Food bank

"A local Gaza Strip organization, the Palestinian civil association for family care, opened the area’s first Food Bank that is being run and supported by Palestinians on Sunday.

The bank will distribute free basic food items to needy families, the elderly and disabled Gazans on a need-basis. The organization’s staff carries out community assessments in order to assure that they have an accurate list of those most in need throughout the area, said executive director of the association Adel Rizq."