{"id":288913,"date":"2023-08-27T16:27:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T20:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=288913"},"modified":"2023-08-30T16:28:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T20:28:18","slug":"gaza-strip-nearly-300000-palestine-refugee-children-are-back-to-unrwa-schools-press-release","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/gaza-strip-nearly-300000-palestine-refugee-children-are-back-to-unrwa-schools-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza Strip: Nearly 300,000 Palestine Refugee Children Are Back to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Schools &#8211; Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/ar\/newsroom\/news-releases\/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%85%D9%86-300000-%D8%B7%D9%81%D9%84-%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A6-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%87%D9%85-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">GAZA CITY<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">Nearly 300,000 Palestine\u00a0<\/span>Refugee children are back to school in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cIt was great to see how happy children are to return to school.<\/span>\u00a0In Gaza, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA schools -for many children- have become one of the very few places where children can be just that, children. It\u2019s a place where they learn, thrive, play, make friends and do outdoor activities,\u201d said Thomas White, Director of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Affairs in Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">To respond to increasing needs among the refugee communities in the Gaza Strip, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is in the process of appointing over 500 new teachers to support children with quality education.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">To accommodate an increase of over 4,600 school children this year, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA has recently opened three new schools\u00a0<\/span>in the south of the Gaza Strip and in Gaza City. These facilities are designed to provide a safe space for students to learn and prosper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThe\u00a0<\/span>commitment of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA to the advancement of education is a top priority, even amid challenging circumstances. We are keen to provide Palestine refugee children with high-quality education, equip them with the life skills they need including to be able to find jobs and join the labour market in the future,\u201d concluded White.<\/p>\n<p>Keep us learning, because every day counts. Learn more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/donate.unrwa.org\/Keepuslearning\/~my-donation\">here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/donate.unrwa.org\/Keepuslearning\/~my-donation\">donate<\/a>\u00a0today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">ENDs\u00a0<\/span>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">Notes to Editors:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA runs 288 schools in the Gaza Strip.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA opened three new schools in Khan Younis (south of the Gaza Strip) and Gaza City.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">There are 9,367 teachers working with Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA in the Gaza\u00a0<\/span>Strip.<\/li>\n<li><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">An\u00a0<\/span>additional 35,250 first graders have been enrolled in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA schools across the Gaza Strip.<\/li>\n<li><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA in Gaza has recently recruited over 500 new teachers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 GAZA CITY Nearly 300,000 Palestine\u00a0Refugee children are back to school in the Gaza Strip. \u201cIt was great to see how happy children are to return to school.\u00a0In Gaza, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA schools -for many children- have become one of the very few places where children can be just that, children. It\u2019s a place where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/gaza-strip-nearly-300000-palestine-refugee-children-are-back-to-unrwa-schools-press-release\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[1329],"document-source":[1817],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[2033,2441,2005],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6544,6542],"class_list":["post-288913","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-press-release","document-source-united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-for-palestine-refugees-in-the-near-east-unrwa","document-subject-children","document-subject-education-and-culture","document-subject-gaza-strip","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-arabic","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/288913","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\/172"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/288913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":289017,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/288913\/revisions\/289017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=288913"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=288913"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=288913"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=288913"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=288913"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=288913"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=288913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}