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News UNRWA Syria crisis situation update (Issue 27) How you can help Tags: conflict | emergency | Syria | Yarmouk Press Releases Donate $20 Note: Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) will disseminate information and we Articles about the situation of Palestine refugees in Syria. could 28 December 2012 protect a Official Statements child from Damascus and the surrounding areas –Yarmouk camp is reportedly disease calm and some refugees are now attempting to salvage items from their homes. Thus far, the situation remains uncertain and unsafe enough to Latest News deter significant numbers of refugees from returning to their homes. Two Related Publications UNRWA clinics were looted yesterday and all facilities in the camp UNRWA Syria crisis remain closed. UNRWA staff have been advised not to enter for any unrwa syria crisis situation update reason. response_january (Issue 29) june 2013 An explosion went off next to an UNRWA facility in Sbeineh camp, killing UNRWA Syria crisis Gaza Situation four and injuring several others. All facilities have been closed as a situation update Report, 29 November precaution. (Issue 28) Emergency Appeal Violence takes its Dummar, Jobar, Mezzeh, Ellianss, Khan Eshieh and Sit Zeinab, Rukn progress report 39 Eddin were all calm with Mezzeh and Khan Eshieh camps hosting toll on students in Relief and recovery internally displaced persons (IDPs) in their facilities. UNRWA staff Syria support for displaced operated a school and health centre at Khan Eshieh and Ellianss. Rukn Palestine refugees Eddin hosted IDPs in one school while another was operational. One Andalucía from Nahr elBared health centre is operational in Dummar and one school in Jobar. contributes EUR 1 camp million to UNRWA Sporadic clashes and explosions occurred throughout the night and part Reconstruction of mother and child Nahr elBared Camp health care of the day in Qaboun and Dummar. All facilities were closed in Qaboun while Dummar is hosting IDPs with one health centre operating to assist and UNRWA camp residents and IDPs. Barzah was the scene of sporadic clashes Compound throughout the night with one school operating at the camp. All

Clashes occurred throughout the night at Husseiniyeh with shells landing in the camp but no casualties reported. The camp was reportedly calm Related Photos during the day and all facilities were operational to staff living there. UNRWA’s Although the Sit Zeinab camp was clam, clashes and explosions were Commissioner reported in the surrounding areas throughout the night. One health centre General visits remains operational to staff who are residents of the camp. Syria Press releases The neighbourhoods of Jaramana and Khan Dannoun in Damascus were reportedly calm yesterday and UNRWA facilities are operational in these areas.

Sounds of mortar fire and helicopter activity lessened near the Agency’s Syria Field Office and most staff reported to work. Recommendations

UNRWA’s Damascus Training Centre (DTC) continues to house IDPs who are sheltering in classrooms and dormitories. They are receiving two ﺍﻟﻮﻅﺎﺋﻒ‑UNRWA 83 people meals a day prepared by the Centre’s staff, and blankets and mattresses. recommended The Centre’s clinic is operational and a medical doctor and a nurse treat this. medical cases there. Because the DTC is filled to capacity, additional IDPs are being redirected to the Agency’s schools in the surrounding ﺍﻟﺸﻮﺍﻏﺮ‑UNRWA 245 people areas. Shelter is still a pressing priority and UNRWA is doing its best to recommended accommodate all IDPs. this. UNRWA‑Join the Dera’a, Hama, and Latakia cities were all reportedly calm and all UNRWA Gaza Marathon facilities operational in the area. Latakia began sheltering IDPs arriving in April 2013 from Aleppo and Damascus. 68 people recommended Two incidents occurred in Ein el Tal and Neirab camps. In Ein el Tal, this. clashes by the warring sides in Syria were reported throughout the night and in the early morning hours, resulting in ten injuries and the death of and in the early morning hours, resulting in ten injuries and the death of Facebook social plugin a refugee. In Neirab, two trucks carrying humanitarian supplies, including food baskets and medical supplies, were stopped by armed elements. One truck was taken away with the cargo, while another was returned without the cargo.

Long periods of electricitycuts were reported in Homs but all UNRWA facilities remained operational. Fighter jets and concentrated air strikes occurred in the areas surrounding the Homs refugee camp on Wednesday, with reports of shelling throughout the day. UNRWA staff distributed food bags to 260 families.

The Leramon, Bustan al Qasr, Bustan al Basha, Bani Zyad and Ein al Tal neighbourhoods in Aleppo were the scenes of clashes and in some instances, shelling, throughout the night and during the day, although both Ein el Tal and Neirab camps were both calm.

UNRWA staff distributed cash to 125 families and food bags to 250 families in Dera’a on Wednesday. The Agency also distributed food rations to 30 families in Hama on Wednesday and 800 blankets on Thursday.

Actual # of Figures Disaggregated Location Accommodated families till the moment Women Men Children

UNRWA 1,093 195 294 317 482 Compound Jaramana 1,145 229 372 374 399 Mazzeh 475 104 160 144 171 (Jabal) Khan 1,210 156 440 320 450 Eshieh Ramadan 1041 228 342 286 413 Dummar 263 50 74 82 107 Ruken 291 62 92 81 118 Eddin Khan 257 60 89 89 79 Danoun Total 5,775 1,084 1,863 1,693 2,219

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To read more detailed information about events throughout the country, sign up to receive weekly updates on our humanitarian response in Syria at www.unrwa.org/syria.

Click here to read the latest UNRWA statement on the humanitarian crisis in Yarmouk published on 17 December.

Click here to read about UNRWA’s emergency response in the last situation report published on 16 December.

Click here to read a profile of Yarmouk describing the scope of UNRWA’s work there before the outbreak of recent hostilities.

Click here to read about UNRWA’s regular work in Syria.

Background information: As the Syria conflict and its impact on civilians continue to escalate, UNRWA continues to exert all efforts to respond to the humanitarian needs of Palestine refugees. The Agency is monitoring the situation as it evolves, and its staff will continue to assess the situation and render any needed assistance.

UNRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and is mandated to provide assistance and protection to a population of some 5 million registered Palestine refugees. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and the to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and the Gaza Strip to achieve their full potential in human development, pending a just solution to their plight. UNRWA’s services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, microfinance and emergency assistance.

Financial support to UNRWA has not kept pace with an increased demand for services caused by growing numbers of registered refugees, expanding need, and deepening poverty. As a result, the Agency's General Fund, supporting UNRWA’s core activities and 97 per cent reliant on voluntary contributions, has begun each year with a large projected deficit.

For more information, please contact: Sami Mshasha UNRWA Arabic Spokesperson Mobile: +972 (0)54 216 8295 Office: +972 (0)2 589 0724 [email protected]

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