{"id":288913,"date":"2023-08-27T16:27:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T20:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=288913"},"modified":"2023-08-30T16:28:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T20:28:18","slug":"gaza-strip-nearly-300000-palestine-refugee-children-are-back-to-unrwa-schools-press-release","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/gaza-strip-nearly-300000-palestine-refugee-children-are-back-to-unrwa-schools-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza Strip: Nearly 300,000 Palestine Refugee Children Are Back to UNRWA Schools &#8211; Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/ar\/newsroom\/news-releases\/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%85%D9%86-300000-%D8%B7%D9%81%D9%84-%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A6-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%87%D9%85-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">GAZA CITY<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">Nearly 300,000 Palestine\u00a0<\/span>Refugee children are back to school in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cIt was great to see how happy children are to return to school.<\/span>\u00a0In Gaza, UNRWA schools -for many children- have become one of the very few places where children can be just that, children. It\u2019s a place where they learn, thrive, play, make friends and do outdoor activities,\u201d said Thomas White, Director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">To respond to increasing needs among the refugee communities in the Gaza Strip, UNRWA is in the process of appointing over 500 new teachers to support children with quality education.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">To accommodate an increase of over 4,600 school children this year, UNRWA has recently opened three new schools\u00a0<\/span>in the south of the Gaza Strip and in Gaza City. These facilities are designed to provide a safe space for students to learn and prosper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThe\u00a0<\/span>commitment of UNRWA to the advancement of education is a top priority, even amid challenging circumstances. We are keen to provide Palestine refugee children with high-quality education, equip them with the life skills they need including to be able to find jobs and join the labour market in the future,\u201d concluded White.<\/p>\n<p>Keep us learning, because every day counts. Learn more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/donate.unrwa.org\/Keepuslearning\/~my-donation\">here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/donate.unrwa.org\/Keepuslearning\/~my-donation\">donate<\/a>\u00a0today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">ENDs\u00a0<\/span>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">Notes to Editors:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">UNRWA runs 288 schools in the Gaza Strip.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">UNRWA opened three new schools in Khan Younis (south of the Gaza Strip) and Gaza City.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">There are 9,367 teachers working with UNRWA in the Gaza\u00a0<\/span>Strip.<\/li>\n<li><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">An\u00a0<\/span>additional 35,250 first graders have been enrolled in UNRWA schools across the Gaza Strip.<\/li>\n<li><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">UNRWA in Gaza has recently recruited over 500 new teachers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 GAZA CITY Nearly 300,000 Palestine\u00a0Refugee children are back to school in the Gaza Strip. \u201cIt was great to see how happy children are to return to school.\u00a0In Gaza, UNRWA schools -for many children- have become one of the very few places where children can be just that, children. It\u2019s a place where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/gaza-strip-nearly-300000-palestine-refugee-children-are-back-to-unrwa-schools-press-release\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[1329],"document-source":[1817],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[2033,2441,2005],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6544,6542],"class_list":["post-288913","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-press-release","document-source-united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-for-palestine-refugees-in-the-near-east-unrwa","document-subject-children","document-subject-education-and-culture","document-subject-gaza-strip","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-arabic","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/288913","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\/172"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/288913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":289017,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/288913\/revisions\/289017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=288913"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=288913"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=288913"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=288913"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=288913"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=288913"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=288913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}