UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

$75,000,000.00 CAD

≈ $1.81 for every person in Canada ≈ 969 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Global Affairs Canada
Program
Recipient country
Jordan
Fiscal year
2020-2021
Agreement period
November 23, 2020 – October 31, 2023
Reference
CA-3-P009434001

Published purpose

This grant represents Canada’s long-term institutional support to UNRWA. UNRWA uses these funds, along with other donors’ funding, to achieve its mandate of provision of basic education, health, and social safety net services to over 5 million vulnerable Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, Gaza, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon, who are among the poorest and most vulnerable.

In plain English AI-generated

This grant provides Canada's long-term institutional support to UNRWA for basic education, health, and social services to Palestinian refugees in the Middle East.

Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada

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