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TunisiaPalestine: EU provides EUR 10 million to support families in need in the West Bank and Gaza
August 30, 2016
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The EU has made the second contribution this year to the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) quarterly payment of social allowances to Palestinian families living in poverty in the West Bank and Gaza. Around 115,000 poor Palestinian families in the West Bank and Gaza will receive social allowances through the PA’s cash transfer programme. The contribution of EUR 10 million from the European budget is equivalent to nearly one-third of the budget for this payment.
Eligible beneficiaries are households living in extreme poverty that are registered in the cash transfer programme of the Ministry of Social Development. The programme is designed to provide basic safety net to the poorest and most vulnerable Palestinians in the West bank and Gaza, through cash and in-kind assistance.
Over EUR 42.2 million were made available to support the budget of the cash transfer programme in 2016, including EUR 40 million from the EU budget and contributions from the Governments of Austria, Ireland and Portugal. (EU Neighbourhood Info)
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