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TALBIEH REFUGEE CAMP

Talbieh camp was one of the six "emergency" camps set
up in 1968 for 5,000 Palestine refugees and displaced persons who left
the West Bank and Gaza Strip as a result of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
Unlike the other camps in Jordan, Talbieh's inhabitants were mainly
displaced persons.
Talbieh was set up on an area of about 130,000 square
metres, 35 km south of Amman. Tents were donated by the Iranian Red Lion
and Sun Society, who later replaced them with concrete shelters.
The Agency provides education, health and relief and
social services through 12 installations operated by 120 UNRWA staff.
FACTS AND FIGURES
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There are 9,000 inhabitants, of whom 6,107 are
registered refugees;
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UNRWA runs 4 schools for 4,222 pupils in 2006/2007,
with a teaching staff of 68;
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The Agency's health centre is run by 1 doctor, 2/6
weekly dentist, 1/6 weekly Gynecologist, 9 nurses and assistants
provide health care for about 135 patients daily;
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95 families receive assistance through the Agency's
special hardship case programme;
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The women's programme centre is run by a women's
committee with financial and technical support from UNRWA; About 2,500
women benefit from the centre every year. The women's committee also
runs a kindergarten which provides day care for 150 children.
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The camp's community rehabilitation centre provides
day care facilities for about 227 refugees with disabilities and is
run by the local community with financial and technical support from
UNRWA.
There are also two sewing centres in Talbieh camp;
one run by the Near East Council of Churches and the other by the
Jordanian Family Care Society. The Government of Jordan runs a girls'
secondary school in the camp.
Figures as of 31 March 2007
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