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  • A patient from the Bedouin community of Nabi Samwil receives a blood sugar test during a mobile clinic consultation. © 2021 UNRWA Photo
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    UNRWA Mobile Clinics provide vital care to Bedouin Palestine refugees during COVID-19

    The Bedouin communities of Nabi Samwil and Rashaida have lived through this dilemma since the immergence of COVID-19 in March 2020. To better serve the Palestine refugees hardest hit by access restrictions in the West Bank, UNRWA launched its first mobile clinic initiative eight years ago. And in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Agency established three mobile health clinics - serving eleven remote communities - across the West Bank.Read more
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    A day in the life of a Palestine refugee student in the West Bank

    Jalazone camp is one of 19 UNRWA Palestine refugee camps in the West Bank. The camp is adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Beit El. Fatima’s school lies just outside the camp boundary, between the camp and settlement, in Israeli controlled ‘Area C’.Read more
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UNRWA | United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees

we provide assistance and protection for
some 5.7 million palestine refugees

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UNRWA Decries Killing of Four Palestine Refugee Students in Gaza
UNRWA condemns in the strongest possible terms the killing yesterday of four Palestine refugee children near the Palestine refugee camp of Beit Hanoun, Gaza.
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UNRWA joins other UN entities in raising alarm over eight Sheikh Jarrah families at risk of forced eviction
UNRWA joins other UN entities in raising alarm over eight Sheikh Jarrah families, approximately 75 persons in total, residing in the same named neighbourhood of East Jerusalem that are at risk of imminent forced eviction, placing them at heightened risk...
UNRWA Deputy Commissioner-General Leni Stenseth in Yarmouk camp, Damascus, Syria. ©2021 UNRWA Photo by Noorhan Abdulhafeez
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UNRWA Deputy Commissioner-General Leni Stenseth concludes first visit to Syria, calls for increased services for Palestine refugees
During her first visit to Syria from 24 to 28 April, newly appointed...
A patient from the Bedouin community of Nabi Samwil receives a blood sugar test during a mobile clinic consultation. © 2021 UNRWA Photo
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UNRWA Mobile Clinics provide vital care to Bedouin Palestine refugees during COVID-19
The Bedouin communities of Nabi Samwil and Rashaida have lived...
A young Palestine refugee from the Sateh al-Bahr Bedouin community receives a tablet as part of the EU-UNRWA “Education for Life” campaign. © 2021 UNRWA Photo by Dina Sharif
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EU breaks bread with Area C Bedouin Community with Ramadan Launch of “Education for Life”
the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Relief and Works...
U.S. Senator from Connecticut, Chris Murphy, visits with students from at the UNRWA Wadi Seer Vocational Training Centre in Amman, Jordan. © 2021 UNRWA photo by Jumana Hattab
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U.S. Senator from Connecticut pays a landmark visit to UNRWA Wadi Seer Training Centre in Jordan
U.S. Senator from Connecticut, Chris Murphy, paid a landmark visit...

What we do

UNRWA human development and humanitarian services encompass primary and vocational education, primary health care, relief and social services, infrastructure and camp improvement, microfinance and emergency response, including in situations of armed conflict.

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UNRWA human development and humanitarian services encompass primary and vocational education, primary health care, relief and social services, infrastructure and camp improvement, microfinance and emergency response, including in situations of armed conflict.

3.5 M Refugees Access Our Health Services

450 K Refugees Impacted by the Conflict in Syria

5.7 M Refugees covered by our protection mandate

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Education is the only thing that determines my future,” says Nour. “I will never be able to reach my goal without a proper education, and for this reason, I continue to bear the difficult circumstances.

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