PRCS works with relief groups to build Gaza's first shelter for people with disabilities

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee and the Gaza-based Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children have started constructing Gaza's first shelter for people with disabilities in Deir el-Balah.

When Israel's war on Gaza began in October, there were an estimated 50,000 people with disabilities.

Most shelters in Gaza are facing dangerous overcrowding and are not equipped to cater to special medical needs.

The PRCS disaster risk management teams, in partnership with the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees and the Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children, have started building the first shelter camp for people with disabilities in the Gaza Strip. Located in Deir al-Balah in central… pic.twitter.com/zAWkUFEGuL

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