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OPT: Arab Partners Update Issue 4, June - August 2010

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With the advent of the Holy Month of Ramadan, UNRWA's Commissioner-General and staff wish to convey to Arab and Muslim partners best wishes for their prosperity and health

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Gaddafi International Charity & Development Foundation pledges $50 million to help UNRWA build housing in Gaza

On 9 August the Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation (GICDF) and UNRWA signed two important agreements marking the inception of their partnership. Under the first agreement $50 million was pledged to rebuild 1250 refugee homes in the Gaza Strip which were destroyed during the Israeli attack on Gaza in December 2008 - January 2009.

Peter Ford, Representative of the UNRWA Commissioner-General, said:" This will be an immense help to hundreds of homeless families in Gaza. If the Libyans have secured an increase in the amounts of construction materials being allowed to enter Gaza, backed up by large funds to procure those materials, then that is a significant and very welcome achievement, for which they deserve our sincere thanks."

The second agreement aims to support poor refugees in Gaza on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan and is worth over half a million dollars. Under this agreement approximately 110,000 of the poorest people in Gaza will receive hot meals which they could not otherwise afford.

The two agreements were signed on the side of the GICDF by its Executive Director, Dr. Youssef Sawani. The Chairman of the Foundation is Eng Saif Al Islam Muammar Gaddafi.