Drilling a Water Well for Displaced People in Gaza
Project Summary
The Gaza Palestinian American Association has funded the drilling of a water well in Al-Mawasi, in Khan Younis Governorate. Al-Mawasi is one of the southern Gaza areas where displaced families are concentrated and where reliable access to clean drinking water has become especially difficult.
The well serves approximately 1,000 families — roughly 5,000 individuals — living in and around Al-Mawasi, supplying their daily household water needs free of charge.
Why this matters
With most of Gaza’s water infrastructure damaged or destroyed and bottled water increasingly unaffordable for displaced families, a single working well makes a daily difference:
- Reliable supply. Households no longer depend on irregular truck deliveries or rationed access points.
- Affordable. Free distribution removes a major recurring cost from family budgets at a time when prices have outpaced what most families can pay.
- Health. Continuous access to clean drinking water reduces the spread of waterborne illness — a serious risk in crowded camp conditions, especially among young children.
- A community anchor. The well becomes a fixed, predictable point of support in an area where so much else has been lost.
For the families living in Al-Mawasi, clean drinking water is not a small detail — it is the foundation on which daily life depends. The Association is committed to maintaining and expanding water access projects like this one for as long as the need remains.
