UNRWA celebrates Qatar donation with Back to School ceremony

AMMAN — UNRWA recently organised a Back to School ceremony to celebrate support from the State of Qatar, according to a statement from UNRWA. The $50 million contribution to the agency’s education programme in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank was a vital component in the decision to open UNRWA schools without delay this August, the statement said.

The ceremony was held at the UNRWA’s Baqaa Basic Boys’ School, and attended by the Director General of Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) Khalifa Bin Jassim Al Kuwari, said the statement.

“What is more important is not the amount of the contribution, but the impact of this support to five million Palestine refugees. UNRWA is one of the most important and most effective international organisations in providing assistance and humanitarian protection to more than 5 million registered Palestinian refugees,” Kawari said.