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Qatar provides UNRWA US$ 1.5M emergency food aid in Gaza
Qatar Charity donated US$ 1.5 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of the Agency’s food aid in Gaza. Some 90,300 food-insecure individuals living in the besieged Gaza Strip will be able to meet their most basic food requirements for three months (one quarter) in this round of aid distribution.
As the siege enters its fifteenth year, unemployment levels resume increasing each year with every graduation cycle. This dire unemployment situation compounds an already fragile economy, decayed infrastructure, internal political divisions, and repeated cycles of conflict, most recently the May 2021 hostilities, which left 192 Palestinian civilians dead and hundreds more injured.
UNRWA services, including food assistance, provide a lifeline to Palestine refugees and help them lead healthier and more distinguished lives.
“We believe that UNRWA food assistance to Palestine refugees provides them with food security and maintains their dignity. The dedicated support of Qatar Charity to UNRWA indicates a high commitment to humanitarian values and engagement in international development.
This support will not only help Palestine refugees meet their basic needs but also gives them hope for a better future where their needs and rights are safeguarded. Thanks to Qatar Charity for its support to UNRWA and the Palestine refugees who are suffering an extraordinarily gloomy situation,” says Thomas White, Director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza.
The State of Qatar has been a reliable supporter and partner to UNRWA for over 70 years, through its government via several Qatar-based institutions in the fields of development and relief, such as Qatar Charity, Qatar Fund for Development, Education Above all, and Qatar Red Crescent.
Since its establishment, the grants supplied by the State of Qatar to the Agency enabled UNRWA to resume providing essential services to over 5 million Palestine refugees in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Gaza, and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
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