Videos

UNRWA films

Summer Games 2009

The Blue Balloon
An animation made for UNRWA's 60th anniversary.

Providing Hope - UNRWA@60
UNRWA, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, marked its 60th anniversary in 2009.

To Gaza with Love English - Arabic
Schoolchildren talk about their efforts to send aid to Gaza
West Bank, February 2009

OCHA/UNRWA in Gaza English - Arabic
The UN faces enormous challenges in the aftermath of devastating Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, which ended after 22 days.
January 2009

UNRWA Summer Games 2008

UNRWA Summer Games 2007

Mother Aysha
Aysha Abd El-Qader Ehmaid was an exceptional Palestinian woman who faced many of the hardships typical of life in the Gaza Strip.

Old Hands
Ahmed Qinawi and Mahmoud Abdullah saved hundreds of thousands of refugees on the East Bank of the Jordan.

The Midwife
Despite the agony of the flight and the loss of her own children she continued to help mothers deliver babies.

You Are A Genius
Highlights use of computer software to enhance education in an UNRWA school in Gaza.

UNRWA in the press

Gaza, January 2009

Karen AbuZayd’s speech to the Security Council
New York, 27 January 2009

Ban Ki-moon speaking in front of UNRWA’s still smouldering warehouses
Gaza, 20 January 2009

IDF Struck UNRWA School in Gaza
On the shelling of Beit Lahiya school
17 January 2009

'Phosphorus shells' hit Gaza UN school
Audio slideshow on the shelling of UNRWA warehouses
15 January 2009

BBC Arabic: On the shelling near Al-Fakhura school in Jabalia camp
6 January 2009

UNRWA spokesman reports Israeli retraction of mortar claims

On the shelling of Asma school: John Ging talks to BBC
5 January 2009

Channel 4 News discussion