The CSC, as part of its housing rehabilitation program, improved and rehabilitated the homes of 12 families, totaling 57 individuals. The families were geographically distributed as follows: eight families in Nablus (seven of which reside in the Old City), three families in the villages of Qabalan, Asira al-Shamaliya, and Rujeib, and one family in the Old Askar Refugee Camp. The beneficiary families come from diverse social backgrounds, including six impoverished families, one family with a member who has a disability, three families headed by widows, one family headed by a divorced woman, and one family headed by an elderly woman.

These families live in modest homes, including four rented houses, all of which suffer from severe deterioration in basic facilities such as water, sewage, and electricity networks, in addition to problems with dampness, water leakage, and damaged sanitary facilities. These issues have caused health problems for the families and created environmental hazards in the surrounding neighborhood.

The CSC implemented a range of technical interventions to mitigate these issues and improve safety and living conditions inside the homes. Some homes required multiple interventions, including: insulating and maintaining roofs for six homes; rehabilitating, building, and maintaining sanitary facilities for three homes; implementing sanitary, sewage, water, and electricity extensions for four homes; installing window guards for one home; creating a sealed pit for one home; modifying a bathroom for a person with a disability; installing windows, doors, sinks, and sanitary ware for five homes; finishing two rooms for one home; and pouring a roof for one home. These interventions also included tiling, plastering, building, and demolition work according to the specific needs of each case.

These interventions responded to urgent humanitarian needs, considering the difficult economic conditions facing families. Several heads of households lost their sources of income after being unable to work inside the occupied territories, while others faced salary disruptions, leaving them unable to meet their families’ basic needs. The program also addressed the needs of widows, divorcees, people with disabilities, and the elderly who lack stable sources of income.

In addition, a comprehensive rehabilitation of the mortuary washing room at Rafidia Hospital was carried out. The work included electricity, water, and sewage network improvements, tiling and plastering, building a new washing room, installing a suspended ceiling, and adding sinks and a basin. These improvements made the facility more suitable for use, respected the dignity of the deceased, and allowed it to accommodate cases, especially after the closure of the mortuary washing room at the National Hospital, making Rafidia the only government mortuary in the Nablus Governorate.

These projects were funded by the Al-Khair Forum Committee and the CSC Fund, with additional support from students enrolled in the Community Service course through the “Khair Notebooks” initiative. Proceeds from this fund are dedicated to supporting housing improvement programs, assisting the most vulnerable families, and alleviating hardships for disadvantaged

groups, particularly children, the elderly, and the sick. Several interventions were also carried out through community partnerships, including four in cooperation with the Nablus Governorate Community Committee, one in partnership with the Qabalan Municipality, one with the YMCA, and one with the Old City Committee of Nablus.

These projects reflect the CSC’s ongoing commitment to its developmental and humanitarian mission, its dedication to alleviating the suffering of poor families, and its efforts to promote the right to decent housing, in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals focused on combating poverty and improving quality of life.