Published : 28-03-2018
The European al-Wafaa Campaign and a range of European relief institutions, pledged to provide $1 million in support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
According to a statement issued by the campaign the day before yesterday, it stated that: “After the severe financial crisis that afflicts UNRWA and during the meeting of the European al-Wafaa Campaign and a number of European institutions working in the field of relief and humanitarian affairs in Istanbul, in which the great challenges faced by Palestinian refugees in UNRWA's areas of operation were discussed in terms of medical, educational and infrastructure services, due to the reduction of the International Agency’s services, because of the staggering financial crisis it is experiencing as a result of the US administration's suspension of most of its funding for the Agency, which will have a negative impact on the Palestinian refugees in the different aspects of their lives.”
The statement added: “The European al-Wafaa Campaign and the partner humanitarian institutions, and with regard to the limited facilities of those institutions, it pledges $1 million in support of the basic projects for Palestinian refugees, in the context of the efforts of the relief institutions to alleviate the suffering of our people wherever they are.”
The relief institutions also called on all the international and relief agencies and civil and international society institutions, to support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and stand by its side, amid the great financial crisis it is experiencing.
The European al-Wafaa Campaign and a range of European relief institutions, pledged to provide $1 million in support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
According to a statement issued by the campaign the day before yesterday, it stated that: “After the severe financial crisis that afflicts UNRWA and during the meeting of the European al-Wafaa Campaign and a number of European institutions working in the field of relief and humanitarian affairs in Istanbul, in which the great challenges faced by Palestinian refugees in UNRWA's areas of operation were discussed in terms of medical, educational and infrastructure services, due to the reduction of the International Agency’s services, because of the staggering financial crisis it is experiencing as a result of the US administration's suspension of most of its funding for the Agency, which will have a negative impact on the Palestinian refugees in the different aspects of their lives.”
The statement added: “The European al-Wafaa Campaign and the partner humanitarian institutions, and with regard to the limited facilities of those institutions, it pledges $1 million in support of the basic projects for Palestinian refugees, in the context of the efforts of the relief institutions to alleviate the suffering of our people wherever they are.”
The relief institutions also called on all the international and relief agencies and civil and international society institutions, to support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and stand by its side, amid the great financial crisis it is experiencing.
