UNRWA completed the maintenance of the Rehabilitation Centre for the Visually Impaired, which serves 130 visually impaired children. As of end of March, 30 UNRWA infrastructure projects worth US$ 64.23 million were under implementation in Gaza
28 March – 4 April 2017 | Issue 188 Highlights 262 UNRWA schools in Gaza are currently participating in the Arab Reading Challenge initiative, a competition first launched in September 2015 by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime...
Although there has been an increase in the import of building materials through the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism, the import of other materials badly needed for humanitarian and development efforts in the coastal enclave but considered dual-use by Israel continues to be a...
UNRWA estimates that during 2016 Gaza Field Office generated more than 27,700 jobs, including over 14,700 regular staff, more than 4,600 Job Creation Programme full-time job-equivalents and close to 9,000 construction worker full-time equivalents
On 8 March, International Women’s Day (IWD), under this year’s theme “Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50:50 by 2030” (#BeBoldforChange), the UNRWA Relief and Social Services Programme (RSSP) in Gaza, in cooperation with seven Woman Programme Centres, organized a...