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Problem
/ Project Background
The strict travel restrictions, closures and arbitrary denial
of passage to Gaza City (location of main campus) from Khan
Younis have increased the need and demand for additional places
at the local campus of this and other further educational
institutes.
This has created a need to expand the capacity of local educational
institutes to take on additional students in order to enable
them to continue their studies with minimum disruption.
The Al-Azhar institute was established in the rural Qizan
Al-Najar area in Khan-Younis.
The daily siege placed on the Gaza Strip separating the south
from the north means that many students are unable to reach
their university in Gaza City.
With the sieges lasting months at a time many students have
enrolled at the local campus of Al-Azhar Institute.
The resulting increase in students has created a need for
a new floor to be constructed containing three classrooms,
public utilities and stairs.
Project
Objectives
Build an additional floor, comprising three classrooms
to accommodate more students.
Project
Activities
Coordination with local representatives and
Khan Younis Municipality, followed by construction work.
Beneficiaries
Two thousand students.
Other
Activities In Country
Since September 2000, Islamic Relief has initiated
and implemented a wide-range of projects across the West Bank
and Gaza Strip.
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The assistance has included:
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Over 1,000 tonnes of food aid to vulnerable families,
amounting to over 25,400 family food packs, benefiting
over 177,000 individuals.
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$436,058 worth of surgical and medical equipment for
over-stretched hospitals and clinics, which included mobile
X-ray units, defibrillators, electro-surgical units, blood
gas analysers, 3 intensive care unit beds, 10 hospital
beds, pumps and suction machines
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$84,737 worth of Rehabilitation Equipment to hospitals
and clinics.
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6 fully equipped ambulances
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Ramadhan and Qurbani Programmes
Key
Projects in 2002 have included:
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Million Dollar Food Aid Project
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Medical Aid for El-Wafa Rehabilitation Hospital
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Integrated Care Programme for Traumatised Children
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Medical Aid for Bethlehem Hospitals
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School bags Project
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Expanding Al-Azhar Educational Institute
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Medical and Nutritional Assistance for Palestinian children
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Maintain the water system and Aya water well
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