
| UNRWA Launches 2010 Emergency Appeal at League of Arab States


| 14 December 2009
 UNRWA today launched its emergency appeal for 2010, at the meeting of the League of Arab States. |

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| Qatar Charity Sends 18 Trucks of Aid to Gaza


| 10 December 2009
 An 18-truck convoy of books and stationery from the Qatar Charity has reached the Gaza Strip. |

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| Healthcare in the field

| 24 November 2009
 In each field of operation, refugees have diverse needs and health priorities, which UNRWA strives to meet appropriately. |

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| Gaza

| 18 November 2009
 An estimated 1.1 million people, or three-quarters of Gaza's entire population, are Palestine refugees registered with UNRWA. About half a million refugees live in Gaza’s eight refugee camps. |

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| UNRWA Job Creation Programme to provide 3,100 new jobs for Gazan private sector


| 26 October 2009
 UNRWA's Director of Operations in Gaza today announced the doubling of the Agency's Job Creation Programme to a total of 14,000 job opportunities a month, with 3,100 jobs specifically in support of the Gazan private sector. |

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| Contained Education


| 01 September 2009
 The month of Ramadan has come this year to the people of Gaza at the same time as the new school year. The conjunction of the two events acts as a reminder of the hard living conditions in which Gazans live. |

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| UNRWA launches "Gaza Ramadan Appeal"


| 17 August 2009
 As the Holy Ramadan approaches, it is both regretful and shameful that Gaza’s refugees continue to live in intolerable circumstances. |

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| Statement by Humanitarian Organisations, NGOs and UN Organisations On the Second Anniversary of the Gaza Blockade

| 17 June 2009
 We, United Nations and non-governmental humanitarian organisations, express deepening concern over Israel’s continued blockade of the Gaza Strip which has now been in force for two years. |

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| Job Creation Helps Gaza Fishermen Stay Afloat


| 01 May 2009
 As the saying goes, ‘give a man a fish and he will feed himself for a day, teach a man how to fish and he will feed himself for a lifetime’. Yet, in Gaza, even those who know how to fish have been driven to unemployment by the blockade. |

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| Letters from Gaza (19) ...Is the War Really Over?


| 19 January 2009
 They say that the war on Gaza has finished. Today was the first day of the ceasefire, the first day that I returned to 'normal' life. |

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