Khalifa Foundation donates AED 5.5 million for school supplies for Palestinian refugees in Gaza

The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation has
donated AED 5.5 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UNRWA, to implement its project to provide
school supplies to Palestinian refugee students of the UNRWA Sheikh Khalifa bin
Zayed Al Nahyan Elementary Boys and Elementary Co-Educational Schools in
northern Gaza.
School supplies were distributed to all students at
the schools, some 3,400 Palestinian refugees. This activity is part of a project
aimed at safeguarding the right to education for Palestinian refugees in Gaza,
the UAE news agency WAM reported on Sunday.
The humanitarian and socio-economic conditions of
most of Gaza’s population of two million Palestinians continues to deteriorate
under the Israeli-imposed blockade on Gaza, now in its thirteenth year. Three
intense rounds of hostilities over the past ten years have led to widespread
destruction across the coastal enclave.
Since 2010, and for the ninth school year, Khalifa
Foundation and UNRWA have provided school supplies to students, assisting them
with the right tools to foster a positive learning environment. The
contribution included full school uniforms, winter jackets, equipment and
furniture for both schools bankrolled by Khalifa Foundation.
Also, as part of this distribution cycle over the
past several weeks students received backpacks. This generous support by
Khalifa Foundation will also fund the salaries of 89 teaching staff for the
current academic year.