2019 oPt Emergency Appeal - Gaza - Emergency Food Assistance

UNRWA will provide emergency assistance to up to 1,009,990 Palestine refugees who lack the financial means to cover their basic food needs, including 502,979 women and 20,050 female-headed households. Approximately 620,310 refugees living below the abject poverty line of US$ 1.74 per person per day will receive quarterly food parcels providing 1,675 kcal per person per day, equivalent to 80 per cent of a person?s daily caloric requirements. A further 389,680 refugees living between the abject poverty line and the absolute poverty line of US$ 3.87 per person per day will receive 902 kcal per person per day, equivalent to approximately 43 per cent of their daily caloric needs.