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Federal Foreign Office supports Palestinian refugees in northern Lebanon

16.06.2009 - Press release

The German Ambassador in Beirut, Birgitta Siefker-Eberle, handed over 183 solar panels to the UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) to provide hot water for Palestinian refugees in the Nahr-el-Bared camp in northern Lebanon.

Today (16 June) the German Ambassador in Beirut, Birgitta Siefker-Eberle, handed over 183 solar panels to the UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) to provide hot water for Palestinian refugees in the Nahr-el-Bared camp in northern Lebanon. The Federal Foreign Office is also donating 2 million euro to build and operate an UNRWA vocational training centre in Nahr-el-Bared.

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