In June 2022, UNRWA constructed al-Qastal rehousing project in Deir El-Balah with the generous support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through KfW Development Bank.
Through this project, UNRWA constructed ten buildings consisting of 121 apartments in al-Qastal area to reallocate 121 Palestine refugee families (around 600 persons) in Deir El-Balah camp as they evacuated their unlivable and dilapidated homes inside the camp.
Deir El-Balah camp is the smallest of the eight Palestine refugee camps in the Gaza Strip with an area of 174,200 square meters, which expanded for over seventy years with limited or no overall urban planning, resulting in deteriorated infrastructure and utilities, poor shelter conditions, and mixed land use as well as affecting social life livelihoods inside the camp.
Germany is among the largest donors to UNRWA, and the enduring support of donors like Germany helps UNRWA to continue to provide lifesaving humanitarian services to Palestine refugees and enhances the essential work of the Agency to improve their living conditions.
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