Stories from the UN Archive: What UNRWA built

Education, health care, humanitarian and social services, camps for displaced people, including in times of armed conflict. These are just some of the services that the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has been providing Palestinians since the agency’s began operating in 1950. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/10/1156311
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Stories from the UN Archive: What UNRWA built
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Despite myriad challenges, UNRWA continues lifesaving work in Gaza

Despite myriad challenges, UNRWA continues lifesaving work in Gaza

15 Feb 2024

Despite unprecedented challenges, the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) continues to provide lifesaving supplies and services to more than 1.5 million displaced people in southern Gaza.

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Lebanon: Vital UN refugee health centre reopens

Lebanon: Vital UN refugee health centre reopens

09 Aug 2023

A UN health centre providing medical care to Palestine refugees at a camp in Lebanon reopened on Wednesday, as a ceasefire between opposing armed groups holds.

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Gaza: Despite challenges, UNRWA says ‘unparalleled progress’ made during ceasefire

Gaza: Despite challenges, UNRWA says ‘unparalleled progress’ made during ceasefire

27 Feb 2025

Since the ceasefire began in Gaza on 19 January, “unparalleled progress” has been made in providing desperately needed aid to families across the devastated enclave, said UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, on Thursday.