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https://t.co/tnpsa0y8aP On top of the multiple problems that Lebanon faces, a housing crisis is looming. Rent costs keep jumping, pushing more vulnerable families of all backgrounds into debt.
Read about Lebanon's next challenge here: https://t.co/tnpsa0y8aP Pictures from the youth bazaar in NRC's center in Zaatari camp last month. 😍
Stall upon stall offered home crafts, food and artwork produced and painted by Syrian refugees. https://t.co/ZoCoWktDbM As @POTUS visits the region, Israel continues to forcibly transfer Palestinians from their homes.
#SaveMsafferYatta https://t.co/XO2KE4Pqnz “This visit presents a good opportunity for President Biden and the US to demand a stop to the systemic and daily violations against Palestinians, especially evictions and demolitions,” said NRC’s Middle East Regional Director Carsten Hansen.
https://t.co/qbmU8T8T5V PRESS RELEASE: Ahead of his visit to the region, NRC's analysis shows that for each day President Biden has spent in office, #Israel displaced 3 Palestinians.
#savemassaferyatta
https://t.co/qbmU8T8T5V “Mosul’s younger generation tell us that they do not feel their voices are heard as they try to rebuild their city.” said @caroline_zullo
@The_NewArab #Iraq
https://t.co/BcJTncTi0q “According to official figures, 547,322 students study in only 808 schools in Mosul staffed with 16,456 teachers.
Repairs still need to be made to 185 schools, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).”
@AJEnglish #Iraq
https://t.co/7iFdWCw12j The Norwegian Refugee Council wishes you a happy and blessed Eid 🐑❤️ https://t.co/rTtCekj0Lp "I ask if they want to buy from me, and sometimes they say no."
Yaqin is one of many young students in #Mosul who have to work after school to help their families.
Read more: https://t.co/lyvGIdfbkC https://t.co/j9BgRTBqHJ Walking through the old city, you can feel the pulse of life has returned, but the physical and psychological scars remain all around you. It is clear that the city is still a long way from making a full recovery.
https://t.co/lyvGIdfbkC Press Release: Five years since the retaking of Mosul, children still study in damaged schools and young people struggle without jobs, @NRC_Norway said.
https://t.co/YkUYUPrT1I "NRC welcomes this opportunity to collaborate with UNRWA to extend its services to vulnerable Palestine Refugees."
@UNRWA & @NRC_MiddleEast sign memorandum of understanding to support Palestine refugees in Jordan.
https://t.co/NISjt8ZIVo In crisis-hit #Lebanon surviving means constantly choosing what you spend money on. Food? Much needed medication? Fuel?
Yasmin, Aya, Jameel, Fteim and Mohamad took pictures of their daily lives to show us what these choices look like
#WorldRefugeeDay
https://t.co/2jZrDcjSbK https://t.co/5pBc9JKpuG Vulnerable Lebanese and refugee communities face a bleak future in crisis-hit #Lebanon. Powerful account by @ajnaddaff on what's happening there.
https://t.co/jOevlsS34O Vulnerable families are disproportionately affected by desertification and water scarcity. We join this call for action to combat drought in #Iraq In the news, @samahhadid speaks to @cafmetcalfe about the severe water shortages in Iraq, “Farmers who rely solely on their crops and livestock for income are seeing their source of livelihood destroyed before their eyes. Children are eating less.”
https://t.co/GDeqT5TpTl Drought and desertification in #Iraq is threatening livelihoods and pushing more into displacement. As we mark the World Day to Combat Drought and Desertification, read more on how this is impacting lives: https://t.co/CgXnGWvRIA #NoDroughtland #DesertificationAndDroughtDay @EU_Commission’s renewed support for the #Palestinian people follows months of delays because of a political position that put cancer patients and food insecure families at risk. .@NRC_Norway welcomes the @EU_Commission’s release of the 2021 assistance package to #Palestine worth €224.8 million. It includes support for payment of social allowances to vulnerable families and referrals to East #Jerusalem hospitals. "The Norwegian Refugee Council criticized Várhelyi in a press statement last month, saying the funding delay was having a devastating impact on those receiving hospital treatment and cash support." https://t.co/NJee6RWNVO From working in academia and trade to working on agricultural community projects, read how PhD holder Wajeh started his mushroom project 🧡👇
https://t.co/vRyXlan3pf “The fact remains that Syrian refugees still need protection and asylum. No government should be forcibly returning and pushing them into direct risk and insecurity. Vulnerable displaced Syrians should not be used as pawns in geopolitics.” @samahhadid
https://t.co/HvXwGLBb8O "According to the NRC, at least 500 cancer patients diagnosed since September 2021 have failed to have access to adequate, potentially life-saving treatment at Augusta Victoria Hospital in occupied East Jerusalem."
https://t.co/q5z4bExGUW "The suspension of aid is paralysing critical sectors and impeding services, including healthcare in occupied East Jerusalem, where hospitals provide life-saving treatments to Palestinians from across the territories."
https://t.co/Ho1BKflo55 “These restrictions punish terminally ill patients who cannot get lifesaving medicine and force children to go hungry when parents cannot afford to buy food. Palestinians are paying the cruellest price for political decisions made in Brussels.”@NRC_Egeland https://t.co/A9Lhu6ckeS Press Release: The European Union is putting Palestinian lives at risk as it continues to delay disbursement of aid to vital sectors in the occupied Palestinian territory.
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https://t.co/A9Lhu6ckeS "500 Syrian families... have requested a permit from Arsal’s municipality to downgrade from a house or apartment to a tent in the past year. A crushing economic crisis in Lebanon since 2019 has driven nine out of ten Syrian refugees into extreme poverty" https://t.co/FHbwOc1OsW Dima Asaliya, 10
Dima was returning to her family’s home in Jabalia in northern Gaza on May 19, when she was killed in an Israeli drone missile strike. Dima’s body was covered in shrapnel wounds, and she was transported to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.
7/7 https://t.co/3hS7m1FrzB Rafeef Abu Dayer, 10
Rafeef was killed while eating lunch with her family in a garden near their home on May 17. She was hit by shrapnel in her leg when Israeli planes struck the upper three floors of the seven-story Ghazi Shawa building on Al-Wahda Street in Gaza City.
6/7 https://t.co/yPpHiKZ5sI Mira al-Ifranji, 11
Yara al-Kawlak, 9
Rula al-Kawlak, 5
Hala al-Kawlak, 12
The bodies of Mira and three sisters, Yara, Rula and Hala, were pulled from the rubble on Al-Wahda Street in Gaza City the following day. Ten other children were killed in the same airstrike.
5/7 https://t.co/yskqQKC8ox Dima al-Ifranji, 15
Dana Ishkantna, 9
Tala Abu al-Auf, 13
Hana al-Kawlak, 14
Overnight Israeli airstrikes on May 16 killed Dima, Dana, Tala and Hana. The bombardment targeted residential buildings and civilian infrastructure.
4/7 https://t.co/mhZ5eBYpIC Hala al-Rifi, 13
An Israeli airstrike killed Hala in the predawn hours of May 12. An Israeli plane targeted the third floor of the Salha residential building in Gaza City’s Tal Al-Hawa neighbourhood.
3/7 https://t.co/c72m6SPKky Lina Sharir, 15
Lina was killed alongside her two parents when an Israeli plane fired two missiles at their home in Gaza City’s Al-Manara neighbourhood on May 11. The residential building was destroyed. Lina’s two-year-old sister succumbed to her injuries the following week.
2/7 https://t.co/SrgQW0fYxh "Until the root causes are addressed, Palestinian children in Gaza will continue to bear the brunt of this violence, paying not only with their emotional health but also with their lives."
Remember their names & how they were killed.
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https://t.co/h4uwRdiR93 "Out of 1,500 people surveyed by the aid group to determine how decisions to return home are made, about 64 percent “said their homes were heavily damaged.”"
https://t.co/o3XLWUj17f Access to housing is a key component in the decision to return to Sinjar:
- 64% of IDPs from Sinjar said their 🏘️ are heavily damaged
- 70% say housing shortages are the main source of social tension
- 32% state that security concerns are stopping them from returning https://t.co/OZiiGOOFAj Press Release: Widespread destruction of civilian houses, new clashes, and social tensions are stopping two thirds of displaced families from returning to their homes in Iraq’s north-western town of Sinjar, according to a new report by @NRC_MiddleEast
https://t.co/y54yKEz7Ij Yaffa and her family saved for years to build their home in North #Gaza. #Israeli shells destroyed it in minutes.
"As you can see, it’s a simple house, but for me it’s my whole life." https://t.co/S4d2PRy0Vq "For years, the lives of people in Yemen have been devastated by this war. This truce offers hope for real peace nationwide. We urge the warring parties to adhere to their commitments and work to find a peaceful resolution to this conflict,"
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https://t.co/1eIu7wpqds The crisis in Ukraine is making things worse in Syria. Food insecurity is rising across the country.
Decision-makers, donors and governments meeting today in Brussels must continue to support Syria with sustainable aid and long term solutions.