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Low response for aid to Palestinian refugees: UNRWA Chief
United Nations, Nov 05: Even though 60 per cent of the Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza fall below the poverty line, aid programmes have had to be cut back due to the low response to appeals for donations, the Chief of the United Nations relief agency for Palestinian refugees has said.
United Nations, Nov 05: Even though 60 per cent of
the Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza fall below
the poverty line, aid programmes have had to be cut back due
to the low response to appeals for donations, the Chief of the
United Nations relief agency for Palestinian refugees has said.
The Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works
Agency for Palestine refugees in the near East (UNRWA), Peter
Hansen, said at a briefing yesterday that despite a 25 per
cent malnutrition rate in Gaza and in the West Bank, the
agency had to cut back on food distribution.
With 12,700 people made homeless by Israeli demolitions of housing in Respent Intifada, UNRWA had only been able to replace 228 homes, he said. For health care, UNRWA had provided only USD 750,000 in aid out of a projected 2.7 million dollars. Meanwhile, the separation barrier that Israel is building has cut farmers off from their harvests and isolated some towns, Hansen said.
The total effect could be a further downward spiral in West Bank conditions. Bureau Report
With 12,700 people made homeless by Israeli demolitions of housing in Respent Intifada, UNRWA had only been able to replace 228 homes, he said. For health care, UNRWA had provided only USD 750,000 in aid out of a projected 2.7 million dollars. Meanwhile, the separation barrier that Israel is building has cut farmers off from their harvests and isolated some towns, Hansen said.
The total effect could be a further downward spiral in West Bank conditions. Bureau Report