Food as Medicine for Palestine's PKU Kids

As families across Gaza continue facing severe food shortages, rising prices, and limited access to medical care, your generosity ensures that PKU patients receive the specialized food they need. Since our last report, our team in Gaza has carried out two rounds of food parcel distributions.

On September 15, Rebuilding Alliance completed its 11th round of PKU food parcel distributions, reaching 200 families across three areas of the Gaza Strip: 53 families in Gaza City, 37 families in Deir Al-Balah, and 110 patients in Khan Younis.

• Our team worked to secure the best available food and prices, requesting quotations from 19 different suppliers.
• All 200 families received their parcels containing fresh fruits and vegetables.

The October round of distribution came with additional challenges. With Gaza's crossings closed and fresh produce increasingly difficult to obtain, our team faced significant obstacles in securing suitable food for PKU patients.

• Nevertheless, our team in Gaza completed the 12th distribution round, reaching approximately 198 PKU patients across Khan Younis, Deir Al-Balah, and Gaza City.
• This time, the food parcels primarily contained canned vegetables, dried fruits, and other shelf-stable foods. The team also managed to secure some of the last available sweet potatoes in Gaza.
• The parcels included olive oil, pineapple, okra, sweet potatoes, dates, raisins, dried apricots, and other essential foods.

Because it is absolutely essential for PKU patients to have access to low-protein food at all times, we proceeded with the food parcel distributions despite not having sufficient funds, purchasing the supplies on credit.

With your support, we remain committed to providing specialised food parcels to PKU patients twice a month. However, in September and October, our team was only able to complete one distribution each month.

This approach has allowed deliveries to continue, but the outstanding payments must be settled to ensure that future distributions remain possible.

Thank you for all that you do.

Links:

• A Mother's Appeal: Keep Delivering PKU Food Parcels