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UNRWA Launches Innovative Centralized Digital Learning Platform For Half a Million Palestine Refugee Students

UNRWA Launches Innovative Centralized Digital Learning Platform For Half a Million Palestine Refugee Students

19 April 2021
New online platform will support student education during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees ( UNRWA ) has launched a new centralized digital education platform designed to improve education access for more...
(From left) UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini and United States Ambassador to Jordan H.E Henry T. Wooster visit the UNRWA Baqa'a Health Centre in Baqa'a refugee camp, near Amman. © 2021 UNWRA photo by Jumana Hattab.

U.S. Ambassador to Jordan visits Baqa’a Health Centre in Baqa’a Camp

12 April 2021
Today, United States Ambassador to Jordan H.E Henry T. Wooster and the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, visited the UNRWA Baqa’a Health Centre, located north of Amman...

United States Announces Restoration of U.S. $150 Million to Support Palestine Refugees

07 April 2021
The United States announced today that it is contributing US $150 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), restoring its role as a decades-long friend and supporter of the UN agency that provides life-saving...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs from Romania, H.E. Mr. Bogdan AURESCU (center), accompanied by the Secretary of State of Romania (Ministry of Interior), Dr. Raed ARAFAT (2nd from right) and the Ambassador of Romania to Jordan, H.E. Nicolae COMĂNESCU (right) are photographed with the Deputy Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Ms. Leni Stenseth (2nd from left), and the Director of UNRWA Affairs in Jordan, Ms. Marta Lorenzo (left) during a visit to UNRWA in Jordan on 4 April 2021. © 2021 UNRWA Photo

Romanian Foreign Minister Visits UNRWA in Jordan and Announces new Contribution to the Agency

06 April 2021
A high-level Romanian delegation led by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Bogdan Aurescu, visited the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Jordan on 4 April and met with Ms. Leni Stenseth, Deputy Commissioner-General...

Turkey contributes US$ 10 million to UNRWA in support of Palestine refugees

03 April 2021
The Government of Turkey has contributed US$ 10 million to UNRWA in support of Palestine refugees. This generous funding comes at a critical time for UNRWA as it faces a severe financial crisis and will go towards the Agency’s core programmes of education, health care and...

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