Supporting Palestinians displaced by conflict in Gaza & West Bank
José Andrés: WCK Aid Trucks Enter Gaza
On March 3, 2026, some of WCK’s trucks made it through the Gaza border. Our founder José Andrés has more: “Some of our trucks made it through the Gaza border today, which is good news. Every day we need more trucks and more food so we can keep feeding hungry families. But it’s not enough. We need a constant flow of food and fuel. Every day. All the humanitarian groups need their trucks to go through, especially with medicine and medical supplies. This is the lifeline for Gaza and it needs to stay open.”
WCK Serving 1 Million Daily Hot Meals in Gaza
Today, World Central Kitchen reached a milestone, serving one million meals daily across Gaza. Thanks to our network of Field Kitchens, community kitchens, bakeries, and partners, more families—close to half of the total population—can count on a reliable meal each day.
Since 2023, our teams in Gaza have served more than 272 million meals, 73 million loaves of bread, and 6.4 million gallons of water. We are now serving more daily meals than ever. This scale is possible because food and supplies are now entering Gaza more predictably, allowing WCK teams to plan, cook, and distribute meals consistently.
One million hot meals a day in Gaza. It’s not a statistic. It’s Palestinians feeding Palestinians, cooking with dignity under impossible conditions. It’s communities refusing to give up on one another
José Andrés
WCK Founder
Food Without Conditions: Ramadan and Always
In Ramadan, beyond the hundreds of thousands of hot meals our teams serve daily, WCK aims to deliver an additional 100,000 food kits so families receive food they can rely on throughout the month. Each kit is thoughtfully assembled with halal, culturally appropriate pantry staples, proteins, grains, oils, and traditional ingredients families use every day, from rice, lentils, freekeh, and pasta to olive oil, chickpeas, tahini, tomato paste, tea, and coffee.
Alongside these kits, iftar boxes include dates, dried fruits, nuts, milk, juice, and familiar Ramadan sweets to help families break their fast with dignity.
Over the course of the month, these kits alone account for up to 7 million individual meals.
José Andrés: What I Saw in Gaza
When you see our teams at work in Gaza, you can see the best of humanity. Palestinians cooking for Palestinians, taking care of strangers, taking care of their community one plate at a time.
WCK to Scale Up to 1 Million Meals a Day in Gaza
WCK is seeking to rapidly scale up production to an unprecedented one million hot meals a day.
The ambitious plan requires an increase to five high-capacity field kitchens and enough supplies to outfit scores of smaller community kitchens at the neighborhood level throughout Gaza.
WCK will also need extended supply chain access through multiple entry points and the ability to send in more than 100 trucks daily, as well as permission to directly import fuel.
We are ready to do so much more — one million hot meals a day.
José Andrés
WCK Founder
José Andrés visits Gaza team
José was on the ground in Gaza today, at the WCK Field Kitchen in Deir al-Balah. He met with members of our dedicated Palestinian team. We are ready to scale up to serve 1 million hot meals daily for families in need.
Your Gaza Questions Answered
Answers to the top questions about WCK’s efforts in Gaza.
Chefs For Gaza
Drop in to a WCK water station
Thousands of families receive clean drinking water each day at WCK’s Deir al-Balah water. With resources in Gaza critically limited, our team is working nonstop to ensure people have access to both nourishing meals and safe water.
WCK Water is a Lifeline
Our resilient and resourceful Palestinian team on the ground is supplying critically needed clean water.
Chefs For Gaza
WCK’s Mobile Bakery
Introducing the newest member of the WCK fleet in Gaza! This powerhouse food truck can bake 3,000 loaves of pita bread per hour. The Kingdom of Jordan supported the building and transport of the truck, which could help make a big difference for the meals of the people it serves
100+ million meals for Gaza
Despite significant restrictions on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, our teams have delivered well over 100 million meals by land, sea, and air. We’ve set up four large-capacity Field Kitchens in southern and central Gaza and established a network of Palestinian-led, WCK-supported Community Kitchens that provide thousands of meals every day. With the help of local partners, we are expanding our food distribution efforts to the north, where the growing influx of returning families is increasing the demand for assistance.
Palestinian Voices
Hear from our staff in Gaza who work hard every day to cook and distribute nourishing food.
Community Kitchens
See the incredible work being done in one of our community kitchens in Gaza.
Maritime Aid
Watch as WCK and our partners complete the first maritime aid shipment into Gaza in nearly two decades.
Supporting Farmers
WCK is supporting farmers in Gaza who then provide fresh vegetables and produce to our kitchens.
WCK values shine through in Gaza
Our Gaza team members embody WCK’s core values of empathy, adaptability, resilience, and collaboration. We invite you to read some of their inspiring stories.
Khaled
“We spend the entire day thinking and trying to get food. The war imposed on us famine and the lack of the minimum necessities of life. But hope was always there, sent by WCK, which did not forget to help us and always provide us with meals.”
Loai
“We crafted this clay oven to bake bread and feed our children. These are earnest efforts to survive.”
Ahmed
“Since the beginning of the war, my family and I have been suffering scourges: no food, no drink, and none of the necessities of life. WCK did not leave us alone and always provided us with assistance.”
Ramadan
WCK is providing tens of thousands of Ramadan meal kits for Palestinian families to break their fast with.
Eid al-Adha
WCK’s team planned for weeks to provide a special meal for families observing Eid al-Adha.
Meet our partner in Gaza: Anera
Anera is one of WCK’s partners in Gaza and their organization has been focused on helping Palestinians for decades. Their staff on the ground is doing everything possible to deliver meals to families in hard-to-reach places, even while suffering personal losses of family members and friends.
I always have to hope, I’m always an optimist. I’m on the side of humanity and humanitarianism.
Sean Carroll
President and CEO of Anera
Help us provide food to families in need.
Latest from the ground
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Chef Nasser is from Kounine, a town in southern Lebanon impacted by conflict on the border with Israel. He started working alongside WCK when families in his community were first being displaced by bombardment. Nasser takes pride in cooking local favorites for neighbors in need. His specialty is preparing comforting stews that offer a taste of home.
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WCK is working shoulder to shoulder with @AneraOrg to distribute meals to Palestinian families sheltering in northern Gaza. Our team provided more than 3,000 boxes of meals ready-to-eat—the equivalent of over 120,000 meals—that were distributed in Gaza City and surrounding communities with support from Anera.
