The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) operates
in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem, as well as in Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria. It
reportedly1 provides education to almost 545,000 children in its schools.
According to UNWRA’s website2, education alone takes up 58 percent of the organization’s budget.
There are 183 UNRWA-run schools across the Gaza Strip, educating over 286,000 students, according to
UNRWA’s data.