EmpowerGAZA: Campaign to Solve Gaza Blackout

A unique health care project will turn the lights back on in Gaza hospitals and improve the lives of over 1.7 million people. Power outages remain a daily reality in the Gaza strip, lasting more than 16 hours a day. Sick patients in hospitals are especially vulnerable, where insufficient power often decides between life or death.

The EmpowerGAZA health project will save lives by installing solar panels on four major hospitals in Gaza. Solar energy will provide reliable and green energy 24 hours a day to emergency rooms, intensive care units, and operating theatres.

"I work in Gaza and see first hand the multiple challenges that impact every aspect of life there," said Dr Tarek Loubani, an emergency physician and collaborator on the project. "Doctors in Gaza were asking for reliable and green power, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) came on board immediately when they heard about the project. Everyone agreed, this project is urgent. We believe people world over will understand the impact and help its success."

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