Goal

Our goal is to raise $1,400 to secure flour and ready bread for war-affected and displaced families in Gaza. We will use the funds to purchase flour locally when available, or partner with operating bakeries to distribute ready bread when direct flour is unavailable. Conditions change rapidly and prices are highly volatile, so we follow a “maximum impact per dollar” approach with transparent updates after every distribution. Recent UN reporting indicates famine risk is escalating, and flour prices have spiked due to supply cuts and the difficulty of safely accessing markets.

Why Flour Now?

Flour is the fastest path to bread and a cornerstone of the Gaza food basket. Even when food parcels pause, families are typically given 25 kg flour sacks as a minimum to get by. Distribution is frequently disrupted by security restrictions, looting, and access chaos—making local purchase or short-term bakery contracts a practical alternative when aid lines stall.

Reality on the Ground

Official warning: the worst-case famine scenario has been unfolding in Gaza per the IPC classification as of late July 2025.

In many periods, security disruptions prevent door-to-door aid delivery; when possible, bakeries and community kitchens become the only workable channel.

Flour prices have surged: some reports showed 1 kg reaching 15–19 shekels (~$4.5–$5.5), with 25 kg sacks ranging from $100–$140 or more at peak scarcity.

When aid flows, the common model is “one 25 kg sack per family” per distribution cycle, but cycles are often suspended by constraints.

Financial Target & How We’ll Spend It

Target budget: $1,400.

Our spending model is flexible to match on-the-ground realities, always aiming for the highest impact per dollar:

Buy flour locally and distribute it directly (when pricing and team safety are acceptable).

Or contract operating bakeries to supply ready bread with equivalent nutritional value when flour purchase/transport is unsafe or infeasible. (UN updates note bakery operations fluctuate with security conditions; we’ll move fast when windows open.)

What Does $1,400 Deliver?

Conservative scenario (25 kg ≈ $100): ~14 sacks ≈ 350 kg total, with part of the budget shifted to ready bread to cover more small households with smaller rations.

Mid scenario (25 kg ≈ $140): ~10 sacks ≈ 250 kg, enough for ~50 families for one cycle, or spread across more families in 4–5 kg rations.

Partial emergency scenario (retail by the kilo, 1 kg = $4.5–$5.5): 310–254 kg total, prioritizing bakery bread for better yield.

Transparency note: “350 kg for 100 families” is a mobilizing tagline. Actual quantities will depend on real-time prices and access. We will publish a detailed ledger after each purchase and distribution.

Implementation & Governance

Procurement & distribution: via a trusted local partner inside Gaza, prioritizing local market purchase to reduce crossing risks. If flour is unavailable, we switch to bakery contracts to distribute bread by equivalent weight.

Documentation: purchase invoices, anonymized delivery photos (no faces), brief location notes, and a live counter of kg/families updated after each round.

Safety & compliance: we do not announce locations or schedules in advance to protect beneficiaries and volunteers; we share post-action updates only. This follows UN guidance on risks of crowding, looting, and disrupted distributions.

Who Benefits?

Displaced and vulnerable families (widows, households with infants/children, and families with no income), screened rapidly with our local partner. Priority is given to areas flagged as most food-insecure in recent UN updates.

FAQs

Can assistance switch to bread instead of flour? Yes—if that doubles the impact and lowers risk, within the same budget.

How do you prevent waste or misallocation? Through invoices, post-round public updates, and flexible small-ration distributions instead of rigid quantity promises in a volatile market.

Why not commit to a fixed number of sacks now? Prices and access shift daily, and distributions can stop abruptly, as multiple 2025 reports have documented.

Call to Action

Your donation today becomes bread today. Every amount helps. Please share this campaign. If you operate a bakery/supply line inside Gaza or have a trusted access channel, contact us to scale impact quickly.

ٍReferences:

• https://www.wfp.org/news/hunger-looms-again-gaza-wfp-food-stocks-begin-run-out
• https://www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ipcinfo/docs/IPC_GazaStrip_Alert_July2025.pdf
• https://www.ochaopt.org/content/gaza-humanitarian-response-update-5-18-january-2025