Published : 13-03-2018
In Lebanon, Palestinian students in the Beir Zeit School, belonging to UNRWA, located in the Siblin area in Al-Kharroub province in south Lebanon, flew dozens of kites to appeal to the international community to support the Agency.
In the event organized by UNRWA, the kites flown were blue in color, to represent UNRWA’s flag, with stickers that stated: “Dignity is Priceless.”
On her part, the Palestinian-Syrian refugee, “Fatima Abd Al-Aal”, in a speech delivered on behalf of the students' parents to adhere to UNRWA as the living witness to the Nakba of Palestine in 1948, and that it represents an international acknowledgement that there are Palestinian refugees with problems that the international community has failed to solvet so far.
Abd Al-Aal stressed that UNRWA is the only source which the Palestinians depend on, demanding the international community to put pressure on the American Administration, to discourage President Trump from cutting off the financial aid to UNRWA.
Flying kites in the Beir Zeit School comes in conjunction with the convening of an international donor conference, scheduled for the 15th of March in the Italian capital Rome, sponsored by Sweden, Jordan and Egypt, in order to fill the deficit resulting from the US decision to reduce Washington's contribution to the UN budget, as well as similar events which occurred in UNRWA’s schools in the West Bank, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. This comes as part of the global campaign launched by the Agency, on 22nd of January, to raise financial contributions to support its fund, under the title, “Dignity is Priceless.”
In Lebanon, Palestinian students in the Beir Zeit School, belonging to UNRWA, located in the Siblin area in Al-Kharroub province in south Lebanon, flew dozens of kites to appeal to the international community to support the Agency.
In the event organized by UNRWA, the kites flown were blue in color, to represent UNRWA’s flag, with stickers that stated: “Dignity is Priceless.”
On her part, the Palestinian-Syrian refugee, “Fatima Abd Al-Aal”, in a speech delivered on behalf of the students' parents to adhere to UNRWA as the living witness to the Nakba of Palestine in 1948, and that it represents an international acknowledgement that there are Palestinian refugees with problems that the international community has failed to solvet so far.
Abd Al-Aal stressed that UNRWA is the only source which the Palestinians depend on, demanding the international community to put pressure on the American Administration, to discourage President Trump from cutting off the financial aid to UNRWA.
Flying kites in the Beir Zeit School comes in conjunction with the convening of an international donor conference, scheduled for the 15th of March in the Italian capital Rome, sponsored by Sweden, Jordan and Egypt, in order to fill the deficit resulting from the US decision to reduce Washington's contribution to the UN budget, as well as similar events which occurred in UNRWA’s schools in the West Bank, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. This comes as part of the global campaign launched by the Agency, on 22nd of January, to raise financial contributions to support its fund, under the title, “Dignity is Priceless.”
