GAZA, August 21, 2010 (WAFA) - On the occasion of Ramadan, the Khalifa Bin Zayed Charity Foundation has funded two projects in Gaza and the West Bank to assist poor Palestinian refugees through the distribution of hot meals and meat.

The projects will be implemented through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).

In Gaza, UNRWA will distribute hot meals to approximately 90,000 people. The project will be implemented through the Agency's community-based organisations (CBOs), which include nine women's programme centres and six community rehabilitation centres as well as six youth activity centres. In total, approximately 30,000 meals for three persons each will be prepared and distributed to the poor at these CBOs. The Agency will also arrange to deliver food to those who cannot reach to the CBOs.

In the West Bank, thanks to the generous donation of the UAE humanitarian agency, UNRWA will purchase fresh meat for 12,710 vulnerable families who are unable to meet their minimum nutritional needs. Each family will each receive 2.5kg of locally purchased meat over the four Fridays of Ramadan through UNRWA's partner network of CBOs in refugee camps.

In a statement, UNRWA said Priority will be given to orphans, the elderly, and to those who have lost their homes due to Israeli military operations or violent attacks by Israeli settler groups. In addition, a Children's Charity in Bethlehem, SOS Kindergarten International, will receive 100kg of meat each week of Ramadan to support their work with poor and homeless orphans.