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UNRWA cash assistance is crucial for Palestine refugees and mitigates the additional economic hardship caused by COVID-19. ©2022, UNRWA Photo

UNRWA Cash Assistance: Vital Assistance for Palestine Refugees in Syria

25 March 2022
“When Yarmouk was under siege, we took refuge at an UNRWA collective shelter in Jaramana Camp, near Damascus. We stayed there for a year then moved to Hazeh, on the outskirts of the city. I will never forget those painful times,” recalls Um Haytham, a 39-year-old Palestine...
Layan Al Bairouti, a Palestine refugee student at the UNRWA Baqa’a Preparatory Girls’ School (No.1) in Jordan. Layan entered her environmental awareness video to the UNICEF Environmental Project under the theme “reducing plastic”. © 2022 UNRWA Photo

UNRWA Student Wins the UNICEF Environmental Project: Layan’s Environmental Awareness Video

24 March 2022
Layan Al Bairouti, a Palestine refugee student at the UNRWA Baqa’a Preparatory Girls’ School (No.1) in Jordan. Layan entered her environmental awareness video to the UNICEF Environmental Project under the theme “reducing plastic”.
Hala and Razan are two 14-year-old Palestine refugee students at the UNRWA Dheisheh Basic Girls’ School, in Bethlehem, West Bank. © 2022 UNRWA Photo

Writing for Influence: Bethlehem students’ success in writing competition

23 March 2022
Hala and Razan are two 14-year-old Palestine refugee students at the UNRWA Dheisheh Basic Girls’ School, in Bethlehem, West Bank. Both have a passion for writing and were encouraged to join the “I am the Narrator” Writing Competition
Beneficiary talking to Prafulla Mishra, UNRWA Deputy Director (Programmes) in Syria about the Agency’s cash assistance which has been critical to her family’s survival amid prolonged crisis and economic hardship, Damascus, Syria©2022, UNRWA photo.

UNRWA Humanitarian Assistance: A Source of Survival for Palestine Refugees in Syria

23 March 2022
In 2017, as hostilities receded in Khan Eshieh camp, Jameeleh and her family decided to move back to their destroyed house.
Miss Muammar, winner of the Global Creative Women Award (GCWA) 2021, teaches her students at UNRWA Fukhari Elementary Girls school in Gaza. © 2022 UNRWA Photo

“An employed woman has to bear additional burdens”

22 March 2022
Asmaa Muammar, a Palestine refugee teacher at Fukhari Elementary Girls school in Gaza

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