{"id":195790,"date":"2011-06-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=195790"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:04:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:04:41","slug":"auto-insert-195790","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-195790\/","title":{"rendered":"UNRWA schoolgirl wins 2nd place in Jordan’s national athletic competition – UNRWA article"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n

\n

\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n

Practice Makes Perfect, Despite All Odds<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

\n

21 June 2011, Jordan — A determined UNRWA schoolgirl has overcome the odds to achieve second place in a national athletic competition in Jordan.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

Rukayya Shahadat, 15, has a difficult family background: her family live in tent in the Jordan Valley and she receives her pocket money from the school aid fund.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

Nadeen Agha, Rukayya’s physical education teacher at Wadi Rayyan preparatory girls’ school, said: “Rukayya is a different person now. She was a troublemaker, but not any more. Even her educational achievement has improved a lot.”<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

UNRWA Students Continue to Excel<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

\n

UNRWA schoolchildren in Jordan continue to excel in the King Abdullah II Award for Physical Fitness, winning a total of 255 gold, 64 silver and 123 bronze medals this year.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

The students ranked first and second were honoured by the King and Queen of Jordan in a special ceremony at Prince Hamzah Hall at Al Hussein Sports City on 31 May.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

Rahaf Abul Naja from Khazma preparatory girls’ school came first at national level for the ten-year-olds category.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

Her physical education teacher Dua’a Eleyyan said: “This is the second time for Rahaf. Last year she was ranked first for nine-year-olds. She was selected for her strong determination and excellent efforts. Her participation in the competition enhanced her spirit, improved her academic achievements and developed her communication skills.”<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

King Abdullah II Award for Physical Fitness<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

\n

King Abdullah II Award for Physical Fitness project, established in 2005, is a school-based initiative targeting the younger generation that constitutes one-third of the population.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

The Award encourages young people to become more physically active and lead healthier lifestyles.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

The competition involved five fitness exercises: push-ups, sit-ups, a flexibility test, shuttle run and endurance run.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

This year, more than 550,000 students from 2,438 schools from government, private, military and UNRWA schools participated in the competition.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

By: Sabah Al-Azhari<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

Donate to UNRWA<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

\n

More about <\/span>UNRWA in Jordan<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Practice Makes Perfect, Despite All Odds 21 June 2011, Jordan — A determined UNRWA schoolgirl has overcome the odds to achieve second place in a national athletic competition in Jordan. Rukayya Shahadat, 15, has a difficult family background: her family live in tent in the Jordan Valley and she receives her pocket money from the […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[909],"document-category":[2453],"document-source":[1817],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[2033,2441,1745,1841],"entity":[5343,1985,1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-195790","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","country-jordan","document-category-article","document-source-united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-for-palestine-refugees-in-the-near-east-unrwa","document-subject-children","document-subject-education-and-culture","document-subject-refugees-and-displaced-persons","document-subject-women","entity-palestine-plo-palestinian-authority","entity-state","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/195790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/195790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=195790"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=195790"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=195790"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=195790"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=195790"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=195790"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=195790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}