Day in the Life

Hossam - Securing jobs in Gaza

Hossam is an employee at UNRWA’s emergency programme in the Gaza Strip. Over the last six years, he has worked with a spirit of tirelessness and determination to help refugees access UNRWA services through the employment programme.  [more…]

Fida - Careers guidance in Homs

Fida is a woman of perseverance who has learned how to develop herself as a successful mother and career woman. She works in UNRWA’s vocational training programme as the director of the career guidance office in the Homs camp, Syria.   [more…]

Adel has been working as an UNRWA social worker since September 2007. The unit Adel works for was set up after the Nahr el-Bared crisis in the summer of 2007. A four-month war destroyed most of the camp, leaving over 27,000 refugees homeless.  [more…]

Hussein – Vocational training in Syria

Hussein is a 19-year-old student in a welding course at UNRWA’s vocational training and employment programme at Homs camp, in Syria. The programme, funded by the European Union, provides training to young people who often have difficulties finding work.  [more…]

Mahmoud is 70 years old and a displaced refugee from the Nahr el-Bared camp in Lebanon. After the war’s end, Mahmoud had lost everything, including his small shop and was forced to start again. A $2500 UNRWA grant sponsored by the European Union helped Mahmoud reopen his business.  [more…]

Umm Ahmed – Supported by UNRWA’s ‘safety net’ in Jordan

Umm Ahmed lives with her husband and children in Jerash camp, Jordan. Neither of them hold Jordanian citizenship or Jordanian ID numbers and cannot access many services. UNRWA supports them through the social safety net programme.  [more…]