MoSD Approves 86 Displaced & Affected Families in Jenin for Home Rehabilitation & Repair

Jenin – The Ministry of Social Development continued its efforts to support displaced and affected families in Jenin Governorate. In coordination with the Shelter Committee, 86 families were identified and approved to benefit from home rehabilitation and repair works under the “Restoring Safety and Dignity – Jenin” project, implemented by the Agricultural Development Association (PARC) with funding from the United Nations Humanitarian Fund for the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

The intervention comes amid the continued challenges facing displaced families in the governorate and the growing social and living burdens resulting from displacement and damage to homes, particularly the need to secure adequate housing, rising rental costs, loss of family stability, and the increasing needs of children, older persons, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups.

The project targets displaced families whose homes have been damaged and require rehabilitation to enable them to return, as well as families currently living in rented accommodation that requires repair or rehabilitation. Such works will be carried out in coordination and agreement with property owners, according to the circumstances and needs of each case.

Through its Directorate in Jenin and in coordination with the Shelter Committee, the Ministry of Social Development has followed up on the conditions of displaced families, assessed their housing and social needs, reviewed individual cases, and identified the families most in need of support under the project. This approach helps ensure that interventions are directed according to actual needs and reach affected families.

This step forms part of a broader range of interventions implemented by the Ministry for displaced families in Jenin Governorate, including cash and food assistance, rental support, non-food assistance, social protection services, and case management, in addition to following up on the needs of children, women, older persons, and persons with disabilities in coordination with UN, international, and local partner organizations. The Ministry has previously registered thousands of displaced families from Jenin and Tulkarm governorates in the National Social Registry and targeted them through various cash and relief interventions.

The Ministry stressed that its role extends beyond emergency relief to linking families with services and programmes suited to their needs, coordinating partner interventions, and working to provide solutions that help families restore a degree of stability and self-reliance, particularly amid continued displacement and the loss or damage of livelihoods and homes.

The Ministry noted that partnerships with local and international organizations are essential to expanding the scope of the response. It reaffirmed its continued efforts to mobilize resources and direct them toward the most urgent priorities, particularly housing and shelter, social protection, and livelihoods, in a manner that strengthens the resilience of affected families and alleviates the burdens they face.

The “Restoring Safety and Dignity – Jenin” project forms part of ongoing efforts to move beyond immediate assistance toward interventions that improve housing conditions and help restore family and social stability, while preserving the dignity of displaced and affected families and supporting their ability to overcome the consequences of displacement and damage to their homes.