{"id":199558,"date":"2013-07-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=199558"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:48:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:48:25","slug":"auto-insert-199558","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-199558\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA launches fundraising campaign for Syria and Gaza – Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA press release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Launches Fundraising Campaign for Syria and Gaza<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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الأونروا تطلق حملة تبرعات لصالح سورية وغزة ومحمد عساف يتصدر الحملة الرمضانية لدعم لاجئي فلسطين<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA) is proud to announce the launch of a fundraising and awareness campaign for Palestine refugees in Syria and the Gaza Strip during the holy month of Ramadan. Working with Arab Idol Mohammed Assaf, the Agency’s Regional Youth Ambassador, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA hopes to highlight the struggles and needs of these vulnerable Palestine refugees. <\/p><\/div>\n

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The campaign, which will be broadcast on MBC1 and advertised on many different media, including social tools like Facebook and Twitter, aims to remind viewers of the difficult situation Palestine refugees in these areas are facing. In Syria, the long-running conflict has displaced thousands, while years of conflict and blockade have left the majority of Gazans dependent on international assistance. Despite the difficult political, operational and financial circumstances, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is committed to providing refugees in both these areas with the support, assistance and protection that they need.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Launching the fundraising and awareness campaign, the Agency thanked those supporters who made it possible, including Jawwal, the Bank of Palestine and Al-Wataniya Mobile. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA spokesperson Sami Mshasha added: "With the support of these valued partners, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA was able to reach out to new audiences. With your support, we will be able to continue and increase our work for and with Palestine refugees in Gaza and Syria." <\/p><\/div>\n

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As Mohammed Assaf, who was himself educated in an Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA school in Khan Younis, said, each individual, each family and each community deserves a chance in life. He said: “I have been familiar with Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA and its work all my life. I am very proud to be able now to join the Agency in extending a hand to other Palestine refugees in Syria and Gaza.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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This Ramadan, everyone is invited to join him and the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA family. Let's give Palestine refugees their chance. <\/p><\/div>\n

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Background information<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA 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. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA’s services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, and microfinance.<\/p>\n

Financial support to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA 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 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA’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$ 58.5 million.<\/p><\/div>\n

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For more information, please contact :<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Christopher Gunness<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Spokesperson<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Mobile: +972 (0)54 240 2659<\/p><\/div>\n

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Office: +972 (0)2 589 0267<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sami Mshasha<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Arabic Spokesperson<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Mobile: +972 (0)54 216 8295<\/p><\/div>\n

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Office: +972 (0)2 589 0724<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Launches Fundraising Campaign for Syria and Gaza 22 Jul 2013 East Jerusalem   الأونروا تطلق حملة تبرعات لصالح سورية وغزة ومحمد عساف يتصدر الحملة الرمضانية لدعم لاجئي فلسطين Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA) is proud to announce the launch of a fundraising and awareness […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2437,1329],"document-source":[1817],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[2005,5200,1813,1745,2729],"entity":[5343,1729],"document-language":[6544,6542],"class_list":["post-199558","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-arabic-text","document-category-press-release","document-source-united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-for-palestine-refugees-in-the-near-east-unrwa","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-humanitarian-relief","document-subject-middle-east-situation","document-subject-refugees-and-displaced-persons","document-subject-shelter","entity-palestine-plo-palestinian-authority","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-arabic","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/199558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/199558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=199558"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=199558"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=199558"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=199558"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=199558"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=199558"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=199558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}