More than 100 NGOs warn 'mass starvation' spreading across Gaza

lessons from gaza's mass starvation NGO insights into crisis relief

When we first heard about the food crisis in Gaza two years ago, I assumed that like other famines before it, this one would receive significant attention and prompt an immediate global humanitarian response. Unfortunately, neither happened. While there were pockets of generous outpouring of support from individuals around the world, the media was largely silent on the topic, and international aid agencies responded only half-heartedly to appeals for help.

In our work with crisis-affected communities, we've seen over and over again that if the outside world truly wants to make a difference in situations like this one, it must prioritize timely, coordinated action. If not, people will continue to suffer—and perhaps even die—as they have in Gaza.

To understand what went wrong and why, my colleagues and I decided to dig deeper into the response (or lack thereof) by key players during the last food crisis there. We wanted to know whether it was possible that the world had forgotten about hunger in Palestine or whether something more insidious was at play.

Edward Lance Arellano Lorilla

CEO / Co-Founder

Enjoy the little things in life. For one day, you may look back and realize they were the big things. Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.