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

Published purpose

The project has helped improve the ability of vulnerable Palestinian refugees to deal with the difficult social, economic, and political situation in the West Bank and Gaza. CIDA's contribution, with that of other donors, allowed the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to improve the food security of the refugees by providing them with temporary employment. This project is one of over 200 projects that made up the United Nations' 2010 Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP) for the West Bank and Gaza. The 2010 CAP, worth US$664 million, has allowed the international community to help spare Palestinians from the worst effects of the ongoing crisis by delivering humanitarian assistance, increasing the protection of civilians, improving the collection of humanitarian information, and strengthening the United Nations' humanitarian coordination structure. Overall, through this appeal, non-governmental organisations and the United Nations have helped restore human dignity and alleviate further poverty, institutional weakness, and instability in the West Bank and Gaza. The $5 million in funding under this project was combined with $4 million in funding under Project Z020948-005 to make a total contribution of $9 million to UNRWA’s temporary employment program. In consequence, the results under both projects are the same.