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Articles
| Woman of the Year celebrated in Gaza
| 28 March 2013
UNRWA held its fourth annual awards ceremony to name the Woman of the Year and Man of Equality in Action 2012. Organised by the UNRWA Gaza Women’s Committee, the event acknowledged colleagues for their commitment, dedication and important contribution to improve UNRWA’s work. |
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| UNRWA combats anemia in Lebanon
| 26 March 2013
In response to the high prevalence of iron deficiency anemia – the lack of red blood cells to provide oxygen throughout the body – among Palestine refugees in Lebanon, UNRWA routinely screens those with a high risk, including pregnant women and infants under a year, |
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| UNRWA improves access to water in threatened West Bank community
| 22 March 2013
Displaced twice by two consecutive Arab-Israeli wars, Palestinian Bedouin refugee families from the Haifa area, in the north of today’s Israel, settled in Imreiha near the West Bank city of Jenin in 1967. Despite having lived in the area for decades, the Imreiha community lacks basic health, education and social services. |
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| Palestine refugees feel the brunt of water shortage in Lebanon
| 22 March 2013
Although Lebanon regularly suffers from water shortages, no place is more prone to them than Palestine refugee camps around Beirut. Having been cut off from the Beirut water network during the Lebanese Civil War, the situation is dire—with many completely unable to access clean drinking water from their homes. |
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| Gaza fishermen struggle to eke out a livelihood
| 19 March 2013
Held each year on 22 March, International World Water Day draws attention to the importance of freshwater and advocates for the sustainable management of freshwater resources around the world. |
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| UNRWA works to conserve water in Jordan,
a country with one of the world's largest water deficits
| 18 March 2013
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Jordan has one of the lowest levels of water resource availability, per capita, in the world. A lack of water and a problem of water quality also has a major impact on people’s health and the environment. |
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| Between Jordan and Syria, Abu Zein struggles to care for family
| 18 March 2013
Abu Zein is a Palestinian who lived until recently with his wife and three children in Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, Syria. Despite escalating violence, the family was reluctant to leave their home, family and friends behind, and uncertain about finding a place of refuge. |
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| Mind-blowing: four months after conflict, Gaza mental health in crisis
| 11 March 2013
Four months after the conflict in Gaza, we report from UNRWA’s health centre in Jabalia, northern Gaza, on disturbing post-traumatic stress figures from UNRWA’s Health Department. Read the painful human stories behind the statistics. |
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| Refugee, abuse victim, Palestinian: Aesha’s story
| 08 March 2013
Since getting married as a young woman, Aesha has had what many would think of as a difficult life. A former victim of domestic abuse, her broad smile belies the hardship she has endured in the past. |
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| American Friends of UNRWA representatives join villagers in planting olive trees
| 06 March 2013
Representatives from American Friends of UNRWA (AFU) joined workers from UNRWA’s Job Creation Programme (JCP) in planting olive trees in the West Bank village of Jalqmous near Jenin. |
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