In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, access to education is under attack in plain sight.
Lands and homes have been taken away from Palestinians but not education, considered as a national pride and investment for a better future.
In Gaza, hundreds of thousands of children have been out of formal school since October 2023.
UNRWA is keeping them learning in temporary spaces and online lessons, despite huge obstacles. But they need to get back into the classroom.
In the West Bank, displacement, school closures and daily stresses put 48,000 Palestine Refugee students at risk.
Add UNRWA's funding crisis and the risk of deep cuts to education programmes by the Agency and others: the risk of a lost generation is real.
UNRWA has made access to education for all Palestine Refugees a priority. To succeed, we count on all our partners and donors.
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UNRWA is the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. The United Nations General Assembly established UNRWA in 1949 with a mandate to provide humanitarian assistance and protection to registered Palestine Refugees in the Agency's area of operations pending a just and lasting solution to their plight.
UNRWA operates in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians lost their homes and livelihoods due to the 1948 War. Amid a failure to find a just and lasting solution to the plight of that generation of Palestine Refugees and subsequent ones, millions continue to be displaced and in need of support, over 75 years on.
UNRWA helps Palestine Refugees achieve their full potential in human development. It does this through quality services it provides in education, health care, relief and social services, protection, camp infrastructure and improvement, microfinance, and emergency assistance. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions.
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