“I had tears in my eyes when I heard that UNRWA started returning services to my camp. I had to flee from Palestine as a young woman in 1948, to Lebanon first, and then to Syria
Nowras, 27 years old, started life as a Palestine refugee in Syria whose family fled Haifa in historic Palestine in the wake of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
“During COVID-19 lockdowns, the situation becomes harder for everyone—especially the vulnerable individuals most at risk of abuse and neglect at their own homes,” says Hana, a case worker in the Child and Family Protection Programme (CFPP) branch of the UNRWA Department of...
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak and to reduce the possibility of transmission in the community, UNRWA initiated home-delivery of vital, life-saving medicines to its Palestine refugee patients across the Gaza Strip.
“In 2010, my feet and toes started to feel numb. It was like I couldn’t walk. I thought it was because of with my bones or spine, so I decided to visit a doctor," said Buthaina Afana, a 59-year-old Palestine refugee from Nahr el-Bared Camp.
