The government of Japan has contributed US$ 23 million to UNRWA as part of its efforts to provide much-needed assistance to Palestine refugees.
An agreement was signed on Friday in this regard by the Japanese ambassador for Palestinian affairs and representative of Japan to Palestine Takeshi Okubo and UNRWA commissioner-general Pierre Krahenbuhl.
Of this very generous and crucial contribution US$ 17.7 million will go towards the Agency’s core programs of education health care and improved living conditions for 5.4 million Palestine refugees across all five fields of UNRWA operations.
According to UNRWA this support from Japan will have a direct positive impact on the well-being of some of the most vulnerable refugees in the Middle East.
An additional $4.5 million will be used to improve the quality of UNRWA health services in the occupied Palestinian territory Lebanon and Syria while another $800000 will contribute to the education of Palestine refugee children affected by the conflict in Syria.
