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    UNRWA Launches 2020 Budget Appeal for US$ 1.4 Billion

    The Acting Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Christian Saunders, today called for a minimum of US$ 1.4 billion to fund the Agency’s essential services and assistance, including life-saving humanitarian aid and priority projects, for 5.6 million registered Palestine refugees across the Middle East for the year 2020.Read more

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UNRWA delivers food parcels to Palestine refugee families in Gaza. © 2020 UNRWA Photo by Hussein Jaber
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covid-19 weekly update 11-17 may 2020
COVID-19 HIGHLIGHTS The UNRWA Health Department is leading on the...
As the largest contributor to the Agency’s health programme, EU support enables the provision of critical health equipment and medicines for Palestine refugees. UNRWA HQ in Amman, Jordan executes the planning and ordering of supply for the 3.5 million Palestine refugees who rely on UNRWA for health care with EU support. From Amman, supplies are shipped to the West Bank through Ashdod port, Ben Gurion Airport, and/or the Sheikh or King Hussein Bridges on the border with Jordan. Normally, supply shipments enter the oPt every four to six months, depending on need. © 2020 UNRWA Photo by Marwan Baghdadi
H.E. Sunil Kumar, the Representative of India to the State of Palestine (left), hands over a check of US$ 2 million in support to UNRWA to the Chief of the UNRWA Division of Donor Relations (right), Mr. Marc Lassouaoui, at the Agency’s offices in East Jerusalem. © 2020 UNRWA Photo by Marwan Baghdadi
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India Provides US$ 2 Million to UNRWA for the Welfare of Palestine Refugees
The Government of India has contributed US$ 2 million to UNRWA in...
A young Palestine refugee receives a medical check up at the UNRWA Bethlehem Health Centre. © 2020 UNRWA Photo
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covid-19 weekly update 4-10 may 2020
COVID-19 HIGHLIGHTS 1,840 university students. To ensure the...
A Palestine refugee family of ten, including eight children, was forced to self-demolish its home in Beit Hanina in East Jerusalem in October 2019 after the Israeli military issued a demolition order with a threat of imprisonment unless the demolition was carried out. The house had been the family home since the early 1980s, leaving the family with extensive psychological trauma, in addition to the loss of shelter and personal belongings.
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Helping Palestine refugees get back on their feet after home demolitions.
Palestine refugees are particularly vulnerable to displacement. They...

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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.

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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.

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450 K Refugees Impacted by the Conflict in Syria

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