UN: UNRWA Funding Crisis Has Tragic Upshots on Palestinians

Rasa - Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, warned as UNRWA’s emergency assistance remains critically underfunded in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the Agency has been forced to take mitigating measures.

News ID: 438865

Date: 28 July 2018 - 22:35

RNA - Dujarric said that in the West Bank UNRWA will discontinue its Cash for Work activities effective 31 July 2018. However, households assessed in the last two years as being abject poor will be transitioned to the Social Safety Net Programme, a core program of the Agency, which UNRWA is determined to continue, Palinfo reported.

He added that the Community Mental Health Programme will be discontinued after 31 August of this year and that UNRWA is currently coordinating options to continue working with select communities alongside UN agencies.

The UN official also stated that mobile health clinics will be discontinued, effective 31 October.

As a result of all these measures, 154 staff members hired against the now depleted emergency funds will not have their contracts renewed after their contracts have reached their expiry date.

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