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 It’s dangerous enough to be a healthy child amid gunfire in Gaza and the West Bank, but it’s much worse for deaf children who cannot hear warning shots from Israeli soldiers.
“The hearing-impaired children panic when there is bombing and shelling,” says Nassim Nour, World Vision’s operations manager in Jerusalem/West Bank/Gaza. “Because they cannot hear warning shots, they are more likely to be shot in the streets.” He added that genetic factors have caused higher than normal rates of hearing impairment among children in Gaza.
The danger of gunfire compounds the fear among deaf children who are already at risk from other daily activities such as walking to school without being able to hear traffic. World Vision is making life safer for the children in a number of ways, including the creation of safe pathways away from traffic and provision of bus transportation. As the children become adults, World Vision provides vocational training, jobs and secondary education in the heart of Gaza and the West Bank.
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