance and have organised emergency education in a number of countries where we operate.  

We announced the SOS Gaza collection

We began providing aid for the people of Gaza last December, when we donated €100,000 to War Child, an international organisation that helps children living in war conflicts around the world. We work with the organisation in Ukraine and other countries.

In April 2024, we opened the SOS Gaza fundraiser, where donors can contribute to account number 62621515/0300. To date, the collection account has raised almost two million crowns (approximately €75,000). 

We call for a ceasefire

Humanitarian workers, as well as other Gazans, face a dire security situation, repeatedly fleeing, fighting with their families and trying to do their vital humanitarian work in completely makeshift conditions.

At least 289 aid workers and 885 health workers have been killed since the conflict began.

The unavailability of fuel is limiting the ability to transport humanitarian aid, and internet, signal and electricity outages are making communication difficult. Last but not least, it remains difficult to get aid—material and otherwise—to the people who need it.

Without a permanent ceasefire, it is impossible to provide the help children and their families desperately need.

Civilians must be protected, hostages must be released, and the safe transport and distribution of humanitarian aid must be ensured.