MIDEAST-GAZA CITY-RAMADAN-CHARITY FOOD

MIDEAST-GAZA CITY-RAMADAN-CHARITY FOOD

(230403) -- GAZA, April 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Walid al-Hattab cooks soup for poor locals during Ramadan at al-Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza City April 2, 2023. In the al-Nuseirat refugee camp of the besieged coastal Palestinian enclave of Gaza Strip, Amjad Majdalawi and his friends prepare about 150 meals for poor families every day during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. TO GO WITH "Feature: Gazans launch charity programs to help poor families during Ramadan" (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

MIDEAST-GAZA CITY-RAMADAN-CHARITY FOOD

MIDEAST-GAZA CITY-RAMADAN-CHARITY FOOD

(230403) -- GAZA, April 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Walid al-Hattab (1st R) distributes soup for children during Ramadan at al-Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza City April 2, 2023. In the al-Nuseirat refugee camp of the besieged coastal Palestinian enclave of Gaza Strip, Amjad Majdalawi and his friends prepare about 150 meals for poor families every day during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. TO GO WITH "Feature: Gazans launch charity programs to help poor families during Ramadan" (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

Initiatives launched to cook food for poor people amid Ramadan in Gaza

STORY: Initiatives launched to cook food for poor people amid Ramadan in Gaza DATELINE: April 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:27 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Walid al-Hattab cooking in Gaza 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): WALID AL-HATTAB, Resident in Gaza 3. various of young men cooking in al-Nusairat refugee camp 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AMJAD MAJDALAWI, Resident in al-Nusairat refugee camp STORYLINE: Some locals in the Gaza Strip have launched charity initiatives to cook food for poor families during the holy month of Ramadan. The organizers said that "such meals can help the needy families to prepare food for their kids during Ramadan." Walid al-Hattab, a 58-year-old Palestinian man, cooks a soup called "Garisha" with minced wheat, lamb meat, and onions, for the poor families in the poverty-stricken al-Shujaeya neighborhood in Gaza city during Ramadan. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): WALID AL-HATTAB, Resident in Gaza "For the tenth year in a row, I have been cooking and serving food to fa