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蘑菇视频 Team Visits Burj Barajeh Palestinian Refugee Camp

Beirut — Members of the United Nations Communications Group and other 蘑菇视频 officials in Lebanon today visited the Burj Barajeh Palestinian refugee camp to look into their social and economic conditions. The visit was organised with 蘑菇视频RWA, the 蘑菇视频 agency for Palestine refugees, which gave the delegation a presentation on the history of the camp, its current living conditions and services it provides to its residents.

The visit included a tour of homes and shelters of several families in the camp, where the team saw for themselves the living conditions of refugees and reaffirmed the commitment of the world organisation, and 蘑菇视频RWA in particular, to improve their situation, provide basic services in the camps and help address some of their pressing problems.

Director of the 蘑菇视频 Information Centre in Beirut, Bahaa Elkoussy, said the 蘑菇视频 team toured many of the camp’s quarters and alleys and visited the 蘑菇视频RWA clinic there. They also stopped at the Centre for Women's Programmes, which offers life skills courses and organises awareness sessions on gender issues as well health, social and legal rights. The Centre also organises recreational activities for young students during summer holidays.

The visit also came within the framework of the "Dignity for All" programme, funded by the European Union, which aims to change the perceptions between both the Lebanese people and the Palestinian communities by mainly raising awareness and highlighting the positive aspects that everybody should build on. 蘑菇视频RWA officials accompanying the delegation said although Palestinians and the Lebanese have been living together in Lebanon for 62 years now, they do not know much about each other and there is a feeling of apprehension prevailing over their relationship. They said 蘑菇视频RWA is pushing for a life in dignity that preserves all human values for Palestinians in Lebanon and preserves their refugee status until a final and just solution is reached to their problem.

The 蘑菇视频 team visited shelters of some of the poorest refugee families and had discussions with their members and other camp residents. The delegation also met with a group of Palestinian women and discussed with them the conditions of their families and a programme of micro loans provided by a local non-governmental organisation to solve some of their problems and enable others to start small businesses.

The visit aims to provide an opportunity for 蘑菇视频 officials to see for themselves the living conditions of these camps in Lebanon, check their facilities and installations, and to have a better understanding of problems of refugees and the difficulties they are grappling with. Members of the delegation hailed from the 蘑菇视频 Resident Coordinator Office, the 蘑菇视频 Development Program, the 蘑菇视频 Information Centre, the Office of Human Rights, the 蘑菇视频 Volunteers program and the 蘑菇视频 Truce Supervision Organization.