  {"id":206456,"date":"2009-12-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=206456"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:11:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:11:06","slug":"auto-insert-206456","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-206456\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar Charity sends 18 trucks of aid to Gaza &#8211; UNRWA press release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:7pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>PRESS RELEASE<br \/>\n10 December 2009<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Qatar Charity sends 18 trucks of aid to Gaza<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Amman, 10 December 2009<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Gaza &#8211; An 18-truck convoy of books and stationery has reached the Gaza Strip. The generous in-kind donation worth approximately 10 million Qatari riyals (approximately $2.7 million) was sent by the Qatar Charity organization in an effort to support the neediest students at public, private, and UNRWA schools.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">This in-kind contribution was dispatched from Jordan as part of an international convoy of 30 trucks carrying 390 tonnes of stationery, food items, medical supplies and other non-food items for the Gaza Strip. The charity&#8217;s generous donation will help address the severe shortage of school materials in the Gaza Strip, which until recently have been prevented from entering by the Israeli authorities.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">UNRWA&#8217;s Commissioner-General, Karen AbuZayd, was pleased with the donation. She said: &quot;The refugees have needs that are usually better addressed by cash donations but when a partner such as Qatar Charity sends $2.7 million worth of supplies to assist the population with a particular need, I can only salute this very generous gesture. It will make life a little bit easier for many schoolchildren in the Gaza Strip&quot;. Karen AbuZayd added that &quot;Qatar Charity has become one of UNRWA&#8217;s biggest donors in the Gulf&quot;.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Earlier in the year, the Qatar Charity pledged $10 million to support job creation and cash assistance schemes in the Gaza Strip. The project is currently under implementation.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:7px;font-size:7pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8211; End &#8211;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESS RELEASE 10 December 2009 Qatar Charity sends 18 trucks of aid to Gaza Amman, 10 December 2009 Gaza &#8211; An 18-truck convoy of books and stationery has reached the Gaza Strip. 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