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Tag: poverty
| West Bank
| 18 November 2009
The West Bank covers 5,500 square kilometres with an estimated population of 2.4 million. A quarter of the refugees live in 19 recognised refugee camps, with most others in West Bank towns and villages. |
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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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| UNRWA Launches Da’am Programme
| 23 October 2009
UNRWA is launching a new programme that will provide more accurate and efficient assistance to its target population. |
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| UNRWA Students Make a Stand Against Poverty
| 19 October 2009
This year 485,023 UNRWA school children in the West Bank, Gaza, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, stood up simultaneously and shouted "No to poverty" in protest of their own poverty and the poverty of others throughout the world. |
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| Relief and social services
| 17 October 2009
The relief and social services (RSS) programme provides a range of direct and indirect social protection services in the Agency’s five fields of operation. |
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| Health
| 17 October 2009
UNRWA delivers basic health services and is responsible for providing a healthy living environment for Palestine refugees. |
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| Background
| 17 October 2009
The microfinance department grew out of one of the most difficult microfinance environments in the world, overshadowed by decades of occupation and unique restrictions on enterprise and trade. |
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| Schoolchildren to Stand Up Against Poverty
| 15 October 2009
In 2009, every UNRWA school child from ages five to eighteen will stand up in protest of their own poverty and the poverty of others throughout the world. |
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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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| 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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