  {"id":203716,"date":"2015-03-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=203716"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:38:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:38:05","slug":"auto-insert-203716","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-203716\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Palestine: Humanitarian Situation Report &#8211; UNICEF update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27272%27%20height%3D%27156%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20272%20156%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27272%27%20height%3D%27156%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/1576e9f9081010d785257dfc0054b508_image0.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"156px\" width=\"272px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px;text-align:left;padding-bottom:10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/><span style=\"color:#00a1e0;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>Highlights<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i><strong>The Israeli government&#39;s withholding of an estimated USD 375 million in Palestinian tax revenues <\/strong><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i>it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Government, has led to <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i><strong>increased tensions in the State of Palestine. <\/strong><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i>This is jeopardizing the regular provision of public services and exacerbating the tense relations between the Palestinian Government and Hamas over the provision of services in the Gaza Strip.<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i><strong>Three children aged 2, 3 and 13, <\/strong><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i>were wounded by the <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i><strong>explosion of an UXO <\/strong><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i>on 17 February, which they found outside their home in the north of the Gaza Strip.<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i>&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i>UNICEF responded to the flooding of the Wadi Gaza, on 22 February, by <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i><strong>providing children&#39;s clothing, blankets, and adult and baby hygiene kits to 99 affected families <\/strong><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i>through the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), in coordination with the Shelter Cluster and the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA).<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i>&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i>The <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i><strong>number of IDPs <\/strong><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i>in UNRWA Collective Centers stands at 9,490.<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i><strong>Six months after the fragile ceasefire <\/strong><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i>that ended the tragic summer hostilities in Gaza, <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i><strong>the situation in the Strip is far worse than before the conflict. <\/strong><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i>Limited access to essential and public services and slow reconstruction have increased the population&#39;s vulnerability and hampered their copying skills.<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i><strong>Nearly 300,000 children in the Gaza Strip are still in need of psychosocial support, <\/strong><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i>six months after the ceasefire. <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i><strong>UNICEF, through the Palestinian Centre for Democracy and Conflict Resolution (PCDCR), has provided psychosocial support to 40,817 children <\/strong><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i>(19,871 girls and 20,946 boys) since 15 September 2014. Additionally, 7,919 caregivers (4,000 females and 3,919 males) were reached through awareness raising activities.<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;\">\n<div style=\"color:#00a1e0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong># of affected population<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#00a1e0;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#00a1e0;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#00a1e0;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>.3 million<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">(1 million children under 18)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#00a1e0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong># of people targeted in 2015<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#00a1e0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>400,000<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">(of each 250,000 children)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">(Source: UNICEF Humanitarian Action for Children 2015)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#00a1e0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>2015 Funding Appeal * <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#00a1e0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>USD 37.3 million<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">*January&#8212; December 2015 (includes USD 27.4 million for Gaza and USD9.9 million for the West Bank and East Jerusalem)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#00a1e0;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>Funds Received<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;(as of 26 February, 2015): <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-top:10px;text-align:center;padding-bottom:10px;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27274%27%20height%3D%27191%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20274%20191%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27274%27%20height%3D%27191%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/1576e9f9081010d785257dfc0054b508_image1.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"191px\" width=\"274px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;color:#00a1e0;padding-bottom:5px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Situation Overview<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>Tensions are high in the State of Palestine <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">as the Israeli government is withholding an estimated <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>USD 375 million in Palestinian tax revenues it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Government. <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">The amount might be released after the Israeli political elections scheduled on 17 March, 2015 or used to cover unsolved electricity bills to the Israeli Electrical Corporation, which provides electricity to some areas of the West Bank. The lack of access to financial resources by the Palestinian Government jeopardizes the regular provision of public services and exacerbates the tense relations between Fatah and Hamas over the provision of services in the Gaza Strip. As a result, the daily lives of the Palestinian population, 52% children, are affected and suffer from the political paralysis and disrupted social and public services.<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>Six months after the fragile ceasefire<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;that ended the summer hostilities in Gaza, <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>the situation has deteriorated. <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Limited access to essential and public services and slow reconstruction have increased the population&#39;s vulnerability to external and internal shocks and are jeopardizing the early recovery efforts carried out so far, thus negatively affecting the population, particularly children&#39;s and women&#39;s, coping skills.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">The <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>2015 inter-agency Strategic Response Plan (SRP) for the State of Palestine <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">was launched on 12 February 2015. It appeals for <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>USD705 million <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">to carry out 207 projects by 77 organizations, including 64 national and international NGOs and 13 UN agencies. Almost 80 per cent of the funding sought is to provide shelter and non-food items and to enhance food security among vulnerable Palestinians. Over 75 per cent of the requested funds target needs in Gaza. As part of the SRP, <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>UNICEF is appealing for USD 37.7 million <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">to cover immediate humanitarian needs for 16 projects in the West Bank and Gaza in the following sectors: WASH, Education, Child Protection, Health and Nutrition, Cluster Coordination<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">The <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>number of children victims of the war <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">keeps rising, as three children aged 2, 3 and 13, were wounded by the <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>explosion of an UXO <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">on 17 February, as they found it outside their home while playing and brought it inside, in Al-Twan neighborhood, in the north of Gaza Strip. It is estimated that, after the war, some 8,000 UXOs and ERWs were left on the Gazan territory, exposing the population, particularly children, to a high risk of accidents. Children are paying the highest toll of the conflict, as 2,955 children were injured and 540 children have died as a direct result of the conflict.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">The <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>second winter storm of the year, <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">that in February <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>hit the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza, severely affected vulnerable families <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">who are struggling to survive the harsh weather conditions. Some use unsafe heating systems, such as fires and electrical heaters to stay warm. In Gaza, on 17 February, a 16-months-old child died, and two brothers were injured after a fire broke out in one of the school shelters in Beit Hanoun in the Northern Gaza Strip due to a short circuit. In the West Bank, on 25 February, a 22-year-old mother and her 2-months-old baby died due to a fire in their house in Nablus city as a result of a makeshift heater. In Hebron a fire broke out in a multi-story apartment, resulting in the death of three children of the same family, aged 3, 4 and 15. The remaining brothers and the parents were injured.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>Rafah border has been closed in both directions since 22 January, 2015. <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">An estimated 30,000 Palestinians are waiting to cross into Egypt including patients and students. Out of this number, 17,000 Palestinians are registered at the Palestinian Ministry of Interior in Gaza for prior travel. The Rafah border is a vital crossing for the movement of goods and people in and out of the Gaza Strip. Since the Israeli blockade in place as of 2007, Rafah is the only alternative to Erez border crossing to exit and enter the Strip. An easing of the crossing would benefit the living conditions of the Gazan population, including children.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">The number of <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">in 14 UNRWA Collective Centers (CCs) has decreased to <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>9,490 <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">as of 26 February.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;\">\n<div style=\"padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;color:#000000;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Gaza Six Months After<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#004080;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8220;I used to be good at school, but not anymore.&#8221; Samar, 11. Samar&#39;s family took shelter in a UN-run school after their flat, in the al-Nada towers, was destroyed by shelling last summer. One night, the school was shelled. Her father was killed, her mother was seriously injured and left with a disability, Samar and her siblings were injured. They all now live in their grandparents&#39; house, in Beit Lahiya, a cramped two-bedroom apartment that is now hosting twelve people.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#004080;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Six months on, Samar&#39;s six-year-old sister Rossol still suffers trauma and Samar&#39;s learning achievements have dropped.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qdDEeaHzAcAh\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qdDEeaHzAcA<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#004080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>&nbsp;<\/u><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;color:#0080ff;padding-bottom:5px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Summary Analysis of Programme Response<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#0080ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Education and Adolescents<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>The skills development training programme, i<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">mplemented by UNICEF in coordination with Tamer, Ma&#39;an, Injaz, Al Nayzak, and Save Youth Future Society, has reached <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>21,804 adolescents (54% girls)<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;since the beginning of the programme in September 2014. During the reporting period, <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>7,939 adolescents<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;benefitted from different trainings and initiatives, including Social Forum, media training, Active Citizen training, core-skill and skill development training, inspirational and literary sessions and the launch of the <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i>Badir <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">2015 project, aimed at supporting adolescents&#39; skills development and initiatives in the Gaza Strip.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#0080ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Child Protection<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>Winter storm response: <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">in response to the latest flood in Gaza, <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>UNICEF provided children clothing and blankets to the 99 affected families<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;within 24 hours through the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in coordination with the Shelter Cluster and the Ministry of Social Affair (MoSA).<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">The delivery of <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>psychosocial support to children and caregivers<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;in Gaza is ongoing. UNICEF and PCDCR has provided psychosocial support through group and individual counselling, emergency visits and open days to 6,647 Children (3, 190 girls, 3,457 boys) and 713, caregivers (400 females and 313 males) in the reporting period. In total 40,817 children (19,871 girls and 20,946 boys) have received psychosocial support through UNICEF since 15 September. Additionally,<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;7,919 caregivers (4,000 females and 3,919 males)<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;were reached through UNICEF awareness-raising activities on children positive psychosocial development and child safety and security.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">The <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>work of the 23 Family Centers<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;in Gaza is ongoing. The Family Centers offer organized recreational activities for children and adolescents, and provide child protection services, psychosocial assessment, ERW risk education and <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">outreach to vulnerable children and families. Caregivers of children attending the centers are also targeted through awareness raising sessions on child protection and ways to support the psychosocial development of their children. Thirteen family centers managed by Ma&#39;an Development Center are currently providing child protection services to 31,516 children (17,620 girls and 13,896 boys) and 8,354 caregivers (6,711 females and 1,643 males). The remaining ten family centers are managed by the Tamer institute for Community Education and are serving 23,990 children (13,953 girls and 10,037 boys) and 2,153 caregivers (1,636 females and 517 males).<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">28 member organizations of the UNICEF-led Child Protection Working Group and the UNICEF\/WHO led Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Working, though 60 local NGOs, have reached a total of <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>77,101 children with child protection and psychosocial services since July 2014. <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">63,846 children benefited from structured group activities, and 13,255 children from individual counseling and case management services. In addition, 12,082 adults benefited from structured psychosocial activities and counselling. Children were also reached through open days, recreational and psychosocial first aid activities.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#0080ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Water, Sanitation and Hygiene<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">During the reporting period, 128 cubic meters of chlorine and 55 cubic meters of chemicals were distributed for <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>piped water disinfection to WASH facilities, water wells and desalination units <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">in all Gaza. This is a continuous program that is covering all WASH facilities, benefiting the entire population (1.8 million, 52% children) of the Gaza Strip.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">The <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>rehabilitation and upgrading of water and wastewater networks in Khan Younis, Rafah and Middle Area <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">is ongoing, benefiting 4,350 people during the reporting period.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>Distribution of 6,000 jerry cans with water taps to 6,000 affected families, <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">benefitting around 26,000 people, in the eastern border areas of all Gaza Strip to increase the storage of drinking water.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>UNICEF and WFP distributed e-vouchers to 243 families affected by the flooding <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">in different areas in Gaza for redeeming hygiene items as part of the Winterization Response.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>198 adult hygiene kits and 99 baby hygiene kits were distributed to 99 families <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">affected by the recent flooding in Wadi Gaza through PRCS.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>496 adult hygiene kits were distributed to 496 marginalized families <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">in Rafah through ACF, for a total of 1,388 adult beneficiaries.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>Two water wells in middle area are undergoing repairs <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">in the areas of Nusseirat and Zahra, in order to increase the access to piped water by the communities and benefit 17,000 inhabitants.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">As part of the Winterization Response, UNICEF through CMWU provided <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>cleaning and rehabilitation works of storm water networks<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;in flood prone areas of Urn Al Nasser, Rafah, Al Fukhari and Wadi Salqa areas.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#0080ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Child Health &amp; Nutrition<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>1.5 tons of medical consumables (0.051 syringes) were delivered to the Ministry of Health&#39;s (MoH)<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;warehouses in Gaza on 25 February.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">During the reporting period, UNICEF-supported MoH Community Health Workers (CHWs), to continue the <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>breastfeeding awareness-raising sessions, reaching 5,869 lactating mothers<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">. The programme has reached 28,655 lactating women during 68 sessions since the beginning of the programme.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>Awareness-raising session about communicable diseases and vaccination involved 5,317 women, 23 men and 155 children<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;during the reporting period. In total, 26,155 women, 1,752 men and 4,103 children were reached since the beginning of the programme.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">The MoH and teams from UNICEF partner the<\/span><span style=\"color:#004080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#004080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Near East Council of Churches (NECC) continue<\/span><span style=\"color:#004080;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">to provide <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>post natal care at homes<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">. During the reporting period, <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>552 women<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;benefitted from home visits. Since the onset of the summer hostilities on 8 July 2014, UNICEF has reached <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>5,754 mothers and their newborns in conflict-affected areas<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;\">\n<div style=\"color:#0080ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Humanitarian leadership and coordination<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">UNICEF, as part of the UN Country Team, coordinates with the Palestinian Government to support its role in humanitarian response, early recovery and reconstruction.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">In cooperation with the Government and other UN partners, UNICEF participated extensively in the Palestinian Detailed Needs Assessment and will continue to support the development of the recovery framework and strategy.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">UNICEF leads the Child Protection Working Group and affiliated groups for mental health and psychosocial sevices (MHPSS), and for monitoring and reporting of grave violations against children (MRM &#8211; Children and Armed Conflict reporting mechanism). These groups have been merged to maximise coordination of child protection responses during the emergency. UNICEF also leads the UN Theme Group on Social Protection.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">UNICEF leads the WASH cluster and co-leads the Education cluster with Save the Children, both in Gaza and at the national level. UNICEF is also leading a Nutrition Working Group under the Health Cluster, in close collaboration with the MoH and WFP, both in Gaza and at the national level.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#0080ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Funding<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Meeting the urgent humanitarian needs of the affected families will contribute to reduced tensions and increased stability. In order to achieve this goal, additional funds are required to expand existing programmes that are being successfully implemented on the ground in the following sectors: WASH, education, child protection, health and nutrition.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">UNICEF wishes to express its deep gratitude to all public and private sector donors for the contributions and pledged received, which have made the current response possible. &#39;Un-earmarked&#39; funding also gives UNICEF essential flexibility to direct resources and ensure the delivery of life-saving supplies and interventions to where they are needed most. Continued donor support is critical to continue scaling up the response.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px;text-align:center;padding-bottom:10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27588%27%20height%3D%27280%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20588%20280%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27588%27%20height%3D%27280%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/1576e9f9081010d785257dfc0054b508_image2.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"280px\" width=\"588px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;color:#000000;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>* Note: <\/strong>Total cash on hand is <strong>$14,935,969 <\/strong>of which <strong>$9,579,481 <\/strong>is funding received against the appeal for this year, and <strong>$5,356,488 <\/strong>is budget carried forward from prior year.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#0080ff;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>Next SitRep: 26<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#0080ff;font-size:5pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#0080ff;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;March 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#0080ff;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>UNICEF State of Palestine:<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#0000ff;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>&nbsp;<\/u><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unicef.org\/oPt\/h\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>http:\/\/www.unicef.org\/oPt\/<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#0080ff;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>&nbsp;<\/u><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#0080ff;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>UNICEF State of Palestine on Facebook:<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#0000ff;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>&nbsp;<\/u><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unicefstateofpalestineh\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unicefstateofpalestine<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#0080ff;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>&nbsp;<\/u><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#0080ff;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>UNICEF State of Palestine on Twitter:<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#0000ff;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>&nbsp;<\/u><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNICEFpalestineh\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNICEFpalestine<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#0080ff;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>&nbsp;<\/u><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#0080ff;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>UNICEF Humanitarian Action for Children 2015:<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#0000ff;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>&nbsp;<\/u><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unicef.org\/appeals\/stateh\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>http:\/\/www.unicef.org\/appeals\/state<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#0000ff;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>&nbsp;of palestine.html<\/u><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>&nbsp;<\/u><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#0080ff;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Who to<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>contact for<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>further<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#0080ff;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>June Kunugi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Special Representative<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">UNICEF State of Palestine<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Tel: +972 (0)2 584 0401<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Fax: +972 (0)2 583 1690<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">jkunugi@unicef.org<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#0080ff;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Anne Claire Dufay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Deputy Special Representative<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">UNICEF State of Palestine<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Tel: +972 (0)2 584 0403<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Fax : +972 (0)2 583 1690<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">adufay@unicef.org<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#0080ff;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Pernille Ironside<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Chief of Field Office &#8211; Gaza<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">UNICEF State of Palestine<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Tel: +970 (0)8 288 1626<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Fax : +970 (0)8 286 2800<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">pironside@unicef.org<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:6px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reliefweb.int\/sites\/reliefweb.int\/files\/resources\/UNICEF%20SoP%20SitRep%2026%20Feb%202015.pdf\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:6px;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial, 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