EIN SULTAN REFUGEE CAMP

Ein Sultan camp was established in 1948, on .87 square kilometres below the Mount of Temptation and 1 kilometre from Jericho. The original inhabitants came from throughout historic Palestine. Before 1967 Arab-Israeli conflict, the camp accommodated some 20,000 refugees. During the war, however, most of the refugees fled to Jordan. The remaining refugees originate from the Ramleh, Lydd and Hebron areas. Like other West Bank campus, it was established on land UNRWA leased from the government of Jordan. Following Israeli redeployment in 1994, the camp came under Palestinian Authority control.

UNRWA supplies Ein Sultan with water by pumping it from a nearby spring. While all shelters are connected to water and electricity infrastructure, water shortages in the camp cause tremendous hardship for the refugees, especially in the summer months.

Registered Refugees

• Total: 1,920 (December 2007)
• Average family size: 5.2
• Poverty rate: 38%; 20.2% in absolute poverty
• Unemployment rate: 39.5%;
• Average Age: 21.6
• Demographic Profile

UNRWA Education Programme

• Schools: 1 co-educational elementary/preparatory school.
• Pupils: 1041

UNRWA Relief and Social Services Programme

• Social Safety Net (SSN) Programme beneficiaries: 15 families
• UNRWA collects trash, which is then transported to the Jericho municipality landfill.

UNRWA Health Programme

• UNRWA health centre: 1, with 847 active family files

UNRWA Emergency Programme

• 236 families receiving emergency food and cash assistance

Community Services

• 1 youth activity centre (currently inactive)

• 1 children’s center

• 3 kindergartens, two private, one owned by the local committee

• 1 women’s programme center

• 3 mosques

• 1 rural women committee