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TunisiaPalestine: European contribution to support families in extreme poverty
January 15, 2016
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The European Union announced, Friday 15 January, a new funding to support Palestinian families in extreme poverty, through a contribution by the European Commission to the Palestinian Authority’s quarterly payment of social allowances to poor Palestinian families living in the West Bank and Gaza. This contribution amounts to €12.3 million. Almost 121,000 Palestinian households are currently enrolled in the programme. Two thirds of them live in Gaza.
“The steady deterioration of the socio-economic conditions in Palestine is a matter of concern. One out of four Palestinians live in poverty” said the EU Representative Ralph Tarraf.
Press release on the website of The Office of the European Union Representative – Jerusalem:
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