UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
$50,000,000.00 CAD
≈ $1.21 for every person in Canada
≈ 646 Canadians' average pay for a year
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Jordan
- Fiscal year
- 2023-2024
- Agreement period
- May 25, 2023 – May 25, 2023
- Reference
- CA-3-P012248002
Published purpose
This grant represents Canada’s long term institutional support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). UNRWA uses these funds and other donors' funds to achieve its mandate, which is to provide state-like essential services to 5.9M Palestinian refugees in 4 host countries – Palestine (West Bank and Gaza), Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria. These essential services include primary and secondary education, primary health care, aid to livelihoods, protection, infrastructure and camp improvement, and waste management services.
Community tags
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Good value
Local impact
Needs context
Questionable
Success story
Wasteful
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Imported July 30, 2026 from Global Affairs Canada IATI data