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A Little Help From Her Card

Nimat lives in the old city of Nablus in the West bank with her mother, sisters, and brother. Between the rising costs of food and medicine they need, they are struggling to make ends meet. Nimat applied for USAID’s electronic food voucher program, which provides vulnerable families with electronic debit cards allowing them to purchase locally produced nutritious food while boosting the local economy. It also allows people like Nimat to go to the market and shop with dignity.

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Extreme Hardship. Extreme Instability. Extreme Poverty. Extreme Possibilities. In 2014, USAID and the World Food Program provided food assistance to 203,000 people in the West Bank and Gaza. 35,000 received electronic food vouchers, allowing them to shop with dignity and boost the local economy. Nablus, West Bank. My name is Nimat Qasim Darwish Al Faqih. I live with my mother and sisters and my brother. My name is Shadia Qasim Darwish Al Faqih. The situation was better before. Jobs were available. We had money but now there are no jobs. I don't have anyone to support me, we are ladies on our own, as you know. The card helps with lots of things of course. I take the electronic voucher and go shopping at the store. I give him the voucher and take the items. Today we bought lentils, yogurt, eggs and bread. Three of us in this house suffer from diabetes. My mother takes two injections, and this costs us a lot. It's too expensive for me to buy. I look after my mother every day. I help her to the bathroom and shower her. I make breakfast. If they ever stop the voucher we'll be in a tough situation. It's a nice feeling, looking after my mother and sisters and taking care of them. It's the best thing. God is great and He won't forget about us. There is nothing more I can say.