UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi accompanies UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Gaza during Mr. Ban’s visit to the occupied Palestinian territory on 1 and 2 February 2012.
“Eight years ago, I was one of UNRWA’s ‘special hardship cases’,” says 49-year-old Ezzeddine Abdel Aziz el Saleh. Unable to afford housing for his family, Ezzeddine sent his seven children to live with their grandparents.