Ramadan Food Packs 2026
£20,000
Donated by SDQA supporters
500
Food packs delivered
500
Families fed for the month of Ramadan
£40
Cost per family
2
Distribution rounds across Gaza
How your sadaqah reached Gaza
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.
What we saw on the ground
Food packs being assembled by the GFW team, late February 2026.
First-round distribution across various districts in Gaza, 26 February to 4 March 2026.
Second-round distribution at Camp Yunus, North Gaza, 10 to 15 March 2026.
From the field
Food Pack Distribution
GFW team distributing food packs at Camp Yunus, North Gaza.
On the Ground in Gaza
Families receiving Ramadan food packs from SDQA supporters.
From the field
The delivery team in Gaza moves quickly and quietly. Their job during Ramadan is not to gather statements - it is to get food to families before iftar. The photos and videos in the gallery above are the voices. Each pack handed over is a family that ate.
When we receive translated feedback from the field, we will add it here.
How we know this happened
Every SDQA project closes with the same paperwork. No exceptions.
Delivery Partner
GFW
Round 1
£10,000
250 food packs - delivered 26 February to 4 March 2026
Round 2
£10,000
250 food packs - delivered 10 to 15 March 2026
Funds Reconciliation
All £20,000 deployed in full. No funds remaining.
Documentation Submitted
This is what Sadaqah with Accountability looks like. Every project on SDQA closes this way. Every donor has the right to see the numbers. Every pound is tracked from your hand to a family that needed it.
The barakah of feeding a fasting person
The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever gives food for a fasting person to break his fast, he will have a reward like that of the fasting person, without any reduction in the reward of the fasting person.”
(Tirmidhi)
500 families broke their fast for thirty days because of you. Allah knows the count.
What happens next
This update is part of the SDQA project reporting framework. Every SDQA project receives a feedback page like this one.