18 September 2025

Since the Israeli attacks on October 7, 2023, in the Gaza Strip, Juzoor for Health and Social Development has been at the forefront of emergency response, addressing urgent needs of displaced and vulnerable populations while maintaining continuity of essential services in chronic health, maternal and child care, nutrition, mental health, rehabilitation, and early childhood development.

Juzoor’s interventions focus on life-saving support, protection, and holistic child-centred care, guided by the Nurturing Care Framework to promote health, nutrition, responsive caregiving, early learning, and safety even in conflict settings.

Juzoor is an active member of the Palestinian Network for Early Childhood Development (PNECD) and serves as the network’s hosting and coordinating organization. While PNECD works to improve access to quality early childhood development (ECD) programs in Palestine, Juzoor, through this role, coordinates technical support, capacity building, advocacy, and emergency interventions for ECD, ensuring that even during crises, children’s rights to health, nutrition, protection, and early learning are upheld, even during crises.

Emergency Response and Key Services (Since October 7, 2023):

• Primary & Emergency Care:
  – 71 mobile health teams, 42 medical points, 7 community health centers serving 105+ IDP shelters.
  – 86 million visits/consultations in 2024, covering emergency trauma care and routine healthcare.
• Mobile Health Teams & Medical Points:
  – Teams of nurses and community health workers provided on-site services and coordinated referrals.
  – Medical points delivered 250,000+ monthly services (child health, trauma, NCDs, reproductive & mental health, nutrition).
• Community Health Centers:
  – Provided specialist care, emergency services, maternal & neonatal health, rehabilitation, and community awareness sessions.
• Sexual & Reproductive Health:
  – 5,000+ pregnant/lactating women supported monthly; two maternity homes ensured safe deliveries.
  – 63,703 SRHR consultations in 2024, including maternal, neonatal, and GBV-related care.
• Nutrition & Child Health:
  – 10 nutrition centers established; 85%+ of children faced severe food poverty.
  – ~100,000 children under 5 screened; 34,000 pregnant/lactating women screened; therapeutic foods and supplements provided.
  – Nutrition awareness sessions conducted for caregivers.
• Early Childhood Development & Child Protection:
  – Structured activities in shelters promoting cognitive, emotional, and social development.
  – Programs followed the Nurturing Care Framework; vulnerable children received protection, psychosocial support, and developmental monitoring.
• Vaccination & Disease Prevention:
  – Catch-Up Campaign (Feb 2024) for children under 2; Polio Campaign (Sept 2024) vaccinated 10,800 children.
• Mental Health & Psychosocial Support (PSS):
  – Caregiver workshops, group sessions, individual counseling, and Psychological First Aid.
  – “Helping the Helpers” supported 500+ frontline responders; 8,500 orphaned children and caregivers reached.
• Rehabilitation & Support for Older Persons:
  – 2,100+ physiotherapy sessions via clinics and home visits; mobility aids distributed; caregiver training provided.
• Capacity Building:
  – 2,645 health workers, midwives, and volunteers trained across 196 days in neonatal care, trauma care, ECD, CMAM, PFA, mhGAP, GBV, family planning, and psychosocial support.
• Challenges & Humanitarian Impact:
  – Facilities destroyed: 2 health centers, 27 medical points, 2 offices, 3 warehouses.
  – Human loss: 11 staff killed, 33 injured/arrested, 250 volunteers displaced.
  – Material loss: $1M+ in supplies, medicines, and equipment.