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Friday, December 07, 2018 at 06:00 PM
First Unitarian Church in Portland, ORRise Up for Refugees
Palestine refugees need your help! Join us for a benefit for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
The lives, rights, dignity, and future of over 5 million children, women, and men are at risk after the abrupt withdrawal of US funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Since 1950, UNRWA has provided this vulnerable community with quality education, healthcare, protection, employment, and essential services, pending a just and lasting solution for their plight. Now, this vital relief and development agency faces the greatest challenge in its proud history.
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Benefit Dinner
Join us for an educational benefit dinner to raise awareness and support for UNRWA and the refugees it serves. An UNRWA USA representative will update us on this humanitarian crisis and Palestinians who have received UNRWA support will share their stories.
6:00 PM: Networking and Resource Tabling
6:30 PM: Buffet Dinner: Hoda's Middle-Eastern Cuisine
7:00 PM: Program Begins
UNRWA was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1949, mandated to provide assistance and protection to over 5 million Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), and the Gaza Strip.
Tax-deductible donations for UNRWA can be made on the registration site any time through December 28, 2018.