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Oct 4, 2024 · The Members of the Security Council emphasized the vital role of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in providing life-saving humanitarian assistance to Palestinian …
UNRWA Situation Report #128 on the situation in the Gaza Strip …
Aug 15, 2024 · UNRWA estimates that, in total, at least 563* IDPs sheltering in UNRWA installations have been killed and at least 1,790* injured since the start of the war. UNRWA is verifying the number of casualties caused by incidents that impacted its installations.
UNRWA | United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine …
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a relief and human development agency. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions from UN Member States.
UN humanitarian aid convoy reaches Lebanon from Jordan | UNRWA
Oct 17, 2024 · The convoy also delivered 8,000 mattresses for displaced people in UNRWA facilities – UNRWA has transformed locations including its schools into emergency shelters for Palestine Refugees, Lebanese, and Syrians.
UNRWA Situation Report #108 on the situation in the Gaza Strip …
May 19, 2024 · UNRWA teams responded to cases in health centres and medical points through individual consultations, awareness sessions and support for cases of gender-based violence. UNRWA teams provided medical care for 372 post-natal and pregnant women at high risk.
UNRWA Situation Report #77 on the situation in the Gaza Strip …
As of 12 February, in total, nearly 1.7 million displaced people are now sheltering across emergency shelters (UNRWA and public shelters), informal sites or in close vicinity of UNRWA shelters and distribution sites and within host communities.
The Gaza Strip: Thousands break into UNRWA warehouses in …
Oct 29, 2023 · Very few trucks, slow processes, strict inspections, supplies that do not match the requirements of UNRWA and the other aid organizations, and mostly the ongoing ban on fuel, are all a recipe for a failed system.
UNRWA USA resumes funding to the UN agency for Palestine …
Apr 8, 2024 · After careful consideration and in close consultation with legal counsel, UNRWA USA National Committee (UNRWA USA) is pleased to announce the resumption of its financial support and active fundraising for the vital mission of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), as it carries out its life-saving ...
UNRWA Situation Report #144 on the situation in the Gaza Strip …
Oct 16, 2024 · UNRWA estimates that, in total, at least 563* IDPs sheltering in UNRWA installations have been killed and at least 1,790* injured since the start of the war. UNRWA is verifying the number of casualties caused by these incidents.
The Gaza Strip: Four UNRWA shelters damaged in less than 24 hours
Nov 2, 2023 · “To date, 72 UNRWA colleagues have been killed in Gaza since the war began, often with their families. Overnight, we lost Mai, a bright software developer in her mid-20s with physical disabilities. She was displaced from her home and killed in the Jabalia Refugee Camp with members of her family.