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“This Ramadan is Exceptional”

30 April 2022
Aseel El-Ahmad (43) leads me through her small home in Shatila Camp in Lebanon’s capital Beirut to the kitchen using the light of a battery-powered handheld light bulb, the same light her children use to study with. There is no electricity now. She looks at me with a sense...
UNRWA students, flying kites at Khan Younis Training Centre (KYTC) in southern Gaza © 2022 UNRWA Photo by Mohammed Hinnawi

Messages of Hope and Solidarity from Palestine Refugee Students to the People of Japan

20 April 2022
To commemorate the 11th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, Palestine refugee students at four UNRWA schools in Khan Younis, Gaza organized solidarity events to show their support for their fellow students in Japan.
Nisreen al-Khatib and Huda Badawi up-cycling waste material into Ramadan lanterns. © 2022 UNRWA Photo

Ramadan Decorations from Ramadan Camp, Syria: Upcycled Lanterns and Climate Action

13 April 2022
Nisreen al-Khatib and Huda Badawi turned a room in the Ramadan Camp[1] Community Centre, south-east of Damascus, into a workshop to produce handicrafts from recycled waste packaging materials
Dr. Wafa Amasi, a Palestine refugee doctor at the UNRWA Nuseirat Health Centre, Gaza recounts her experience as a health care professional during the COVID-19 pandemic in Gaza. © 2021 UNRWA photo by Mahmoud Radwan

Service as a duty: A mother of five serving COVID-19 patients

12 April 2022
She recalls how panicked Gazans were by the global and local spread of COVID-19. As a result of the blockade on Gaza, the Strip's public health system was stretched thin and suffered an acute capacity shortage.
Ibtisam feeds her daughter in their home in Beach Camp, Gaza. © 2022 UNRWA photo by Mohammed Hinnawi

We Count on this Support: UNRWA Food Assistance is a Lifeline for Palestine Refugees

06 April 2022
“My husband passed away and left me alone with our six young children. I raised them in spite of a very strained financial situation. Now, my two older sons are university graduates and both of them are unemployed. My eleven-year-old daughter, Nour, has a disability and...

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