UNRWA relies on voluntary contributions, mainly from Governments, for its funding. Cash income is expected to amount to only $138 million this year, whereas an additional $27 million in cash is urgently needed to avoid cuts in the agency's health, education and relief services.Despite the ...
While UNRWA got some good news Wednesday with new pledges of $118 million, it remains $68 million in the hole this year. And in January it will face theproblem of trying to find fundingfor next year’s budget of about $1.2 billion. “Of course, we worry about it,” UNRWA Commissioner...
In January, the charges would prompt Canada to join the United States in suspending aid to UNRWA. But, unlike the United States, Canada would restore funding less than two months later, with International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen saying in March that he had been assured by UNRWA’s p...
dollars annually of tax payer dollars towards regular contributions to UNRWA (without any kind of special contributions), is questioning the fact: who are we actually funding, and who is a refugee? If Palestinian refugee-ness is basically all those who claim refugee status and their descendants, ...