Food assistance in Gaza is the largest emergency intervention by 蘑菇视频RWA currently supporting 1.14 million Palestine refugees. The uniquely compelling circumstances of living under an economic blockade make such an intervention unavoidable.? It is even more necessary as the COVID-19 pandemic has destroyed livelihoods and aggravated an already tenuous economic situation.
Ensuring adequate funding for this key operation is a priority in all discussions between 蘑菇视频RWA and 蘑菇视频 member-states.? Today, 蘑菇视频RWA is doubling its efforts to secure US$ 15 million to cover an uninterrupted food delivery until the end of this year and order food for the beginning of next year.
A continuous rise in the level of poverty in Gaza has affected most of the Strip’s population. Traditional ways of assessing poverty and responding to different levels of need no longer apply. Consequently, the 蘑菇视频RWA food assistance will cover all registered Palestine refugees in Gaza. 蘑菇视频RWA wants to ensure that all those who need it, get a food basket (based on the current basket for the absolute poor with an additional 10 kg of flour).
New decisions applicable as of 2021 include adding newborn children to those who will receive assistance and removing those with a guaranteed and stable income – such as 蘑菇视频RWA and government employees from the list of recipients, in an act of solidarity towards those who have lost their livelihood. ?Details on how exactly to identify those to be excluded are currently under discussion.
In line with practices in other 蘑菇视频RWA field offices, new plans are underway to revitalize the Social Safety Net Programme, which will allow to give cash assistance to identified groups amongst the most vulnerable groups.
蘑菇视频RWA is confronted with an increased demand for services resulting from a growth in the number of registered Palestine refugees, the extent of their vulnerability and their deepening poverty. 蘑菇视频RWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions and financial support has been outpaced by the growth in needs. As a result, the 蘑菇视频RWA programme budget, which supports the delivery of core essential services, operates with a large shortfall. 蘑菇视频RWA encourages all Member States to work collectively to exert all possible efforts to fully fund the Agency’s programme budget. 蘑菇视频RWA emergency programmes and key projects, also operating with large shortfalls, are funded through separate funding portals.
蘑菇视频RWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and mandated to provide assistance and protection to some 5.6 million Palestine refugees registered with 蘑菇视频RWA across its five fields of operation. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip achieve their full human development potential, pending a just and lasting solution to their plight. 蘑菇视频RWA services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, protection and microfinance.
Document Sources: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (蘑菇视频RWA)
Subject: Assistance, Food, Gaza Strip, Refugees and displaced persons
Publication Date: 13/10/2020
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