Gaza Blog: I have no idea how to start my day at the SOS Children’s Village!
Day by day, life in Gaza Strip gets really complicated, and I don’t know where and how to start my day at work at the SOS. “Dareen” (1), broke her leg and she needs a special medical treatment inside and outside the village, the same thing goes with “Tamir” (11) he suffers from a broken leg, therefore he couldn’t walk and he needs a private tutor so he could catch up with his classmates for whatever he missed during the school days. Also Mr. “Wael” (The village director) he has a Brain Hemorrhage, and now he is in the hospital waiting to be transferred outside Gaza Strip to continue his treatment. “Fatimah” (18), she lives in the youth girls house also waiting for the cross point to be open so she can to her husband in Egypt. Cross points become more important to the SOS children’s village as well as the people in Gaza Strip, the have been closed for more than 2 years, no one can leave or come in to Gaza , lots of rumors say that the cross point will be open, but its all for nothing…
More than 300 people died during this time because they couldn’t leave Gaza Strip to get the medical treatment they need. The hospitals in Gaza strip are not capable to provide everything that all the patients in Gaza needs, which is why they need to be transferred outside Gaza to get cured and treated. People get very frustrate because the feel the no one cares about the situation they are in, some the need to go for medical treatment, some they need to go and continue their education, or to visit their relatives and some they need to go for work reasons. “Ashraf” University student, he has been ready to go and continue his study for a long time, his visa expired many times and it did cost him lots of money and efforts but he is still waiting until now.
The days go by slowly and people are still waiting and on the lookout for something new…
Read more Gaza blogs:
The Village Director and his daily worries
How Farah lived her days during the war
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