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Gaza's Children Deserve Clean Water | Urgent Appeal

Children in Gaza face dehydration, disease, and extreme heat without water. $380 sends 1,000L of clean water. Donate now through Al-Ihsan Foundation.

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Key Takeaways

  • Children in Gaza suffer severe dehydration and skin infections
  • 70,000+ children are severely malnourished due to water crisis
  • Diarrhoea cases are 25x higher than before
  • Summer heat is making the crisis deadly
  • $380 provides 1,000L of clean water to displaced families

Why do children in Gaza urgently need clean water?

Children in Gaza suffer severe dehydration, skin infections, and disease due to a lack of clean water. With summer heat rising and sanitation collapsing, families can't bathe, cook, or hydrate safely. $380 provides a truck with 1,000L of water directly to displaced families.

The Scorching Summer Reality for Gaza's Children

It's summer.

Gaza's skies bring no relief. Its wells are salty. Its children sip from whatever they can find.

The heat in Gaza is unbearable.

Inside plastic shelters that trap the suffocating heat, families sit with empty jugs. Making dua that today might be the day a water truck comes.

But sometimes it doesn't.

And when it does, there's a rush of people hoping their turn comes before the water runs out. This isn't just a humanitarian crisis. It's a deliberate dismantling of life's most basic necessity: water.

Life without clean water for a child in Gaza means scratching through the night from skin infections like scabies. It means no clean bottle to feed a crying baby. It means collapsing from heatstroke while queuing for hours under the sun.

There is no water to bathe and clean children. No water to wash dishes or clothes. In the summer, water is everything, for hygiene, hydration, dignity.

The United Nations warns: children will begin to die of thirst.

Today in Gaza, families have none.

Gaza's Children Are Paying the Price

No clean water means more than thirst. It means malnutrition. Disease. Infection. Risk of death.

Dirty Water → Sick Children

Contaminated water isn't just causing rashes. It's fueling a malnutrition crisis.

70,000+ children are now severely malnourished
5,000+ under-fives treated in one month - a 50% increase (UNICEF, 2025)

When there's no clean water to drink, cook with, or mix formula, children's bodies can't absorb nutrients properly.

Their immune systems weaken.
They stop growing.
They start wasting away.

There's No Way to Stay Clean

In overcrowded tents, 10+ people share a space the size of a bedroom. There's no privacy. No hygiene. No relief.

Lice and scabies spread fast
Garbage is piling up
Sewage floods the streets
Rats and insects crawl between shelters
Mothers can't even wash their babies

The Health Crisis Is Exploding

According to the World Health Organisation (2025):

Diarrhoea cases are now 25x higher than before
Hepatitis A and skin infections are surging
Hospitals lack clean water for surgeries and patient care

The Heat Is Making It Worse

It's summer in Gaza. The heat is punishing.

Children are collapsing from heatstroke
Flies and mosquitoes swarm dirty shelters
Dehydration is becoming deadly

Without water, a child's body can't fight.
Without water, a mother can't protect her child.

What Your Donation Can Do

A single truck can carry 1,000 litres of clean, life-saving water. It costs just $380 - but the impact is immeasurable.

"The best charity is giving water to drink." - Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

Your sadaqah becomes their survival:

Reach children in overcrowded shelters
Delivered through trusted local partners
Reaches North & South Gaza: Rafah, Khan Younis, Jabalia
Supports hygiene, cooking, health and human dignity

Act Now. Be Their Mercy.

Children should not scratch until they bleed. Babies should not be fed dirty water.

You can change that. Send clean water. Save young lives. Stand with Gaza.

Let your giving flow where water no longer can.

Because no child should die of thirst.

Not today. Not ever.

Gaza's Children Deserve Clean Water | Urgent Appeal - Alihsan.us Blog