Now I know that we don’t have to wait for some donor to come and solve our problems. We can plan and come up with solutions ourselves.
Occupied Palestinian Territories
Occupied Palestinian Territories
L2GP began research in the occupied Palestinian Territories in 2009 as part of the first round of research into how people perceive and respond to crises. Since then, L2GP has continued to work with local actors in the West Bank and in Gaza to understand how communities respond to protracted conflict and humanitarian crisis.
All reports are available in both Arabic and English.
Research brief: Community led responses and mutual aid in Gaza
The Community Led Initiatives Palestine Working Group & Local2Global Protection, July 2024
A research brief exploring the wealth of mutual aid responses that have emerged since the onset of assault on Gaza.
We humans are supposed to have similar rights and lifestyles. Our only demands are to live and have the right to decide our destinies.
Male respondent, Deir al Balah
It was a river with two banks
and a heavenly mother who nursed it with drops from the clouds
But they kidnapped the mother
so it ran short of water
and died, slowly, of thirst.
Extract from “A river dies of thirst”, Mahmoud Darwish, 2008
A reflective photo essay looking at more than 5 years of supporting community led responses (sclr) in the West Bank and Gaza, exploring how it has changed people’s relationships with themselves, between men and women, and between communities, authorities and NGOs.
Mai Jarar with Ahmad Jamal Sourani and Shahnaz Jubran, 2020
Sofie Grundin with Luna Saadeh, 2018
Rafael Eguiguren & Luna Saadeh, 2014
A report on L2GPs collaboration with YMCA East Jerusalem Women’s Development Program to support communities implementing their own protection and resilience responses.
L2GPs initial study into people’s perceptions of protection threats, challenges and self-protection strategies from research in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.
Mai Jarar with Ahmad Jamal Sourani and Shahnaz Jubran, 2020
Reflections and recommendations from the implementation of survivor and community-led crisis response interventions in Gaza in 2019.