APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 18 March 2021. Palestinian refugees take part in a protest against the reduction of the food basket and educational services provided by UNRWA in front of the its headquarter, in Gaza city
01.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Coordinator of the Joint Committee for Refugees in the Gaza Strip, Mahmoud Khalaf
02.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) A leader in the Islamic Jihad, Ahmed Al-Mudallal
03.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Palestinian refugee, Alia Al-Fayoumi
04.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Palestinian refugee, UM Mohammed
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There will be no [yellow] parcels, just only one unified ‘white’ type for everyone,” Adnan Abu Hasna, spokesperson for UNRWA’s Gaza bureau, adding that “10 kilograms of flour will be added for each person during this cycle.”
Several years ago, UNRWA divided the Palestinian refugee families that benefit from food aid into two categories: families in “extreme poverty,” who receive “yellow parcels,” and others in “absolute poverty,” who receive “white parcels.” The white parcels contain fewer items, according to criteria related to the family’s vulnerability and size, the age and gender of the breadwinner, and the presence of chronic diseases or disabilities.
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