{"id":127046,"date":"2018-01-22T19:12:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T19:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=127046"},"modified":"2018-01-23T16:57:47","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T21:57:47","slug":"unrwa-launches-the-dignity-is-priceless-global-funding-campaign-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/unrwa-launches-the-dignity-is-priceless-global-funding-campaign-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Launches the “Dignity Is Priceless” Global Funding Campaign in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"
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22 January 2018<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a9 2018 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Photo by Khalil Adwan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Today, hundreds of school children in Gaza gathered with the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA), Mr. Pierre Kr\u00e4henb\u00fchl, to launch the global fundraising campaign\u00a0#DignityIsPriceless<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The campaign follows the dramatic reduction of funding announced by the United States last week. It aims to raise US$ 500 million.<\/p>\n

“We are launching this campaign because Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA stands with you as witnesses to your historic plight,” stated Kr\u00e4henb\u00fchl during a press conference at\u00a0an Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA\u00a0school in Gaza. \u201cI wish to confirm to all Palestine refugees that Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA schools, proud schools like the one we are standing in, will remain open.Health\u00a0care,\u00a0and other services will be provided. It is a huge challenge, but it is absolutely imperative.\u201d<\/p>\n

This reduction in funding could have a significant impact on the daily lives of millions of vulnerable Palestine refugees across Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, and the West Bank including East Jerusalem. At stake is access to basic education for 525,000 boys and girls at over 700 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA schools; emergency food and cash assistance to 1.7 million extremely vulnerable Palestine refugees; access to primary health care for 3 million refugees, including pre-natal care,; dignity and human security for 5.3 million refugees who endured 70 years of injustice and uncertainty.<\/p>\n

“Today I wish to tell the world that our education is at risk. We are proud and determined students,\u201d stated\u00a013 year-old\u00a0Karim, President of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Student Parliament. \u201cWe want the world to support us in becoming global citizens and pursue our dreams and aspirations.”<\/p>\n

Eslam, a member of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Student Parliament, called on students around the world to join the campaign. “We are determined students and I call on students in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin and North America, as well as in the Middle East to echo our appeals for support. Help keep Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA schools open!”<\/p>\n

The Commissioner-General reassured refugees that Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA\u2019s mandate is firmly protected in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ General Assembly. \u201cIt is not for sale and was just extended by 167 countries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kr\u00e4henb\u00fchl urged “all people of good will, all institutions, members of the Palestinian diaspora, private companies, and foundations to join us.”<\/p>\n

As Karim placed his savings into a donation box, he appealed to the world to #FundÄ¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA.\u00a0 \u201cEvery contribution counts so I am making the first step,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For details on the #DignityIsPriceless campaign, please visit\u00a0www.unrwa.org\/donate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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BACKGROÄ¢¹½ÊÓƵD INFORMATION<\/h2>\n
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA 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. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions and financial support has been outpaced by the growth in needs. As a result, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Programme Budget, which supports the delivery of core essential services, operates with a large shortfall. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA encourages all Member States to work collectively to exert all possible efforts to fully fund the Agency\u2019s Programme Budget. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA emergency programmes and key projects, also operating with large shortfalls, are funded through separate funding portals.<\/p>\n

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and mandated to provide assistance and protection to some 5 million registered Palestine refugees. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and the Gaza Strip achieve their full human development potential, pending a just and lasting solution to their plight. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, protection and microfinance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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For more information, please contact:<\/h2>\n
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Christopher Gunness<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Spokesperson, Director of Advocacy & Strategic Communications<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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+972 (0)54 240 2659<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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+972 (0)2 589 0267<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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c.gunness@unrwa.org<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sami Mshasha<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Chief of Communications, Arabic Language Spokesperson<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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+972 (0)54 216 8295<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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+972 (0)258 90724<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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