CO-WASH and Outbreak Risk Reduction

About this project

The project is proposed by Oxfam, in partnership with ESDC, to deliver a rapid, life-saving WASH response for displaced and returning HHs in Tal Al Hawa in Gaza City. The intervention will support 30,000 individuals in Tal Al Hawa hosted community with families returning to severely damaged areas, formal shelters and makeshift camps with little or no functional WASH services. The project adopts an area-based emergency WASH approach, targeting camps and formal shelters where service gaps remain critical and where assessments by Oxfam and ESDC confirm high risks of dehydration, contamination, and disease outbreaks. Site selection is conducted in coordination with the WASH Cluster, JSC, CMWU, and camp committees to ensure coverage of underserved locations, avoid duplication, and integrate intervention within broader ceasefire response planning. Specifically: 1)The project will rehabilitate two damaged public productive wells and conduct quick repairs of 1000 meters of water networks improving domestic water access for 29,000 persons and quickrepairs of 800 meters of wastewater networks, improving sanitation services for 13600 persons. 2) Conduct repairs to WASH facilities in 5 formal shelters and a health care facility, while also installing sanitation facilities for 100 HHs in 5 targeted camps, benefiting 13,767 persons. 3) Support solid waste management (SWM) through primary collection by service providers, benefiting 30,000 persons. 4) Distribution of 1,200 hygiene kits and…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty

Published by

Oxfam Novib · International NGO

Countries

Palestinian Territories

Sectors

Basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation

Published by Oxfam Novib to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 12 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NL-KVK-27108436-A-07814-02:PS.

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