| Mahmoud: Business as usual in Lebanon
| 03 November 2009
Meet Mahmoud Najem. Mahmoud is 70 years old and a displaced refugee from the Nahr el-Bared camp. He used to own a shop, but it was destroyed during four months of fighting inside the camp. |
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| Imm Ahmed: Supported by the social safety net in Jordan
| 01 November 2009
Meet Fatima, better known locally and at home as Imm Ahmed. She lives with her husband and children in Jerash camp, Jordan. Residents of the camp depend heavily on UNRWA services. |
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| A Day in the Life of a Palestine Refugee
| 01 October 2009
For the past 60 years, UNRWA has worked with its partners to support Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the occupied Palestinian territory. In this series, some of these individuals show just what this support means on a typical day in their life. |
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| UNRWA and EC Launch the Balloon Mobile in Fawwar Refugee Camp
| 27 September 2009
UNRWA launched the "Blue Balloon Mobile" yesterday in Fawwar refugee camp as part of a series of commemorative events marking 60 years since the Agency was established. |
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| Boiled Potatoes for Iftar
| 15 September 2009
"Boiled potatoes and mjedara. That’s what we ate for iftar last night," says Adibeh Aisey Moustafa. "It is Ramadan, and this is all we ate." Adibeh is one of 32,000 Palestinian refugees in Syria registered as a special hardship case. |
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| EU contribution to UNRWA's Job Creation Programme in Gaza to create more than 1.4 million work days
| 01 September 2009
The European Commission has today announced a contribution of €13 million to support the Job Creation Programme of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which will help to create more than 1,4 million work days for Gaza's unemployed. |
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| Welders Forge New Careers in Syria
| 18 August 2009
On 9 August 2009, forty-two Palestinian trainees of a pilot course in Homs received their certificates in arc welding, equipping them with the skills to enter the workforce in a specialised trade. |
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| European Commission Improves Lives of Ex-Gaza Refugees in Jerash Camp
| 15 July 2009
Ahlaam is a Palestine refugee from Gaza living in Jerash Camp, Jordan. She lost her husband at a young age; having left school early, she held no qualifications, experience or employment skills. With no-one to care for her, Ahlaam wanted to lead an independent life. |
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| EC Announces €5 million to Assist Palestine Refugees In Jordan, Syria and Lebanon
| 09 July 2009
The European Commission and UNRWA has announced that the EC would donate €5 million to UNRWA’s Social Safety Net Programme (SSNP) to provide critical food assistance to Palestine refugees in camps in Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. |
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| Lebanon EU-UNRWA education project restores educational enthusiasm
| 10 June 2009
Ahmad Jamal Al-Saleh is a ten-year old student at Sarafand lower elementary school in Tyre, Lebanon. Four months ago he was unable to recognize the alphabet, or do basic mathematical operations. |
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