{"id":205016,"date":"2013-04-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=205016"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:53:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:53:22","slug":"auto-insert-205016","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-205016\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA and Al Habtoor Foundation continue to provide cash assistance to Palestine refugees in Syria – Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA press release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Foundation and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA continue to provide cash assistance to Palestine refugees in Syria<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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مؤسسة خلف أحمد الحبتور والأونروا لا تزالان تقدمان المساعدة النقدية للاجئين الفلسطينيين في سورية<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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23 April 2013
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Relief and Works Agency (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA) has distributed the first quarter of emergency cash assistance provided by the Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Foundation (KAHF) to Palestine refugees in Syria. The US$ 100,000 contribution, made in October of last year, has enabled members of this vulnerable population to meet their immediate food needs in recent months. The collaboration between Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA and KAHF to distribute emergency cash assistance to those most in need will continue throughout 2013. <\/p><\/div>\n

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The funds received so far have helped some 510 Palestine refugees, many of whom have lost their livelihoods as a result of the current violence. Each of the 510 Palestine refugees has received a cash grant valued at US$ 42.00 (equivalent to SYP 3,000). In total, the KAHF contribution will allow the Agency to distribute cash to approximately 2,100 refugees. The funds were distributed at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA schools, currently sheltering displaced refugees in areas around Damascus. <\/p><\/div>\n

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Welcoming the donation, Director of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Affairs in Syria Mr. Michael Kingsley-Nyinah said: "Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is very grateful to KAHF for this generous donation and its ongoing support. It comes at a time when Palestine refugees in Syria are in greatest need and reflects KAHF’s commitment to supporting them. Under the Syria Humanitarian Response Plan, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA will complete implementation of the donation by supporting vulnerable Palestine refugees who have been displaced.” <\/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><\/div>\n

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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$ 67.2 million.<\/p><\/div>\n

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 Support Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA’s emergency work in and around Syria<\/p><\/div>\n

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

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Sami Mshasha<\/strong><\/span>
\nÄ¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Arabic Spokesperson
\nMobile: +972 (0)54 216 8295
\nOffice: +972 (0)2 589 0724<\/span>
\n<\/span>s.mshasha@unrwa.org<\/u><\/a> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Foundation and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA continue to provide cash assistance to Palestine refugees in Syria مؤسسة خلف أحمد الحبتور والأونروا لا تزالان تقدمان المساعدة النقدية للاجئين الفلسطينيين في سورية 23 April 2013 Amman Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Relief and Works Agency (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA) has distributed the first quarter of emergency cash assistance provided by the […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[2241,1197],"document-category":[2437,1329],"document-source":[1817],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1945,2057,1813,5362,1745],"entity":[5343,1985,1729],"document-language":[6544,6542],"class_list":["post-205016","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","country-syria","country-united-arab-emirates","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-assistance","document-subject-food","document-subject-middle-east-situation","document-subject-ngo-civil-society","document-subject-refugees-and-displaced-persons","entity-palestine-plo-palestinian-authority","entity-state","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-arabic","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/205016","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\/205016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=205016"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=205016"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=205016"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=205016"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=205016"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=205016"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=205016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}