Tuesday, February 14, 2012

UNRWA to stop financial aid to impoverished families in Gaza

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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency said Monday that it will not be able to continue cash allowances for impoverished families in the Gaza Strip.

UNRWA spokesman Adnan Abu Hasna said a program providing 40 shekels to each individual in poor families will have to be cut after April due to a shortage in donor funds.

The financial support is used by families below the poverty line to meet their basic needs, he said.

Despite the financial crisis, UNRWA will continue with its food programs in the coastal enclave, and to highlight to the international community the issue of impoverished refugee families in Gaza, he added.

Abu Hasna called on the international community and donor countries to save the financial aid program in Gaza.

UNRWA was founded in 1949 to serve refugees in Gaza, the West Bank and neighboring Arab countries after hundreds of thousands were displaced from Palestine when Israel was created. The agency's most recent mandate extends to June 30, 2014.

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