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    As of today, I do not yet have sufficient funds to pay November salaries. I was compelled last week to secure an additional 20m Dollar CERF loan – the last one according to Emergency Relief Coordinator Marc Lowcock - to help with cash flow and cover part of the November payroll. Based on the funds available, I will decide later this week if we proceed with partial payment of salaries at the end of the month or delay full payment.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 Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini (left) during his visit to Souf Palestine refugee camp in Jordan listens to the concerns of UNRWA sanitation labourers and thanked them for their tireless work during the pandemic to keep the camps clean and sanitized. © 2021 UNRWA Photo by Dania Batayneh
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UNRWA Commissioner-General visits Jerash and Souf camps
The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works...
Palestine refugee children from the UNRWA Mikhael Kashour school in Aleppo show off their art from the COVID-19 activity they participated in, designed to raise awareness about the virus and teach children how to adapt to the new situation. © 2020 UNRWA Photo
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UNRWA students from Ein el Tal and Aleppo join forces to raise awareness about COVID-19
Many students and teachers were anxious when the schools reopened in...
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UNRWA improves safeguards on ensuring adherence of educational materials with UN principles; prepares to launch secure agencywide self-learning platform
In its more than 700 schools educating more than 500,000 Palestine refugee children across the Middle East, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) curriculum emphasizes the UN values of neutrality, human...
Student Abdallah El Hussein in class at the UNRWA Siblin Training Centre, Lebanon. © 2019 UNRWA Photo
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“No Obstacle Can Stop a Dream”: Siblin Training Centre students excel in official exams
In 2020, 41 Palestine refugee students from the semi-professional...
Ninety-year-old Kadraa al-Mawed (left), a returnee to the Yarmouk Palestine refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus, receives some medical attention from an UNRWA medical worker at the UNRWA Mobile Clinic. © 2020 UNRWA Photo
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UNRWA mobile health clinic brings a sign of hope to the devastated Yarmouk camp
“I had tears in my eyes when I heard that UNRWA started returning...

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.

UNRWA IN FIGURES

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 My Future

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.

Says 15-year-old Nour al-Hoda Attiah

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