{"id":195113,"date":"2011-10-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=195113"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:56:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:56:37","slug":"auto-insert-195113","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-195113\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Ambassador opens computer lab in Baqa’a camp – UNRWA press release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Swiss Ambassador opens computer lab in Baqa'a camp<\/strong><\/span>
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ا<\/span>لسفيرة السويسرية تفتتح مختبر الحاسوب في مخيم البقعة<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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18 October 2011
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The Swiss Ambassador in Jordan Mrs Andrea Reichlin today opened the newly equipped computer lab and internet café in the women’s programme centre in Baqa’a camp.<\/p><\/div>\n

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“Switzerland sincerely hopes that these tools are strengthening the capacity of the women to engage in future even more effectively in the economic and social domain,” Mrs Reichlin said at the opening ceremony of the lab.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The director of UNRWA operations in Jordan Ms Sandra Mitchell said: “UNRWA presents its deepest appreciation to the former president of Switzerland Ms Doris Leuthard, and to the SDC for the generous donation which will contribute to equipping the Palestine refugees in the camp with the computer skills needed by today’s job seekers.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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President of Switzerland visit to Baqa’a camp in October 2010<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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In October 2010, the former president of Switzerland Ms Doris Leuthard paid a visit to Baqa’a camp, which hosts more than 100,000 Palestine refugees and is considered the largest in the region.<\/p><\/div>\n

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During the president’s visit to the camp, she confirmed Switzerland's dedication to education for Palestine refugees, which resulted in establishing a multipurpose Swiss wing in Baqa’a preparatory school with the contribution of around CHF 1 million.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The President also visited the women’s centre and was impressed with the great work carried out in the field of education and community development.<\/p><\/div>\n

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As a gesture of her support to the centre, the president donated five laptops for the use of the centre and the SDC equipped the computer lab with computers and IT equipments.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Switzerland has been a keen supporter of UNRWA for more than 60 years ago, contributing through SDC CHF 10 million to UNRWA’s General Fund, with the aim of improving the refugees’ living conditions and ensuring their access to basic services.<\/p><\/div>\n

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– ENDS –<\/p><\/div>\n

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For more information please contact:<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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Ms Anwar Abu-Sakieneh
\nActing\/Public Information Office
\nUNRWA\/Jordan Field Office
\nTel.: 5809136
\nMobile: 079\/5671888
\nEmail: <\/span>a.abu-sakieneh@unrwa.org<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Ms Bana Sayeh
\nCommunication and Media Officer
\nSwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Swiss Cooperation Office Jordan Swefiyeh, Salah Toqan St 7 P.O. Box 830544, Amman 11183, Jordan
\nTel: +962 6 585 60 20
\nFax: +962 6 581 59 56
\nMobile: +962 776077555
\nEmail: <\/span>bana.sayeh@sdc.net<\/u><\/a> <\/span>
\n<\/span>http:\/\/www.swiss-cooperation.admin.ch\/jordan<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Swiss Ambassador opens computer lab in Baqa'a camp السفيرة السويسرية تفتتح مختبر الحاسوب في مخيم البقعة 18 October 2011 Amman The Swiss Ambassador in Jordan Mrs Andrea Reichlin today opened the newly equipped computer lab and internet café in the women’s programme centre in Baqa’a camp. “Switzerland sincerely hopes that these tools are strengthening the […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[1152],"document-category":[2437,1329],"document-source":[1817],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1945,2441,2153],"entity":[5343,1985,1729],"document-language":[6544,6542],"class_list":["post-195113","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","country-switzerland","document-category-arabic-text","document-category-press-release","document-source-united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-for-palestine-refugees-in-the-near-east-unrwa","document-subject-assistance","document-subject-education-and-culture","document-subject-refugee-camps","entity-palestine-plo-palestinian-authority","entity-state","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-arabic","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/195113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/195113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=195113"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=195113"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=195113"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=195113"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=195113"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=195113"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=195113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}