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class="s-hero-large__subtitle fade-in"> <h2> <span class="s-hero-large__subtitle__line"> <span>Conflict in the Middle East is devastating lives.</span> </span> <span class="s-hero-large__subtitle__line"> <span>Millions of people across Gaza, Lebanon and the wider</span> </span> <span class="s-hero-large__subtitle__line"> <span>region urgently need shelter, food and basic supplies.</span> </span> <span class="s-hero-large__subtitle__line"> <span>Save lives. Donate now.</span> </span> </h2> </div> </div> <div class="s-hero-large__buttons fade-in"> <a href="https://donation.dec.org.uk/middle-east-appeal" class="e-cta-button e-cta-button--primary " > <div> Donate now </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="s-hero-large__caption-wrapper fade-in"> <div class="e-img-info e-img-info--hero-large "> <div class="e-img-info-text"> <p>Aaliyah* holds her daughter on the remains of a damaged building in Gaza, October 2024. The mother of six built a temporary shelter opposite her demolished house and depends entirely on aid to feed her family. Photo: DEC/Arete/Abdallah Alsayed</p> </div> <div class="e-img-info-icon"> <span class="the-i">i</span> <span class="the-x">X</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="s-key-facts-wrapper"> <div class="s-key-facts"> <h2 class="s-key-facts__title">The scale of need is overwhelming </h2> <div class="s-key-fact"> <div class="s-key-fact__icon-wrapper"> <div class="s-key-fact__icon"> <img src="/sites/default/files/images/svg/2024-10/Food_0.svg" alt="food logo"> </div> </div> <div class="s-key-fact__text"> <h3>2.1 million </h3> <p>people - almost the entire population of Gaza - do not have enough to eat </p> </div> </div> <div class="s-key-fact"> <div class="s-key-fact__icon-wrapper"> <div class="s-key-fact__icon"> <img src="/sites/default/files/images/svg/2024-11/Internally-displaced%20%281%29.svg" alt="A logo showing a displaced person with a person on the move with an arrow indicating movement"> </div> </div> <div class="s-key-fact__text"> <h3>3 million </h3> <p>people displaced across Gaza and Lebanon urgently need humanitarian aid </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="s-video-banner-wrapper"> <div class="s-video-banner-bg s-video-banner-bg--Top"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/hero_wide/public/media/image/2024-10/Thumbnail%20for%20website_01%20crop2.jpg.webp?itok=2u5DPy5c 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1200px)" type="image/webp" width="1600" height="621"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/hero_desktop/public/media/image/2024-10/Thumbnail%20for%20website_01%20crop2.jpg.webp?itok=5H9_MHQx 1x" media="all and (min-width: 850px) and (max-width: 1199px)" type="image/webp" width="1200" height="466"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/hero_mobile/public/media/image/2024-10/Thumbnail%20for%20website_01%20crop2.jpg.webp?itok=6rH3d2S9 1x" media="all and (min-width: 0) and (max-width: 559px)" type="image/webp" width="1024" height="397"/> <img loading="eager" src="/sites/default/files/styles/hero_mobile/public/media/image/2024-10/Thumbnail%20for%20website_01%20crop2.jpg.webp?itok=6rH3d2S9" width="1024" height="397" /> </picture> </div> <div class="s-video-banner"> <div class="s-video-banner-content"> <div class="s-video-banner-content__title"> <h2>"We must not look away" </h2> </div> <div class="s-video-banner-content__button"> <a href="" class="e-cta-button e-cta-button--video " > <div> watch the video </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="e-img-info e-img-info-- "> <div class="e-img-info-text"> <p>Actors Riz Ahmed, Joe Alwyn and Ruth Negga join the call for urgent donations to help provide lifesaving aid in Gaza, Lebanon and the wider region.</p> </div> <div class="e-img-info-icon"> <span class="the-i">i</span> <span class="the-x">X</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="s-video-banner-takeover"> <div class="s-video-banner-takeover__overlay"></div> <button class="s-video-banner-takeover-close-button"> <img src="/assets/images/svg/dec-button-close.svg" alt=""> </button> <div class="s-video-banner-takeover-video"> <div class="s-video-banner-takeover-video__responsive-video"> <div class="oembed-lazyload oembed-lazyload--youtube" data-strategy="intersection-observer"> <a class="oembed-lazyload__button" href="https://youtu.be/hCOZhJwL3-8" title="Watch "We must not look away" - 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Riz Ahmed, Joe Alwyn, Ruth Negga - DEC Middle East Humanitarian Appeal"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="s-wysiwyg-wrapper s-wysiwyg-wrapper--white"> <div class="s-wysiwyg-inner"> <div class="s-wysiwyg no-alert-message "> <div class="s-wysiwyg-content"> <h3>Over the past year, conflict in the Middle East has devastated lives across the region, and millions of people have fled their homes in search of safety.</h3><p>Right now, millions of people across Gaza, Lebanon and the wider region are in urgent need of food, shelter and medical care.  </p><p>In Gaza, people are dying of hunger and disease, as well as injuries caused by the conflict. Food and clean water are desperately scarce. Ninety percent of the population are displaced, and more than 42,000 people have been killed.</p><p>In Lebanon, more than a million people have had to leave their homes in recent weeks. Shelters are overwhelmed, and hospitals are struggling to treat the thousands of people injured.</p><p>DEC charities are ready to do more, and respond <a href="https://www.dec.org.uk/how-and-where-dec-charities-are-responding-in-the-middle-east" title="Where DEC charities are responding">across the region</a>, wherever the needs are greatest. But they urgently need more funds.</p><h4 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);border:0px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-size:1.75rem;font-stretch:inherit;font-style:normal;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-position:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;font-weight:inherit;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:35px;margin:0px 0px 20px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">How can you help?</h4><p>You can help people affected by the crisis by making a donation and helping to raise money for the DEC appeal. This will allow DEC charities and their local partners to scale up their response and reach more people.</p><ul style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);border:0px;color:rgb(77, 77, 77);font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-size:medium;font-stretch:inherit;font-style:normal;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-position:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:inherit;list-style:inside none;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><li style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-size:1.125rem;font-stretch:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:1.4;list-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 20px;position:relative;vertical-align:baseline;">£30 could provide blankets for six people to keep them warm</li><li style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-size:1.125rem;font-stretch:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:1.4;list-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 20px;position:relative;vertical-align:baseline;">£50 could provide emergency food, for five families for one week</li><li style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-size:1.125rem;font-stretch:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:1.4;list-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 20px;position:relative;vertical-align:baseline;">£100 could provide emergency shelter for five families</li></ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="s-image-full-width-wrapper"> <div class="s-image-full-width-bg s-image-full-width-bg--none"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/hero_wide/public/media/image/2024-09/DEC.org_NEWHERO%20resize.jpg.webp?itok=mnHwtYix 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1200px)" type="image/webp" width="1600" height="889"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/hero_desktop/public/media/image/2024-09/DEC.org_NEWHERO%20resize.jpg.webp?itok=ak0gmktx 1x" media="all and (min-width: 850px) and (max-width: 1199px)" type="image/webp" width="1200" height="667"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/hero_mobile/public/media/image/2024-09/DEC.org_NEWHERO%20resize.jpg.webp?itok=t9oCJDLW 1x" media="all and (min-width: 0) and (max-width: 559px)" type="image/webp" width="1024" height="569"/> <img loading="eager" src="/sites/default/files/styles/hero_mobile/public/media/image/2024-09/DEC.org_NEWHERO%20resize.jpg.webp?itok=t9oCJDLW" width="1024" height="569" /> </picture> </div> <div class="s-image-full-width"> <div class="s-image-full-width__title s-image-full-width__title--with-opacity"> <h2>UKRAINE HUMANITARIAN APPEAL </h2> <p>The DEC appeal has raised over £438 million and helped an estimated 8.2 million people affected by the conflict. This appeal will close for donations at the end of 2024 but donations will continue to be spent next year.</p> </div> <div class="s-image-full-width__cta"> <a href="https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/ukraine-humanitarian-appeal" class="e-cta-button e-cta-button--secondary " > <div> Find out more </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="e-img-info e-img-info-- "> <div class="e-img-info-text"> <p>Social worker Yana (left) provides psychological support to people like Ivanna* (right) at a community centre in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, established by the local partner of DEC charity Christian Aid. 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This appeal is now closed but programmes continue to help people on the long road to recovery.</p> </div> <div class="s-image-full-width__cta"> <a href="https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/turkey-syria-earthquake-appeal" class="e-cta-button e-cta-button--secondary " > <div> Read more </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="e-img-info e-img-info-- "> <div class="e-img-info-text"> <p>Abeer welcomes her baby girl born safely in a DEC-funded hospital supported by ActionAid in northwest Syria. 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