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Director of UNRWA Operations in the West Bank Gwyn Lewis, Governor of Jenin Major General Akram al-Rjoub and Head of UNRWA Infrastructure and Camp Improvement Programme Eng. Muneer Manneh inaugurate the UNRWA Jenin Elementary Boys’ School, funded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the Saudi Fund for Development. © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Iyas Abu Rahmeh.

UNRWA Inaugurates the Jenin Elementary Boys’ School

17 September 2019
UNRWA inaugurated a new building in the UNRWA Jenin Basic Boys’ School in the northern West Bank. The school is one of tens of construction projects in the West Bank funded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD)
A student parliamentarian presents UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl with a 'box of dreams' during the first day of school ceremony at the UNRWA Yarmouk Girls' School in Beirut, Lebanon. © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Ramzi Haidar

37,000 Palestine Refugee Students in Lebanon return to UNRWA Schools

12 September 2019
This week some 37,000 Palestine refugee girls and boys began the 2019-2020 scholastic year in the 65 schools run by the UNRWA in Lebanon.
UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl addresses the 152nd session of the Council of Arab Foreign Ministers in Cairo. © 2019 UNRWA Photo.

UNRWA Commissioner-General Calls for Urgent Political and Financial Support at the Arab League Summit

11 September 2019
The Commissioner-General of the UNRWA Pierre Krähenbühl, has urgently called on Arab states for their continued financial and political support to Palestine refugees
An UNRWA TVET graduate from the UNRWA Siblin Vocational Training Centre, South Campus with European Union representative Mr. Rein Nieland at the 2019 UNRWA Siblin Training Centre graduation ceremony. © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Ahmad Mahmoud.

432 Students Graduate from UNRWA Siblin Training Centre with support from the European Union

07 September 2019
UNRWA Siblin Training Centre (STC) celebrated the graduation of 432 students in twenty specializations, including nursery education,
Newly-appointed Deputy Commissioner-General, Mr. Christian Saunders, Director of UNRWA Operations in Gaza, Mr. Matthias Schmale, and UNRWA senior staff at the inauguration of Rafah Logistic Base © 2019 UNRWA Photo by Ibraheem Abu Osheba.

UNRWA Opens a New Supply Warehouse in Rafah

05 September 2019
UNRWA yesterday officially opened its new logistics base in Rafah, which is the largest of its kind in the Gaza Strip. The ceremony was attended by Christian Saunders

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