"Our ability to undertake and implement humanitarian work is shrinking by the hour." Juliette Touma tells The Guardian that every evacuation order in the #GazaStrip hinders the humanitarian response by forcing UNRWA local staff to be constantly on the move. https://lnkd.in/dGWPPxci
UNRWA
المنظمات غير الربحية
Amman، Jordan ٣٢٢٬٦٤٢ متابع
The United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees. Working with and for #Palestine Refugees #فلسطين نعمل مع ومن أجل لاجئي
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Created by the UN General Assembly in 1949, UNRWA provides assistance and protection to some 5.5 million Palestine refugees to help them achieve their full potential in human development. UNRWA human development and humanitarian services encompass primary and vocational education, primary health care, relief and social services, infrastructure and camp improvement, microfinance and emergency response, including in situations of armed conflict.
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http://www.unrwa.org/
رابط خارجي لـ UNRWA
- المجال المهني
- المنظمات غير الربحية
- حجم الشركة
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- Amman, Jordan
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- غير ربحي
- تم التأسيس
- 1949
المواقع الجغرافية
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رئيسي
HQ-Amman
Amman، Jordan 140157، JO
موظفين في UNRWA
التحديثات
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Our latest on the situation in the 📍#GazaStrip and the 📍#WestBank UNRWA Situation Report #131🔽 🔹 United Nations OCHA reports that the Israeli Authorities have issued 16 evacuation orders in August so far, severely hindering the humanitarian response in #Gaza 🔹 According to the World Health Organization, the health system continues to be dismantled 🔹212 UNRWA colleagues have been killed since the war began https://lnkd.in/dkvbstQM
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With UNICEF, the World Health Organization, and partners, we are working to start a large-scale vaccination campaign against polio as soon as possible in #Gaza. For this to happen, we need a humanitarian pause. We cannot vaccinate children under a sky full of bombs and strikes. We need humanity.
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The humanitarian operation in #Gaza “has become one of the most challenging in the world for the UN right now” Juliette Touma to CNN. UNRWA continues to deliver humanitarian assistance wherever possible and in the most difficult circumstances. #UNRWAworks https://lnkd.in/d24Y_62U
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“These ads are destructive to people” Juliette Touma to WIRED. “They should stop, and those responsible for this sabotage should be held accountable." Google ads are used by Israel as part of a broader campaign to discredit UNRWA. https://lnkd.in/gXCGetQZ
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"The operations have not stopped, we continue to do everything we can." UNRWA Louise Wateridge to Al Jazeera English. "Every day there are new rules, new challenges we have to find a way to work around". Despite unprecedented challenges, UNRWA keeps reinventing new ways to provide assistance to communities in need.
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Children's daily lives in the #GazaStrip have been completely shattered since the war began, and are full of horror and fear. Through sports and psychosocial activities, UNRWA teams bring some respite to children in #Gaza and help them back to learning, offering a sense of normalcy
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"The space that people have been confined to is so minimal. There are tanks in areas that used to be designated as safe areas." UNRWA Louise Wateridge explains that, while people in #Gaza keep fleeing carrying what they can and mostly moving by foot, there is nowhere safe in the #GazaStrip
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"Humanitarian operations are just shrinking because of these displacement orders." UNRWA Louise Wateridge tells BBC Radio 4 that, also due to displacement orders, "lives are being lost, people are not receiving aid, it is just a complete disaster." https://lnkd.in/gtyaHV3c [1:21]
Today - 27/08/2024 - Mishal Husain and Amol Rajan - BBC Sounds
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Over 10 months into the war in #Gaza, the consequences of constant military operations and forced displacement are taking a heavy toll on people's mental health - especially children. UNRWA teams continue to provide critical psychosocial support, but families need a #CeasefireNow Read more: https://lnkd.in/gw6cp_mB