Authors: Manal Ajarmeh, Amal Hurani, Rojan Banat, Asayel Wahidi, Maysam Mahdi, Rahaf Ahmed, Raghad Madi, Tala Janazreh, & Suzan Titi
The study aims at investigating Palestinians attitudes toward food bank project. The study approached the literature as a multi-dimensional phenomenon, which addressed both theoretical and applied research. The significance of this recent study is the first, which dealt with this theme, to the authors knowledge, which in turn encourages other researchers to work on further research on this important issue. The study adopted the quantitative research approach using the sampling survey method. The questionnaire is appropriate for the exploratory nature of the research. An index of a 12-item scale was used to measure Palestinians attitudes toward food bank project, developed by the research team, which was administrated to three hundred sixty participants in Arroub refugee camp in the West Bank during 2022, who were stratifiedly selected. The sample size was calculated using the sampling web, http://www.surveysystem.com/sscalc.htm, sample size calculator, with a margin error of 0.05. The collected data was statistically analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). The findings demonstrate that Palestinians scored high attitudes toward food bank project. Factors which significantly influenced Palestinians attitudes toward food bank project included work status, marital status, children number, and monthly income. The study findings confirm the value of the food bank in reducing poverty and enhancing food security for Palestinians in general and for refugees in particular, and recommend, empowering Palestinian families economically through the food bank which is an urgent demand in the current circumstances, and further studies should be conducted for a better understanding of the food bank among Palestinians using the qualitative research design.
Keywords: Attitudes, food bank, poverty, food security, Palestine.
Manal Ajarmeh, Mathematics Teacher, Arroub Girls Second School, UNRWA, Hebron, Palestine. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Amal Hurani, English Teacher, Arroub Girls Second School, UNRWA, Hebron, Palestine. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Rojan Banat, Asayel Wahidi, Maysam Mahdi, Rahaf Ahmed, Raghad Madi, Tala Janazreh, & Suzan Titi, Ninth Grade Students, Arroub Girls Second School, UNRWA, Hebron, Palestine.
