UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East: federal grants and contributions: 7 agreements; $91.9M value; 1 departments; 2 programs.
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This grant represents Canada’s long-term institutional support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. UNRWA uses these funds, along with other donors’ funding, to support its mandate. UNRWA’s mandate is to provide assistance and protection to Palestinian refugees in Gaza Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. As the only United Nations Agency mandated to provide assistance to Palestinian refugees, UNRWA delivers basic education, health and social services, and humanitarian assistance to over five million peop
October 2023 – In response to urgent and growing humanitarian needs in Gaza, the West Bank and neighbouring areas, Global Affairs Canada is contributing to the Interagency Flash Appeal, launched on 12 October, with new humanitarian funding allocations. With the support of GAC and other donors, the United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) provides critical humanitarian assistance supporting the Interagency Flash Appeal. Project activities include: (1) providing basic food commodities and water; (2) providing essential non-food items such as blankets, mattresses and hygiene kits; (3) provi
May 2020 – The humanitarian situation in Syria has continued to deteriorate as a result of the civil war in the country. According to the United Nations, an estimated 13.1 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, with over 6 million internally displaced persons. Years of active conflict and displacement have resulted in severe protection risks and increased vulnerability of millions of people in Syria. Humanitarian access remains a significant challenge and repeated attacks on humanitarian and medical workers continue, adding to the complexity of the humanitarian response. With
May 2018 – The humanitarian situation in Syria has continued to deteriorate as a result of the civil war in the country. An estimated 13.1 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, with over 6 million internally displaced persons according to the United Nations. Years of active conflict and displacement have resulted in severe protection risks and increased vulnerability of millions of persons in Syria. Humanitarian access remains a significant challenge and repeated attacks on humanitarian and medical workers continue, adding to the complexity of the humanitarian response. With
This project provides support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East's (UNRWA) 2023 Emergency Appeal for the West Bank and Gaza. Funding contributes to: (1) providing emergency food assistance to over 1.3 million Palestinian refugees; (2) providing cash for work economic opportunities to approximately 46,000 individuals to alleviate abject poverty; (3) covering the hospitalization needs and provide critical medications to poor Palestine refugees who cannot afford care; (4) basic education and back-to-school supplies to elementary and preparatory s
March 2025 – The humanitarian situation in Syria continues to deteriorate due to years of civil war, resulting in displacement, severe protection risks and restricted humanitarian access despite the recent fall of the Assad regime. In Lebanon, the recent conflict between Israel and Hezbollah led to severe displacement and exacerbated the worsening socio-economic crisis threatening the ability of most of its population to meet basic needs. According to the United Nations, an estimated 16.5 million people need humanitarian assistance in Syria, with over 7 million internally displaced persons. In
February 2023 – The humanitarian situation in Syria has continued to deteriorate due to civil war, resulting in displacement, severe protection risks and restricted humanitarian access. In Lebanon, the worsening socio-economic crisis and the continued devaluation of the Lebanese pound threatens the ability of the majority of its population to meet basic needs. According to the United Nations, an estimated 15.3 million people need humanitarian assistance in Syria, with over 6 million internally displaced persons. In Lebanon, 2.3 million people require humanitarian assistance. With GAC’s suppor
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.