May 26, 2025 – In response to news reports on the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s (GHF) proposals for distribution of aid inside Gaza, CARE has publicly and privately shared our concerns regarding the food distribution hub mechanism outlined in the GHF proposal. CARE does not support, nor has it agreed to collaborate with GHF or any form of militarization of aid. We share the position outlined by the recently resigned Executive Director of GHF, Jake Wood, who stated that it was “Not possible to implement this plan while also strictly adhering to the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence…”
CARE continues to support the UN-Coordinated plan to immediately resume humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza as it is principled, operationally proven, and immediately ready to re-start large-scale humanitarian aid delivery and life-saving services across the Gaza Strip. The entire population of Gaza is facing desperate hunger, and CARE will continue to advocate for the UN-Coordinated plan as the best, most immediate mechanism for aid distribution to alleviate the dire needs of the people of Gaza. It is essential that we do not wait for a new, untested, unscaled, and unworkable plan, when we have immediate mechanisms that can and must be deployed.
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