UNRWA was established by UN Member States in 1949 to hold out direct reduction and growth programmes for Palestinian individuals who misplaced their properties following the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict.
UN Photograph has curated a group from its archive that follows the company’s important work because it started working in 1950 all through the area and during the last 74 years.
Here’s a snapshot of the gathering:
Youngsters attend class at an UNRWA-supported college within the Gaza Strip in 1954. (file)
In 1950, the UN company was responding to the wants of about 750,000 Palestinian refugees.
The company undertook a variety of actions. In 1954, UNRWA launched into a undertaking to anchor the sands and make at the very least one third of the clay plain beneath out there to cultivation by the refugees.
Camel convoys introduced seedlings to an space being reclaimed, and on the finish of 1956, over 2,500,000 seedlings had been planted to guard 3,700 dunums of doubtless cultivable land within the sand dunes space.
Youngsters are seen right here receiving bodily remedy remedy on the Cartbawi Centre in Lebanon. (file)
In 1959 and 1960, UNRWA spent practically $100,000 for the whole schooling and coaching of 119 youngsters with disabilities.
There have been specialised centres established at 15 Center East establishments.
A Palestinian man salvages objects from the rubble of his house destroyed by Israeli strikes on a constructing in northern Gaza Strip in 2014. (file)
In the present day, some 5.9 million individuals in Gaza, the West Financial institution, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria are eligible for UNRWA providers.
Discover out extra about what UNRWA is doing to assist Palestine refugees here.
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