21 February 2012 Brimming with self-confidence, Iman’s hands race between gestures as she shares her thoughts with classmates without speaking. Resisting the limits imposed by her disability, the 24-year-old woman uses sign language to communicate with fellow students at UNRWA’s Gaza Training College.
08 February 2012 The Zaragoza local council in Spain has made a generous donation of EUR100,000 to support UNRWA’s cash-for-work employment programme. The funds will enable UNRWA to provide job opportunities to nearly 300 unemployed Palestine refugees in the West Bank.
07 February 2012 To help provide opportunities for girls and young women in Gaza, UNRWA has partnered with the Palestine Red Crescent Society to offer rare on-the-job placements.
20 January 2012 The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) inaugurated today a new employment services centre in Tyre, Lebanon.