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American Music Comes to the Halls of the UNRWA Qattaneh Basic Girls School in the West Bank

30 June 2017

Hundreds of girls from the UNRWA Qattaneh Basic Girls School near Ramallah enjoy a concert of American music performed by The Exchange

UNRWA students say goodbye to their peers in the Netherlands at the end of their first ‘My Voice-My School’ Skype call at Al-Remal School in Gaza City. © 2016 UNRWA Photo by Tamer Hamam

EU Support Helps Improve the Well-Being of Young Palestine Refugees in Gaza

15 June 2017

For close to 10 years, the people of Gaza have lived under a tight land, air and sea blockade that affects many aspects of their lives. Today, an entire generation of children in Gaza do not know life outside of the Gaza Strip; they have already lived through three armed...

UNRWA volunteer Aisha Ibrahim, Al-Khalssa School collective shelter, Khan Dunoun, Syria. © 2016 UNRWA Photo by Taghrid Mohammad

Aisha Ibrahim: An Agent of Change in Her Community

14 June 2017

It is early morning when 32-year-old Aisha Ibrahim posts an announcement on the wall of the Al-Khalssa School collective shelter in Khan Dunoun camp, south of Damascus. Aisha, a volunteer for the Women’s Committee, is inviting women and girls from the area to attend a...