| Pupil plays perfect role as headteacher for a day
| 12 April 2010
Ghida El-Banna, a ninth-grader at UNRWA’s Nablus school in Saida City in Lebanon, was recently given an unusual opportunity: to become headteacher for one day. She is the first student to be picked for the challenge as part of the school’s “young headteacher” activity. |
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| Italian embassy and UNRWA inaugurate new sports facility in Rashidieh
| 01 April 2010
The Ambassador of Italy to Lebanon and the Director of UNRWA Affairs in Lebanon inaugurated a new gymnasium in the UNRWA school in Rashidieh today, an initiative funded by the Italian embassy. |
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| Red Crescent and UNRWA secure better hospital services in Lebanon
| 01 April 2010
On 27 March 2010, the Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), which contributes to improving hospitalisation services to Palestine refugees in Lebanon. |
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| Lebanese children raise funds to build kindergarten in Gaza
| 23 March 2010
The head of the United Nations’ humanitarian mission in Gaza visited Lebanon on Monday to receive funding to build a kindergarten in the besieged enclave, in a project constituting “tangible, positive action.” |
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| From School Drop-Outs to Star Students: Girl Power in Lebanon
| 08 March 2010
Walaa and Hanadi are close friends, having grown up together in the Ein el Hillweh camp near Sidon, in Lebanon. Both girls left school very young, and long before they completed their education. Low self-esteem and decreased ambition were swift to follow. |
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| Rana Saleh: “I dreamed of completing my education”
| 08 March 2010
To mark International Women’s Day, 27-year-old Rana Saleh explains how she overcame a difficulty upbringing to become the sole provider for her family – and an acclaimed seamstress. |
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| Grandi Praises Lebanese Government’s Commitment
| 02 March 2010
On his first trip to Lebanon as Commissioner-General, Filippo Grandi thanked the Lebanese government for their commitment to improving Palestine refugees’ living conditions. |
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| UNRWA's European partners
| 02 January 2010
One of UNRWA’s main partners, enabling it to provide crucial services to the Palestinians, is the European Union - the largest multilateral provider of international assistance to Palestine refugees. |
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| Nahr el-Bared refugee camp
| 24 November 2009
The camp was pounded with heavy artillery and aerial bombardments during the three-month siege in 2007. |
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| Wavel refugee camp
| 24 November 2009
Living conditions are particularly severe as many refugees still live in the original Mandate-era army barracks, which lack daylight and ventilation.
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