| UNRWA receives the HRH Prince El-Hassan Bin Talal Award for Scientific Excellence
| 13 May 2013
UNRWA’s Wadi Seer Training Centre (WSTC) received the HRH Prince El-Hassan Bin Talal Award for Scientific Excellence this year for its Elevator Installation and Maintenance course. Granted annually, |
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| UNRWA exhibits photos by young Palestine refugees, inaugurates new building at Amman training centre
| 05 December 2012
Today UNRWA opened a photography exhibition by young Palestine refugees and inaugurated a new building in its training centre in Amman, Jordan. |
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| Gaza students graduate, but still face obstacles
| 07 September 2012
UNRWA training centres in Gaza prepare students with skills that allow them to succeed in their future careers, along with career guidance and job placements. However, the reality of life in Gaza is that opportunities will continue to be denied unless underlying realities are addressed. |
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| Transplanting skills: A surgical bridge from the UK to East Jerusalem
| 10 August 2012
On their Christmas vacation in 2009, Robin and Magdalena Kincaid took their three small children on a family trip to Bethlehem. Crossing the checkpoint to and from Jerusalem, they were surprised at the delays faced by ambulances. |
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| Young men in Amman refugee camp get a second chance
| 27 July 2012
It was only a few months ago when 16-year-old Osama Al-Adarbah seemed to have few options. He was out of school and out of a job, and as a Palestine refugee living in Amman New Camp (known locally as Wehdat), prospects were already grim. |
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| Students create tools for future classes at UNRWA training centre
| 11 July 2012
A group of UNRWA students at Amman's Wadi Seer Training Centre used the knowledge gained from their training this year to create vehicle models that will be used by the next class of students in the same field. |
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| Beauty and brains: UNRWA cosmetology students trained in Sweden
| 09 July 2012
Twelve young refugee women returned to Jordan with renewed enthusiasm for their career path after spending two weeks on a vocational training exchange at a beauty school in Sweden. |
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| Islamic Development Bank helps young refugees get trained for the workforce
| 18 June 2012
At a ceremony held on the outskirts of Jerusalem today, over 300 young Palestine refugees graduated from their vocational training at the Kalandia Training Centre, a facility run by UNRWA. |
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| Young, female and entrepreneurial: Empowering women through enterprise
| 30 March 2012
At only 19 years old, Jawa has taken her passion for hairdressing, makeup and skin care, and with the assistance of UNRWA and its Spanish Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund project, turned it into a business. |
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| Women’s empowerment project builds stronger families and communities
| 17 October 2011
“The training I received in photography will help me make a much better life for my family, and give my children a chance for a better future,” explained Amani Ali. “I love what the centre has done for me and for other women.” |
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