EGYPT TO GAZA –
WOMEN’S DEPLOYMENT
Our all-female fundraising team successfully traveled to Egypt in March 2025 during the last ten days of Ramadan to prepare hygiene packs for women and girls in Gaza. While the deployment has now passed, the need for emergency aid in Gaza remains critical.
Displaced women and girls still require essential hygiene supplies, including period products and sanitary items. ISRA-UK continues to transport vital aid to Gaza, responding to urgent requests from our team inside. You can still support our efforts by donating to the fundraising team here (JustGiving) and here (MuslimGiving TBC). If you’re interested in joining a future women’s deployment, register your interest below.
WOMEN FOR GAZA
In Gaza, mothers struggle to feed their young children amid a shortage of baby milk formula, as Israeli bombing continues.
In Deir al-Balah, mothers are being forced to desperately choose between feeding their infants solid foods that their tiny bodies may not be able to digest or watch them starve because of a lack of baby formula.
There is also a shortage of hygiene products and nappies due to Israel’s blockade, leading to prices skyrocketing and mothers looking for alternatives.
Menstruating women also continue to suffer as sanitary towels and period pads are scarce, as is clean water and basic hygiene items.
Displaced women living in Gaza are so desperate, they are cutting out small pieces of the tents they rely on for shelter from the cold and rain to use as a substitute for period pads, which increases the risk of infection.
Many women in the besieged region have also said they go weeks without showering amid dire humanitarian conditions.
With more than a million displaced people currently sheltering in Rafah, the city has been overwhelmed, with more than four times its usual population as Palestinians fleeing war seek refuge in extremely overcrowded conditions.
ISRA-UK is preparing to send an all-female deployment to Egypt to prepare and pack a 40ft container with emergency hygiene packs for women, girls and children in Gaza in March 2025.
Travelling during the last ten days of Ramadan, the British women’s group will be fundraising to purchase mother-and-baby essentials; we well as packing boxes of period pads, panty liners, wipes, and mother and toiletries onto pallets in Egypt before the aid is transported directly to Gaza through the Rafah border, authorised by the Palestine Ministry of Social Affairs.
Last Ramadan, our Women for Gaza raised over £46,000 and sent a truckload of aid into Gaza. This year, we need to raise enough money to send multiple pallets of hygiene packs in containers that form our aid convoy of trucks to Gaza.
We need your support to help make this happen. You can donate directly to our campaign via this JustGiving page or to the JustGiving page of one of our fundraisers. You can also donate to this campaign via MuslimGiving (TBC).
