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UNRWA appeals for $26m to repair Palestinian camp in Syria
The UNRWA: Celebrating our fourth generation of Palestinian "refugees".A United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees launched an appeal on Tuesday for $26 million to improve the living conditions of approximately 18,000 Palestinian refugees living in a camp near Aleppo, Syria. Oh, damn. My wallet's in the car. Let me get it. You wait right here... The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) launched the appeal in Amman during a regular meeting of its advisory commission, attended by co commissioner general, Karen AbuZayd. Okay. How much are we begging for this year? The Neirab camp near Aleppo in northern Syria originally housed World War II troops, but was given to Palestinian refugees who fled their homes following the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. Six decades later, the refugees are still living in the same barracks, which have never been renovated. Awwww. That's a damn shame... But since they've been living there for SIXTY FRIGGIN YEARS, I'll assume they're kinda used to it by now. The appeal is intended to fund the second phase of a two-phase plan to improve Neirab. The first phase is aimed at relocating 300 families from Neirab to new houses constructed on a plot of land made available by the Syrian government close to the nearby Ein al-Tal camp. The second phase targets the rebuilding of Neirab itself, including housing units and community facilities. Don't forget the "metal shops".... AbuZayd urged donor countries to support the implementation of the second phase of the project. UNRWA's director in Syria, Panos Moumtzis, said the top priority for the refugees is the improvement of education and health facilities. He also said Neirab needs open public spaces, leisure facilities and nurseries. Leisure facilities? So they got someplace to go after a hard days work? Posted by: tu3031 2007-02-28 |
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