From Narratives Under Siege #4 - Ard El Insan Child Nutrition Center:
"One of the major problems in the Gaza Strip" he says, "is that we do not have sufficient natural food resources. We cannot grow the variety of fruit and vegetables that we need in order to provide ourselves, and our children, a well balanced diet. We are dependent on food imports, but the food table in the Gaza Strip is now severely deficient because of the siege and closure." Dr Al-Wahaidi acknowledges that Gaza has become donor dependent. "We have tens of thousands of families who now have no options or alternatives to humanitarian assistance" he says. "But if this siege is maintained, then current child malnutrition interventions and preventions will not be sufficient. We will not be able to cope."Read PCHR: Narratives Under Siege #4 - Ard El Insan Child Nutrition Center here >
