UNICEF RECEIVES $3.7 MILLION FROM EU TO SUPPORT GAZA’S CHILDREN

Wed 07 September 2022:

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is receiving €3.8 million grant ($3.7 million) from the European Union (EU) to support Palestinian children in the besieged Gaza Strip.

The EU-supported programme is a collaboration between UNICEF and the Palestinian Ministry of Social Development and the donation will go towards strengthening educational services, such as cash transfers, summer activities and water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in schools.

Children make up nearly half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million. According to the press release, the UN fund’s child-sensitive cash transfers will help almost 9,000 vulnerable children in the Gaza Strip meet their basic needs and receive psychosocial support.

It warned that before the last wave of violence inflicted on the Palestinians last month by the Israeli occupation, one in every three children in Gaza needed psychological and social assistance, however, the recent bombing has increased the numbers.

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