Ramadan Food Packs 2026

When we ran the Ramadan Food Packs appeal, we did not know how many of you would respond. We knew the need was real. We knew the conditions on the ground were severe. And we knew that for many of you, this was your first time hearing about SDQA at all.

You answered. And your answer fed 500 families.

The conditions in Gaza going into Ramadan were among the worst we have seen in our twenty years of working in this sector. Nearly 1.6 million people - around 77% of the population - were facing emergency or crisis-level food insecurity. Over 1,900 people were in famine-like conditions. Local food prices had risen to levels most families could not afford. The economy had collapsed under prolonged border closures. One in four families was surviving on a single meal a day.

In that context, a £40 food pack is not symbolic. It is the difference between a family sitting down to suhoor and iftar with dignity, or going without.

Your sadaqah went into two distribution rounds. The first ran from 26 February to 4 March, covering various districts across Gaza. The second ran from 10 to 15 March, focused on Camp Yunus in North Gaza - one of the areas where displacement has been most acute. Both rounds were locally sourced, locally packed, and locally delivered by the GFW field team on the ground. Every pack was photographed. Every distribution was documented.

The food itself was chosen to feed a family for the full month of Ramadan: basmati rice, lentils, cooking oil, halva, tinned protein, basic staples that families could turn into the suhoor and iftar meals they know how to prepare. No imported one-size-fits-all kits. No items that would go to waste.

This is the work. A relatively small project in scale - 500 families - but a project we can stand behind, line by line, family by family.

We are grateful you trusted us with your Ramadan. Insha’Allah we have honoured that trust.