FAWWAR REFUGEE CAMP

Fawwar camp, the most southerly of the West Bank camps, was established in 1949 on 350 dunums, 10 kilometers south of Hebron. Most of the camp's residents originally come from the Beersheva area, and in some cases from areas within walking distance of the camp.

The residents of the camp depend almost entirely on work inside Israel and have been badly affected by the Israeli closure imposed on the West Bank since 1993.

UNRWA constructed and equipped a new boys' school in 1996 with contributions from the European Union, and ten new classrooms were also constructed in the girls' school.

FACTS AND FIGURES

• Registered Refugee Population: 7,630.
• Special hardship cases: 205 families.
• Number of families receiving emergency food rations: 570
• Number of pupils: Male: 1044, female: 1027
• UNRWA assisted in renovating some streets in the camp as part of emergency program.
• Additional class rooms to the Girls’ school to solve overcrowding problem and the double shift teaching