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Ghada Krayem, a Palestine refugee, receiving vocational training on installation, operating, maintenance and programming of Solar Photovoltaic Systems at GTC.© 2021 UNRWA Photo by Mohammed Hinnawi

Solar Power & Empowerment: Gaza’s First Women Technicians in Renewable Energy Take the Field by Storm

12 February 2021
When 20-year-old Ghada Zaki Krayem pulls into a new job site, jaws drop. Unperturbed, she marches up with her drill and toolbox and gets to work installing solar panels.
Thanks to the generous support and financial assistance of the European Union, UNRWA is able to provide sewing machines and mobile maintenance kits to Palestine refugees with disabilities, UNRWA Damascus Training Centre, Syria © 2020 UNRWA Photo.

Disability should never stand as a barrier for our goals and dreams.

08 February 2021
UNRWA is committed to ensuring that all its programming and services are inclusive and that persons with disabilities have equal opportunities to participate and benefit from the Agency’s assistance.
UNRWA student, Ghada Kerryam, practicing installation and maintenance of photovoltaic systems at UNRWA Gaza Training Centre (GTC).©Photo credit 2020 UNRWA Photo by Khalil Adwan.

Education At Risk: Sustainable Energy Education in Gaza

04 February 2021
Green energy is not just another buzzword, or another best practice UNRWA is committed to. Instead, the Agency, with help from donor partners like GIZ, understand the need for new clean, renewable sources of energy in Gaza can be lifesaving. Cohorts of Palestine refugee...
From Education to Health: Siblin Training Centre, a place for wellbeing

From Education to Health: Siblin Training Centre, a place for wellbeing

03 February 2021
In May 2020, in preparation for COVID-19 outbreaks among the Palestinian community in Lebanon, UNRWA established a ninety-six bed Quarantine and Isolation Centre at the Agency’s Technical and Vocational Education Training Centre in Siblin (STC), in partnership with Médecins...
Through the Australian Government’s Australia Assists program, Nisarg, an emergency management specialist from Melbourne, joined UNRWA’s Covid-19 Response Taskforce as an Emergency Officer.

Redefining resilience in the face of covid-19

25 January 2021
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...

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