The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) called on its member states and their humanitarian organizations to repair and rehabilitate the houses of the poor citizens of the Gaza Strip.
This appeal came in the monthly report issued by the Organization about the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, which focused on the suffering of poor people in the Strip who are living in almost ramshackle houses or in single room homes with cracked walls, while expecting the aggravation of their suffering with the advent of the winter season.
According to the organization's report, about 71% of the families of the Gaza Strip need residential units, and 23% of them are living in extreme poverty and cannot improve their living conditions.
The report also mentioned that after field visits conducted by the team of field survey operating for the OIC, it found out that there is a need to repair 2400 houses of poor people by adding facilities and improvements, and to demolish and re-construct 500 uninhabitable housing units.
