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The Saudi Ambassador to Jordan, His Excellency Mr. Naif bin Bandar al-Sidairi, and the Director of UNRWA Affairs in Jordan, Ms. Marta Lorenzo, yesterday inaugurated the newly constructed Saudi-funded UNRWA health center in Aqaba city in Jordan

The Commissioner-General of UNRWA , Philippe Lazzarini, visited Balata and Askar Palestine refugee camps in the northern West Bank yesterday.

Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip who rely on health services from t UNRWA will soon benefit from much-needed medical equipment thanks to a generous contribution from the International Islamic Charity Organization (IICO).

For the 5.7 million registered Palestine refugees living in the Middle East, life before Covid-19 was already challenging. Nearly one-third of the refugees live in 58 recognised camps across Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, the West Bank and Gaza, where the conditions are very difficult. The refugees living in the camps are generally the poorest and most vulnerable. While the circumstances in the five host countries differ, each of them face huge challenges that make the lives of the Palestine refugees more difficult. Through the Australian Government’s Australia Assists program, Nisarg, an emergency...

The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, visited Jerash and Souf camps in northern Amman

“I had tears in my eyes when I heard that UNRWA started returning services to my camp. I had to flee from Palestine as a young woman in 1948, to Lebanon first, and then to Syria

The Spanish officials confirmed the recent announcement of an additional contribution of EUR 5 million from the Government of Spain in support of Palestine refugees, bringing Spain’s total contribution to UNRWA to approximately EUR 12 million in 2020.