6 days ago · UNRWA continues to be one of the largest WASH actors in the Gaza Strip. Between August and mid-November, UNRWA accounted for around 44 per cent of water, sanitation and hygiene activities reported in the Gaza Strip, Including access to water (56 per cent), access to sanitation and solid waste management (42 per cent), and flood mitigation and ...

Jan 4, 2025 · Between August and mid-November, UNRWA accounted for around 44 per cent of water, sanitation and hygiene activities reported in the Gaza Strip, Including access to water (56 per cent), access to sanitation and solid waste management (42 per cent), and flood mitigation and prevention (66 per cent).

Since October 2023, UNRWA has carried out emergency WASH activities across the Gaza Strip. Main activities include the operation and continued maintenance of water wells, desalination systems and water through water trucking and bottled water.

As of 3 December 2024, around 380,000 displaced people are registered sheltering across over 100 UNRWA school buildings in the Gaza Strip*. Between 7 October 2023 and 10 December 2024,...

Since 7 October 2023, up to 1.9 million people (or over 85 per cent of the population) have been displaced across the Gaza Strip, some multiple times. Families are forced to move...

Jan 21, 2025 · UNRWA committed to staying and delivering. The UN Relief and Works Agency also underscored that it remains committed to staying in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and providing vital assistance and services to people in need. That message was reinforced by Juliette Touma, UNRWA Director of Communication, in an interview with UN News.

Dec 12, 2024 · The General Assembly adopted two key resolutions on Wednesday night, demanding an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of all hostages. It also...

Washington DC — UNRWA USA National Committee (UNRWA USA) welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip after 15 months of what Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and many other experts know to be a genocide.

Dec 22, 2024 · Since October 2023, UNRWA has carried out emergency WASH activities across the Gaza Strip. The main activities include operating and maintaining water wells and desalination systems and supplying water with water trucks and bottled water.

12 hours ago · Unrwa, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, was established in 1949 following the Arab-Israeli war in 1948. ... Gaza Strip: Infrastructural ruin, destroyed facilities and lack of shelter ...