Japan Contributes US$ 1 Million to UNRWA in Support of Palestine Refugees in Jenin Refugee Camp

EAST JERUSALEM,

The Government of Japan contributed US$ 1 million to UNRWA in support of Palestine Refugees affected by the recent Israeli Security Forces operation in Jenin refugee camp on 3-4 July 2023. This funding is responding to the Agency’s Humanitarian and Early Recovery Appeal for Jenin. 

The Director of UNRWA Affairs in the West Bank, Adam Bouloukos said, “I am very grateful to Japan for this support and their many decades long partnership with UNRWA. The funds will help UNRWA continue its essential work, including healthcare services to Palestine Refugees most in need in and around Jenin." 

The UNRWA health centre, the only primary health care in the camp, sustained extensive damage and can no longer be used. Camp residents, especially children, continue to be exposed to violence and suffer from anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, among others. This contribution will allow UNRWA to establish and run a temporary health centre for Palestine Refugees in and around the camp and provide mental health and psychosocial support.

Ambassador of Japan for Palestinian Affairs and Representative of Japan to Palestine, H.E. NAKASHIMA Yoichi said, “This emergency response is a gesture of Japan’s support for Palestine Refugees in Jenin camp in critical humanitarian need for sanitation, health, and response to unexploded ordnance. I would like to express our deep sympathy and solidarity with the people who suffered from the recent Israeli Security Forces operation, and our wishes for a speedy recovery to those injured and affected, directly or indirectly, by the situation.”

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Notes to Editors

• Under the Humanitarian and Early Recovery Appeal for Jenin, UNRWA plans to deliver sanitation, health and awareness raising on unexploded ordnance to nearly 24,000 Palestine Refugees in the camp and benefit over 450,000 vulnerable Palestine Refugees residing in the neighbouring area.

• The Government of Japan has been one of the most dedicated donors to UNRWA, having supported the Agency for nearly 70 years (since 1953) with a total amount exceeding US$ 1 billion.

• This year marks 70 years of Japan-UNRWA partnership working with and for #PalestineRefugees. It is the enduring support of donors like the Government of Japan that the Agency has been able to provide vital services to Palestine Refugees across the Middle East in the face of continuing challenges.