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Press Releases
| Saudi Campaign convoy of flour heads to Gaza
| 21 April 2010
On 17 April, the first convoy of flour in a large shipment of food aid organised by the Saudi Campaign for the Relief of the Palestinian People in Gaza arrived in Amman on its way to Gaza. |
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| Austria and UNRWA Graduate 26 Women from Nahr el-Bared
| 21 April 2010
Twenty-six women from Nahr el-Bared camp graduated this week from courses in baking, sweet-making and sewing at the camp's Women’s Programme Centre. |
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| High food insecurity levels among Bedouins, a silent emergency in the West Bank
| 16 April 2010
A food security and nutrition survey jointly carried out by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), has found unusually high levels of food insecurity and malnutrition among herder and Bedouin communities living in the Israeli-controlled Area C of the West Bank. |
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| Damascus Circus School Leaves Audience ‘Breathless’
| 12 April 2010
Forty young Iraqi and Palestinian refugees and Syrians demonstrated spectacular acrobatic prowess today as they performed to an excited audience at al-Faiha Stadium in Damascus. |
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| Italian embassy and UNRWA inaugurate new sports facility in Rashidieh
| 01 April 2010
The Ambassador of Italy to Lebanon and the Director of UNRWA Affairs in Lebanon inaugurated a new gymnasium in the UNRWA school in Rashidieh today, an initiative funded by the Italian embassy. |
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| Red Crescent and UNRWA secure better hospital services in Lebanon
| 01 April 2010
On 27 March 2010, the Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), which contributes to improving hospitalisation services to Palestine refugees in Lebanon. |
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| “Will We Meet?” young filmmakers’ competition to mark World Refugee Day
| 30 March 2010
To mark World Refugee Day on 20 June, UNRWA is holding a short-film competition for young film makers. This is your chance to share, with an international audience, what you want to say about your world and the people in it, your hopes and aspirations. |
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| Adopt a School in Gaza
| 30 March 2010
A new UNRWA scheme gives donors the chance to make a direct contribution to Palestine refugee children’s education by ‘adopting’ a school in Gaza. |
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| Situation worsens as Gaza blockade nears 1,000-day milestone
| 11 March 2010
The situation in the Gaza Strip is becoming increasingly dire as the Israeli blockade approaches its 1,000th day, allowing an illegal economy to flourish, the new head of the United Nations agency tasked with assisting millions of Palestinian refugees said today. |
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| Kuwait Red Crescent donates $277,000 for Gaza refugee families
| 09 March 2010
The Kuwait Red Crescent Society has donated $277,000 in response to UNRWA’s 2010 Emergency Appeal for the occupied Palestinian territory launched in January of this year. |
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