| EU Ambassador visits Palestine refugee family in Baqaa camp
| 04 December 2012
UNRWA's Director of Operations in Jordan Marta Colburn and EU Ambassador in Amman HE Joanna Wronecka today visited the rehabilitated home of a Palestine refugee family in Baqaa camp, Jordan. |
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| Swiss Ambassador opens computer lab in Baqa'a camp
| 18 October 2011
The Swiss Ambassador in Jordan Mrs Andrea Reichlin today opened the newly equipped computer lab and internet café in the women’s programme centre in Baqa’a camp. |
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| Women refugees pull their families out of poverty
| 08 March 2011
“I heard about UNRWA loans from my neighbour. She told me that I can take a loan to start my own business”, explains Amneh Abu Salim. Amneh, better known as Um Hussein, is a 60 year old mother of 12 living in Baqa’a camp in Jordan. |
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| UNRWA launches multimedia micro-site on UN Day
| 24 October 2010
To mark United Nations Day UNRWA has launched a new multimedia micro-site that invites visitors into the lives of Palestine refugees. The site features a series of short films from UNRWA's five fields of operation. |
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| Swiss president visits Baqa’a refugee camp
| 05 October 2010
A highlight of the visit of the Swiss President to Jordan included a field trip to Baqa’a refugee camp, which accommodates approximately 100,000 Palestine refugees and was established in 1968 following the Arab-Israeli war. |
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| Young musicians perform in anniversary concert
| 14 May 2010
"I cannot put into words the joy I'm feeling," declared Shaden, a 6th grader from Jordan's largest refugee camp, Baqa'a. Shaden was part of a group of 200 UNRWA schoolchildren in Jordan who starred in a concert by Dutch composer Merlijn Twaalfhoven on 17 April. |
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| Japanese Ambassador visits Amman Training Center and UNRWA installations in Baqa’a camp
| 27 May 2009
His Excellency the Japanese Ambassador to Jordan, Mr. Tetsuo Shioguchi, today visited UNRWA’s Amman Training Center, including the nursing section which was funded by a Japanese contribution of about $250,000. |
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| Baqa'a refugee camp
| Baqa'a camp was one of six "emergency" camps set up after the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. It is the largest camp in Jordan. |
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