Intel: Amid US funding gap, UN Palestinian refugee agency seeks $93M in coronavirus aid
As the coronavirus continues its spread through the impoverished West Bank and Gaza Strip, the United Nations refugee agency for Palestinians is seeking emergency funding to help with what it calls the worst financial crisis in the organization’s 70-year history.
As the coronavirus continues its spread through the impoverished West Bank and Gaza Strip, the United Nations refugee agency for Palestinians is seeking emergency funding to help with what it calls the worst financial crisis in the organization’s 70-year history.
The UN Relief and Works Agency, or UNRWA, announced a $93.4 million urgent appeal Friday to help cover the cost of food aid, cash assistance and other vital services to Palestinians suffering financially as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
The agency provides humanitarian assistance to 5.6 million Palestinian refugees and their descendants living in the Palestinian territories, as well as Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
The renewed plea to donors comes as a funding crunch has forced UNRWA, which runs 144 clinics staffed by 3,200 health care workers, to scale back or shutter programs entirely.
