Official Body: Nations Relief and Works Agency

official body: A rapid influx of refugees from Syria has catapulted Lebanon from the 69th largest refugee-hosting country to the third largest within the past five years, according to Huffington Post Canada. The country also hosts a large proportion of the world's Palestinian refugee population, comprising nearly 10% of the country's population. This number is staggering, yet not entirely unbelievable given the protracted and emerging conflicts in the Middle East. In mid-November 2016, the Honorable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Canada's Minister of International Development, announced a pledge of 20 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency UNRWA the official body mandated to deliver basic services to Palestinian refugees in a number of settings, including Lebanon. A health research project funded by Canada's International Development Research Centre IDRC is showing how digital technologies - such as mobile phones and netbooks - can help to close the access and quality-of-service gaps for Palestinians in refugee camps and other vulnerable populations in Lebanon. These funds will support increased access to education, health and social services. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.