Project profile — Improving the Lives of Refugees in Gaza

• West Bank Gaza (100.00%)

• Other Social Infrastructure And Services: Low-cost housing (16040) (30.00%)
• Banking And Financial Services: Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries (24040) (25.00%)
• Other Multisector: Multisector education/training (43081) (25.00%)
• Emergency Response: Material relief assistance and services (72010) (20.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

CIDA’s contribution to this project has helped the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) generate quick improvements in the lives of refugees in Gaza following the Israeli withdrawal in 2005.

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Results as of the end of the project include: 12,256 Palestinians received temporary employment that amounted to 340,208 work days; 717 shelters housing 927 families were rehabilitated; and 1,122 loans were provided to Palestinian refugees.

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