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Providing Palestine refugee students in Jordan with the tools they need to succeed

11 December 2015

A quality education is crucial for children to develop important skills, expand their knowledge and have hope for the future. In Jordan, there are currently more than 118,000 Palestine refugee students attending 172 UNRWA schools. Unfortunately, with chronic poverty widespread among some Palestine refugee families in Jordan, many of these students must overcome challenging barriers as they pursue their studies.

Within this context, ensuring that students have the right tools in the classroom becomes all the more important. This fall, the Chalhoub Group generously donated 1,500 back-to-school kits – school bags filled with stationery – for Palestine refugee school children in Jordan whose families fall under the UNRWA social safety net programme. These kits will help give even the poorest Palestine refugee students an equal footing so that they can fully exercise their right to a quality education.

The generous contribution from the Chalhoub Group provided 1,500 Palestine refugee students in Jordan with back-to-school kits filled with the tools they need for the classroom to help reduce the financial burden on their families. © 2015 UNRWA Photo by Sahem RababaNajlaa Ashour and Nidal Idris, representatives of the Chalhoub Group, visited the UNRWA office in Nuzha on Tuesday, 15 September, to distribute the back-to-school kits to the school children. They also had the opportunity to visit UNRWA facilities and were briefed on the achievements and challenges faced by the Agency in Jordan, as well as the needs of Palestine refugees in the country. © 2015 UNRWA Photo by Sahem RababaThe back-to-school kits were provided to 1,500 Palestine refugee school children whose families are registered under the Agency’s social safety net programme, which provides cash and in-kind assistance to some 59,000 Palestine refugees in Jordan who qualify as abject-poor – those who cannot meet their minimum basic food needs. © 2015 UNRWA Photo by Sahem RababaThe Chalhoub Group is one of 207 companies in the Middle East that are members of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). It is one of the leading, globally responsible firms who aim to forge the way for future business. Through this membership, the Chalhoub Group is committed to aligning its operations and strategies with the ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. The group has more than 75 companies across the region in 14 countries.The generous contribution from the Chalhoub Group was made under IMPACT – a regional strategy that aims to enhance team synergy, give back to the community and influence a movement towards socially responsible behaviours – and as part of the Group’s Sustainable Engagement programme. © 2015 UNRWA Photo by Sahem RababaNajlaa Ashour from the Chalhoub Group said: "Chalhoub Group is pleased to make this modest contribution to the Palestinian refugee children in Jordan. This donation is a starting point in our relationship with UNRWA to empower Palestinian refugees through the Agency’s programs. It is a gift from the Chalhoub Group’s Saudi Arabia branch.” © 2015 UNRWA Photo by Sahem RababaRimas al-Qaisi, one of the students who received a back-to-school kit, expressed her gratitude for the donation, saying, “Thank you for this beautiful gift which allowed happiness into our hearts. The bags will help us throughout this semester.” Another student, Liyan al-Gharabli, sang a song on human rights: “Listen to me when I talk. I’m a human. Some stuff is difficult for me. Respect my difficulties. I’m a human.” © 2015 UNRWA Photo by Sahem Rababa

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