25
Apr
2015
UNRWA and UNICEF Lebanon launch Palestiniadi sports programme for children
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), in partnership with UNICEF, launched today Palestiniadi, a three-day sports event for children and youth in Palestine refugee camps and gatherings in Lebanon. In its seventh year, Palestiniadi brings together more than 300 Palestine refugee children from Lebanon, Palestine refugees from Syria in Lebanon and, Lebanese children to compete in six different sports activities. Around 60 children with disabilities are among the participants. The opening ceremony that took place today in UNRWA Siblin Training Centre in Saida, southern Lebanon, was attended by the Director of UNRWA Affairs in Lebanon, Mr. Matthias Schmale,…
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