UN partners provide a lifeline for older people in Palestine
The World Food Programme works with UNICEF and ILO to ensure people living below the deep poverty line can survive
Growing old in Jericho is challenging.
“I used to have a large number of sheep and walk them far for grazing,” says Falha. “I cannot do that anymore because of my poor health. I need to buy medications every 14 days and pay 50 shekels [US$15] because the medications are not always available at the Ministry of Health clinic”.
Aged 65, Falha rarely ventures out of her home for anything other than food or medicine.
