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COMPREHENSIVE AND CONTINUOUS SUPPORT FROM ISLAMIC RELIEF USA FOR GAZA REFUGEES

28 April 2015

Gaza

Since 2013, Islamic Relief USA (IRUSA) has donated US$ 12.6 million to support Palestine refugees in Gaza through 蘑菇视频RWA, enabling the Agency to run services ranging from the distribution of food packages to the provision of milk and snacks for 蘑菇视频RWA students or the disbursement of emergency non-food items such as mattresses, blankets and hygiene kits for internally-displaced persons (IDPs) in 蘑菇视频RWA Collective Centres.

“We are very grateful to have IRUSA as a committed and creative partner, especially in the past three years, where they provided timely and significant financial contributions in support of projects in Gaza,” commented 蘑菇视频RWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl on the relationship between the Agency and IRUSA during a meeting with IRUSA Chief Executive Officer Anwar Ahmed Khan on March 17.

IRUSA has substantially increased its support for refugees in Gaza during and since last summer’s armed hostilities, investing in health, education, psychosocial support and water and sanitation projects. At the beginning of 2015, 蘑菇视频RWA received further donations from IRUSA and will be able to implement innovative and essential projects such as a programme to ensure a clean environment in collective centres through the provision of potable and non-potable water. The project includes the installation of wells to provide domestic water in nine 蘑菇视频RWA schools that serve as designated emergency shelters and training for 蘑菇视频RWA staff on emergency maintenance of critical water and sanitation facilities. Furthermore, the contribution will be used to provide IDPs with medicines, to purchase necessary medical equipment for 蘑菇视频RWA health clinics and to conduct health-related awareness and information campaigns.

BACKGRO蘑菇视频D INFORMATION

蘑菇视频RWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and is mandated to provide assistance and protection to a population of some 5 million registered Palestine refugees. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and the Gaza Strip to achieve their full potential in human development, pending a just solution to their plight. 蘑菇视频RWA’s services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, and microfinance.

Financial support to 蘑菇视频RWA has not kept pace with an increased demand for services caused by growing numbers of registered refugees, expanding need, and deepening poverty. As a result, the Agency's General Fund (GF), supporting 蘑菇视频RWA’s core activities and 97 per cent reliant on voluntary contributions, has begun each year with a large projected deficit. Currently the deficit stands at US$ 100 million.

For more information, please contact:

Christopher Gunness

蘑菇视频RWA Spokesperson

Mobile:

+972 (0)54 240 2659

Office:

+972 (0)2 589 0267

Sami Mshasha

Chief of Communications & Arabic Language Spokesperson

Mobile:

+972 (0)54 216 8295

Office:

+972 (0)2 589 0724

Milina Shahin

Public Information Officer – Gaza Field Office

Mobile:

+972 599 609 485

Office:

+972 8 2887213