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    What it's like to be an aid worker in Gaza now

    Stuck at home and without electricity most of the time, aid workers from international organizations in Gaza have suspended a number of their development projects and are focusing on emergency humanitarian response largely delivered by local partners. We learn more from an Oxfam staff member.

    By Jenny Lei Ravelo // 23 July 2014

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    These days, in the middle of summer, the sun shines bright over Gaza, but few people are able to enjoy it.

    Airstrikes force the majority of the population to seek refuge in shelters or stay at home behind closed shutters, including aid workers that have instructions to work remotely and avoid going to their offices.

    But in such a challenge environment, how can organizations actually deliver aid and continue to implement their projects? How are they able to get a parcel of food from point A to B? How can one possibly coordinate operations not knowing where the next projectile will land?

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      Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo

      Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.

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