| High-achieving teacher inspires young refugees
| 01 March 2011
Palestinian refugee Manal Zaher is explaining the puzzling world of basic maths to her students. Eight-year-old Riham adds and subtracts using her fingers. Khalid on the other side of the table peeks at Omar’s worksheet trying to figure out the answers. |
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| Strong as iron: UNRWA tackles anaemia in Lebanon
| 01 March 2011
A new UNRWA campaign is tackling the high rate of iron deficiency (anaemia) among Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, where one-in-four pregnant Palestinian women suffer from the disorder, as do a high number of children under the age of three. |
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| Minister of Labour signs decree implementing Labour Law amendments for Palestine refugees
| 28 February 2011
The Lebanese Minister of Labour in the caretaking government Boutros Harb signed on Tuesday (22 February) a decree implementing amendments to the Labour Law that were adopted last August, thus facilitating access of Palestinian refugees to work permits and de-linking those permits from a work contract. |
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| “Play in dignity, live in dignity”
| 21 February 2011
The AUB Green Field was the scene of a first match of its kind between Palestinian and Lebanese (American University of Beirut) rugby teams. |
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| Lebanon: looking from the outside in
| 10 February 2011
Take a look into the lives of ordinary people in Lebanon’s crowded refugee camps and read photographer Isabel de la Cruz’s reflections on her journey through the camps. |
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| UK gives new aid to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
| 07 February 2011
The British Embassy Beirut announced today the UK’s new contribution of £1.5 million to UNRWA, in response to the United Nations appeal to provide urgent support for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. |
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| Talented Palestinian rugby players from Lebanon declare "Dignity for All"
| 07 February 2011
Rabie, Ahmad and Mohammed Al Masri, three young, educated Palestinian refugees from Lebanon, have long dreamed of creating a professional rugby team to represent Palestine and show that Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are talented people who deserve to live in dignity. |
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| New from UNRWA – January 2011
| 31 January 2011
UNRWA publications in January included a socio-economic survey of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, an update on the emergency appeals for the West Bank, Gaza, and Nahr el-Bared camp in Lebanon. |
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| "Dignity for All" rugby match
| 24 January 2011
UNRWA is pleased to announce the first match of its kind between the Palestinian Rugby Team and the American University of Beirut Rugby Team, on 18 February 2011 at AUB Green Field at 6pm. |
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| UNRWA and Monaco sign agreement for better cardiovascular services
| 17 January 2011
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the principality of Monaco signed, during the visit of H.S.H. |
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