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  • Nagham Al-Yazji, a 15-year-old Palestine refugee student from the UNRWA Beach Preparatory Girls’ School B, won first prize in the international Messages of Peace Poetry Contest. © 2020 UNRWA Photo by Khalil Adwan
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    No Borders on Hope: UNRWA Student from Gaza wins Messages of Peace Poetry Contest

    Chosen from more than two thousand international contestants, Nagham Al-Yazji, 15, was just named a winner in the 2020 Inspirational Messages of Peace Contest by the United States National Park Service and International World Peace Rose Garden. The competition celebrates messages of peace written by youth from around the world.Read more
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UNRWA | United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees

we provide assistance and protection for
some 5.6 million palestine refugees

 

Highlights

Dala at a workshop for the UNRWA Agency-wide Student Parliament. © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Qais Ghutasheh
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Dispatches from the field: New hope every day – Dala’s story
I was born in 2004 in Nahr al-Bared camp, one of the largest...
Zuhair Abdel-Moneim, a 43-year-old Palestine refugee, with his family in Amman New Camp, Jordan.
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Solidarity Overcomes Challenges
A global pandemic is sweeping the world in the form of the COVID-19...
©2020 photo by Dar al Mussawir
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UNRWA calls on donors to include Palestine refugees in emergency response plans for Lebanon
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in...
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Italy contributes EUR 6.8 million to core UNRWA programmes and services
The Government of Italy has contributed EUR 6.8 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of the Agency’s core programmes and services.
Dispatches from the field: Palestinian Institutions Answered Beirut’s Call – Tha’er’s story
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Dispatches from the field: Palestinian Institutions Answered Beirut’s Call – Tha’er’s story
By: Tha’er Dabdoub, Head of the AMAN Medical Association in Burj Al-...
Dispatches from the field: Beirut does not know how to be broken – Mohammad’s story
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Dispatches from the field: Beirut does not know how to be broken – Mohammad’s story
At first glance, we thought that an explosion occurred near the camp...

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

5.6 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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