UNRWA has announced that it disbursed approximately US$ 1.82 million in funding available for reconstruction and severe repair works.

The funds will reach a total of 189 refugee families across the Gaza Strip. The families will be able to access this assistance through local banks next week. The UNRWA shelter assessment confirmed 142,071 Palestine refugee houses as impacted during the 2014 conflict.

Since the start of the 2014 emergency shelter response, the Agency has distributed over US$ 153.2 million (excluding Programme Support Costs) to Palestine refugee families whose homes were damaged or demolished during the 2014 summer conflict.

UNRWA has completed the payments to over 66,300 Palestine refugee families – more than half of the caseload – for minor repair works, to 1,540 families to repair their severely damaged shelters, to 13 families for major repair works and to 60 families for reconstruction.

Payment transfers for over 12,400 refugee families to continue repair works of their shelters and for 543 families to continue the reconstruction of their shelters are ongoing.

UNRWA is confronted with an increased demand for services resulting from a growth in the number of registered Palestine refugees, the extent of their vulnerability and their deepening poverty. (QNA)

http://www.qna.org.qa/en-us/News/16030709410024/UNRWA-Disburses-US-182-Million-for-Gaza-Reconstruction

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