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UNRWA West Bank – A Month in UNRWA (January 2020) 25 February 2020 The purpose of ‘A Month in UNRWA’ is to provide a snapshot of the programmes and operations of the UNRWA West Bank Field Oce on a RELIEF & SOCIAL SERVICES monthly basis.* Jenin camp Abject poor refugees beneting from the e-card (Social EDUCATION (2019/20 school year) (22,219) Safety Net Programme and Emergency Cash Assistance) 10,579 60,732 (Q4 2019) Households Individuals Students 45,681 27,337 18,344 Nur Shams camp (12,633) 36,997 Herders/Bedouins beneting from in-kind 1,723 Teaching force 1,028 695 Far'a camp food assistance (Q4 2019) Teaching Force includes: Teachers, School principals, Deputy Tulkarm camp (10,109) School principals and School counselors (25,655) Individuals beneting from the social services: Camp No.1 (8,788) Askar camp 26.5 Pupils to teacher ratio (21,861) 38 82 243 Women Disability Children Students enrolled in tertiary education (2019/20 school year): Balata camp (30,722) Individuals beneting from crisis intervention subsidies: 1,065 Vocational training centres 632 433 16 9 Home demolition Military operations 614 Education science faculty 502 112 (Four academic years) 9,925 Refugee records updated Deir 'Ammar camp HEALTH (3,316) MICROFINANCE Jalazone camp (15,371) Medical consultations Ein el -Sultan camp 812 New loans granted 86,530 Am'ari camp (3,039) (14,373) Kalandia camp: (15,033) 242 New loans granted 46% 36% 3,565 Patients screened for NCD Women Youth Shu'fat camp to refugees Aqbat Jabr camp (15,499) (9,584) East Jerusalem PROTECTION and NEUTRALITY 6,514 Pregnant women received Antenatal Care Aida camp (6,641) Beit Jibrin camp 0 Fatalities 0 Refugees 131 Tear gas incidents 9,550 Children 0-5 years received Child Health Care (2,838) Dheisheh camp (17,764) 158 Injuries 4% from live ammunition 8 Refugees 543 Patients hospitalised (Qalqilya hospital) Arroub camp of population (14,537) 25% registered with 429 Detainees 47 Refugees INFRASTRUCTURE & CAMP IMPROVEMENT UNRWA live in camps (Q3 2019) 46 Demolitioned structures 14 Refugees Registered Camp Population 93 Shelter rehabilitation, self-help (ongoing) Refugees Fawwar camp UNRWA Area of Operations Border 91 Individuals displaced 23 (11,624) 1949 Armistice Line (Green Line) 3 Ongoing infrastructure projects West Bank Barrier 44 Armed incidents 8 In camps Constructed, Under Construction Projected 172 Confrontations 24 In camps 3,676 Tons of solid waste removed in camps Area (A, B) Area (C) 524 ISF search operations 57 In camps *unless stated otherwise all data presented reects one month of operation only..

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