Gaza. Fatmeh Hamadeh from Gaza. Widow, has 5 children; 4 of them are twins of 5 and 7 years. Husband died 3 years ago as a result of an air raid in Gaza. They live in a room made of mud and covered with rags. No other source of income except the rations they draw from UNRWA. The children's daily food consists of bread and salt. Issued with flour, clothing, blankets and shoes. [WCC photo]

World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service. (photographer)

1951
ca. 1951

still image

photographs

photograph : black-and-white ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches

Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions.
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.

Church work with refugees.
Refugees--Palestine.
Refugees--Gaza Strip.
Refugees, Palestinian Arab.

Gaza Strip.
Asia--Gaza Strip--Gaza City

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Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Division of International Mission Records 1910s-1980s.

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