The long-running struggles of Gaza's human population are well known but one charitable organisation is focussed only on helping the Palestinian territory's animal residents.

The charity is made up of around 15 volunteers who work around the Gaza Strip rescuing pets and strays and treating them at a home in Gaza City.

The self-taught volunteers treat fractures and other injures, sometimes with the help of information they find online.

Dozens of cats live at the charity's base while they are recovering.

The project was created by Saeed Al-Arr who had the idea after completing a dog training course in Russia back in 2006.

According to Saeed, establishing the project was fraught with difficulties and he received little support from local authorities but, he says, the work is worthwhile because it eases the suffering of the territory's four-legged population.

Around 15 core volunteers are deployed to various places of the public sector in time, to help rescue pets in the streets and roads, and they are getting calls from the citizens around them.

He warns that it is an opportunity for the team to work in the field by collecting cats and other hosts and treating them in his home, explaining that others treat them, explaining that some of them specialize in

It deals with various cases of fractures, wounds and injuries that we receive, and we rely on our experiences that have accumulated over the years and sometimes we use Internet sites. "

The idea that "Saeed" was born after receiving a "dog training" course in Russia, which began in 2006. At that time, I faced many obstacles, including the difficulty of obtaining a license and the lack of support agencies. The idea.