The outlet RTL Info recently published an article on the association HuSoMe’s commitment to the children of Gaza. The article highlights the organisation of a charity event and the humanitarian situation described by humanitarian doctor Raphaël Pitti.
A charity event in support of the orphans of Gaza
The article states that 39,000 orphans currently live in the Gaza Strip. It explains that the association HuSoMe, chaired by Raphaël Pitti, is inviting the public to come and support them.
It confirms that, after Syria and Ukraine, HuSoMe, founded in Metz by humanitarian doctor Raphaël Pitti, became involved in Gaza in 2024. To raise funds to run an orphanage, the NGO is holding a charity event on 15 February at the Serémange-Erzange municipal theatre.
According to RTL Info, the programme includes a reading by Marc Olenine, a show mixing music and dance with the group Troïka (Balkan music), a performance by Lukas Abdul and a finale by the Moussafir orchestra.
Admission is €20.
Setting up an orphanage in Gaza
The article notes that although Raphaël Pitti, like journalists and many humanitarian workers, can no longer travel to the Gaza Strip, he has nevertheless been able to set up a team to look after children left to fend for themselves.
RTL Info reports Raphaël Pitti’s words:
We opened an orphanage that takes in children who had been completely abandoned. These are children who are the sole survivors of their families and who, at a time when no food was entering Gaza, found themselves isolated with cooking pots and so on, trying to survive on their own in that situation. We have taken in 33. Four more will soon join them.
A complex humanitarian and financial context
The RTL Info article notes that at a time when Donald Trump has cut aid to USAID and France plans cuts to development aid in its 2026 budget, NGOs like Raphaël Pitti’s have to appeal to civil society.
Raphaël Pitti says:
Obviously, this has a cost for us. Life is very expensive in Gaza at the moment. A kilo of flour costs $70. So there is a very significant financial impact. We need funds.
He stressed that the situation there is dramatic:
The situation in Gaza is dramatic. More than a million people are living in tents. Their homes have been totally destroyed. There has been massive ‘urbicide’. Farmland has also been destroyed. Many hospitals are in a situation where the health system has collapsed.
Speaking out publicly on the situation in Gaza
RTL Info recalls that in May 2025, Raphaël Pitti appeared on the programme Quelle époque ! on France 2, describing the situation in Gaza.
The article reports his words:
Our position is very clear. Our position is one of neutrality and protection of populations in relation to international humanitarian law. What does this law say? It says that these populations in conflict situations must be protected. These populations cannot be displaced; these populations must not be starved. Hospitals must not be destroyed; places of worship and cultural centres must not be destroyed. And so we take a position — and it is normal for humanitarians to do so — we denounce precisely the fact that this humanitarian law is not being respected.
The article notes that to this day, the Israeli government maintains obstacles hampering the ability of the UN and NGOs to deliver humanitarian aid. It adds that on 4 February, a container ship carrying nearly 400 tonnes of food aid sent by France arrived off the Egyptian coast, and that the World Food Programme (WFP) is to deliver it to the Gaza Strip, while stressing that the situation remains complicated.
The duty to bear witness
Finally, RTL Info reports these statements by Raphaël Pitti:
Bearing witness is at the same time an obligation of humanitarian action. Bearing witness to the crimes we see — war crimes, crimes against humanity. It is the same as a doctor in his surgery who sees a woman come in who has been abused by her husband, or a child who has been. He has an ethical obligation to denounce this violence against these vulnerable people. Well, at the humanitarian level, it is the same. We have an ethical duty to denounce — especially when journalists are not there — to denounce in their place what is happening.
The article concludes by inviting the public to the Serémange municipal theatre on 15 February to support this initiative for the children of Gaza.
Source: RTL Info (10 February 2026)
