
| On eve of Syria pledging conference, UNRWA praises Kuwait, calls on donors to support Palestine refugees

| 26 January 2013
 On the eve of a pledging conference on humanitarian assistance for Syria to be hosted by the Emir of Kuwait and chaired by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, UNRWA's Commissioner General Filippo Grandi has urged donors not to ignore the plight of some 525,000 Palestine refugees in Syria. |

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| The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development through the Islamic Development Bank signs groundbreaking agreement to build schools in Gaza

| 05 December 2011
 The United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development acting through the Islamic Development Bank have signed an agreement worth US$ 9,550,000 to construct five new schools in the Gaza Strip. |

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| Kuwait Red Crescent donates to poorest Gaza refugees


| 02 June 2011
 The Kuwait Red Crescent Society has generously donated US$ 250,000 towards meeting the needs of 4,700 abjectly poor Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip. |

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| Kuwait joins UNRWA’s Advisory Commission

| 31 January 2011
 Kuwait has been invited by the General Assembly of the United Nations to join the Advisory Commission of the United Nations Agency for Relief and Works of Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). |

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| UNRWA thanks Kuwaiti ambassador for consistent support


| 08 November 2010
 Peter Ford, Representative of the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, called on Sheikh Faisal Al-Humoud Al-Malek Al-Sabah, Ambassador of Kuwait to Jordan, to thank him at the end of his period of service in Amman for his consistent support for the Agency. |

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| Community organisations help deliver food to poorest during Ramadan


| 09 September 2010
 This Ramadan, UNRWA has been able to provide hot meals and fresh meat to the most vulnerable Palestine refugees in Gaza and the West Bank, thanks to its partnerships with community-based organisations and a number of generous donations. |

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| Kuwait Red Crescent Feeds the Fasting During Ramadan

| 28 August 2010
 On the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) has pledged US$69,000 to “feed the fasting” in the Gaza Strip upon the directive of the President of the KRCS, Mr Barges Al Barges. |

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| Kuwait Red Crescent donates $277,000 for Gaza refugee families

| 09 March 2010
 The Kuwait Red Crescent Society has donated $277,000 in response to UNRWA’s 2010 Emergency Appeal for the occupied Palestinian territory launched in January of this year. |

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| Kuwait Red Crescent Society donates $261,966 and 14 truckloads of food assistance to Gaza

| 24 August 2009
 With the advent of the holy month of Ramadan, the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) has donated $261,966 to UNRWA to finance several bakeries across the Gaza Strip in order to distribute free bread to Palestine refugee families. |

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| UNRWA receives US$34 million from Kuwait for Gaza refugees

| 13 July 2009
 UNRWA has received a payment of US$34 million from Kuwait to help support refugees in Gaza still reeling from the December-January Israeli onslaught and continuing blockade. |

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