
| UNRWA and Germany establish Mosaic-making workshop


| 14 May 2013
 Snap. Pop. Snap. Bits of colorful limestone and granite scatter about the worktable as two young women clinch their wrenches, breaking bits of the stones for their most recent mosaic creation. |

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| Palestine refugee children from five fields perform in satellite concert

| 01 May 2013
 Last week, Palestine refugee children from the occupied Palestinian territory, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria came together to perform in a live satellite concert. Playing traditional music, the concert created solidarity among the children and friendships where none were possible in the past. |

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| For fifth consecutive year, Italy promotes dialogue through sports in Lebanon


| 26 April 2013
 For the fifth year, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Development Cooperation Office of the Embassy of Italy, has funded a three-day-sports event for young Palestine Refugees in UNRWA’s Siblin Training Centre. |

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| UNRWA students receive top prizes in international robotics challenge


| 25 April 2013
 UNRWA school in the West Bank receives first prize for team work and second prize for their robot in an international robotics challenge. |

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| UNRWA marks World Health Day with drawing competition in Syria


| 06 April 2013
 Despite the difficult and unstable situation in Syria, UNRWA is marking World Health Day with a drawing competition for its school students in the war-torn country. Children aged 6 to 15 got busy with drawings on the theme of diabetes and high blood pressure. |

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| UNRWA deplores killing of five Palestine children refugees

| 22 March 2013
 It is with great distress that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has learned of the violent deaths of five Palestine refugee children, one in Dera'a on 15 March and four others in the Damascus area on 19 March. Four of the children reportedly died as a result of the use of heavy weapons.
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| UNRWA stands firm in commitment to Palestine refugee youth, says Commissioner-General


| 22 March 2013
 UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi met today with young Palestinians in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, exactly one year after the Agency declared a special set of commitments to Palestine refugee youth. |

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| European Union grants scholarships for Palestinian students in Lebanon


| 06 February 2013
 The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the European Union awarded full university scholarships to 50 high-achieving Palestine refugee students in Lebanon. |

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| The Road to Silverstone, a new UNRWA film, premieres in New York


| 28 January 2013
 The Road to Silverstone, an UNRWA film about a team of young car mechanics in Gaza, had its premiere screening at the United Nations in New York this week. |

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| West Bank youth raise funds for Gaza


| 23 January 2013
 A group of young Palestinians in the West Bank have raised thousands of dollars through a benefit concert for the children’s ward at Al-Shifa, the Gaza Strip’s main hospital. |

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