The main United Nations agency helping Palestinian refugees has
allocated $3 million for some 30 additional health and social
services projects in Syria, bringing its total assistance for this
year for nearly 430,000 Palestinians living there to $31.3 million.
That total excludes funding for special projects currently under
implementation worth $19.4 million.
The money, contributed by various donors to the UN Relief and Works
Agency (UNRWA) General Fund, represents the first substantial funding
for the Agency in Syria as a result of the launch of its Medium Term
Plan.
Overall, the 55-year-old agency has been providing education, health
care, social services, micro-credit and emergency relief to over 4
million Palestinian refugees living in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip,
Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.