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  • Student Emad Abu Holli climbs a utility pole during a class on electrical wiring at the Vocational Training Center in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance. A minaret is in the background.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-246.jpg
  • Teacher Mohammed Alatrush (right) instructs students in a class in electrical wiring at the Vocational Training Center in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-245.jpg
  • Teacher Mohammed Alatrush (right) instructs students in a class in electrical wiring at the Vocational Training Center in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-244.jpg
  • A student in an electronics class in the Vocational Training Center in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-243.jpg
  • War-weary children in Rafah, in the south of Gaza, participate in a psychosocial program run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. The program is designed to help the children cope better with stress caused by the 2014 war with Israel and the continuing hardship provoked by the Israeli siege of the Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-241.jpg
  • War-weary children in Rafah, in the south of Gaza, participate in a psychosocial program run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, , and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. The program is designed to help the children cope better with stress caused by the 2014 war with Israel and the continuing hardship provoked by the Israeli siege of the Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-040.jpg
  • War-weary children in Rafah, in the south of Gaza, participate in a psychosocial program run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. The program is designed to help the children cope better with stress caused by the 2014 war with Israel and the continuing hardship provoked by the Israeli siege of the Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-240.jpg
  • Several students in an advanced dressmaking class pose in their classroom in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-236.jpg
  • Student Emad Abu Holli climbs a utility pole during a class on electrical wiring at the Vocational Training Center in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-036.jpg
  • Student Emad Abu Holli climbs a utility pole during a class on electrical wiring at the Vocational Training Center in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-215.jpg
  • Student Emad Abu Holli climbs a utility pole during a class on electrical wiring at the Vocational Training Center in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-214.jpg
  • Students in an electronics class in the Vocational Training Center in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-212.jpg
  • A pharmacist counsels a patient in a clinic in Rafah, in the south of Gaza. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-211.jpg
  • Women in a computer and secretarial skills class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-209.jpg
  • Lab technician Jaber El-Qrinawi draws blood from a patient in a clinic in Rafah, in the south of Gaza. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-033.jpg
  • Esraa Eawaidu, a midwife, weighs Yusraa Swaisee on a scale in the prenatal department of a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-003.jpg
  • Instructor Ishamis Abu Mhasin helps students learn to spray warnish in a woodworking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-137.jpg
  • A metalworking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-133.jpg
  • Hidayia Dahnoon, a midwife, weighs Asma Dwaima on a scale in the prenatal department of a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.  This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-128.jpg
  • Amani El Assar, a nurse and patient educator, places a child on a scale in a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.  This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-127.jpg
  • Amani Abu Sakran holds her 5-month old son Abdul as she talks with Boduor El Hellow, a counselor at a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-126.jpg
  • Rana Mashood, a lab technician, draws blood from a woman patient in a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.  This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-125.jpg
  • As her mother looks on, Kefah El Jadba, 9, gets her teeth worked on by a dentist in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-123.jpg
  • Lab technician Kamal Jad Alla works with a blood sample in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-118.jpg
  • A child looks around while his mother talks with Sr. Ahmad Mathoj in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.<br />
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Health care workers say that since the 2014 war, children in Gaza are plagued with a variety of stress-related illnesses.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Pharmacist Alaa Eldain al Ghazali provides medication to a woman in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-117.jpg
  • Amani El Assar, a nurse and patient educator, talks with a group of women waiting to be seen in the prenatal section of a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.  This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-109.jpg
  • Nour Abu Hamad, 6, gets her teeth worked on by a dentist in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-108.jpg
  • Lab technician Kamal Jad Alla takes blood from an unhappy boy in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-107.jpg
  • Teacher Mohammed Alatrush (left) instructs student Emad Abu Holli in pole-climbing technique in a class on electrical wiring at the Vocational Training Center in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-248.jpg
  • Teacher Mohammed Alatrush (left) instructs student Emad Abu Holli in pole-climbing technique in a class on electrical wiring at the Vocational Training Center in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-247.jpg
  • War-weary children in Rafah, in the south of Gaza, participate in a psychosocial program run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. The program is designed to help the children cope better with stress caused by the 2014 war with Israel and the continuing hardship provoked by the Israeli siege of the Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-242.jpg
  • Dr. Salwa Mansour conducts an ultrasound examination of Nima Shaikhlaid, who is pregnant, in a clinic in Rafah, in the south of Gaza. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-010.jpg
  • Dr. Habeeb Attallah examines a young patient in a clinic in Rafah, in the south of Gaza. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-239.jpg
  • Dr. Habeeb Attallah counsels a patient's mother in a clinic in Rafah, in the south of Gaza. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-238.jpg
  • Lab technician Jaber El-Qrinawi works with a blood sample in a clinic in Rafah, in the south of Gaza. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance. The clinic is funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-237.jpg
  • Teacher Ayda el-Habbash (center) teaches an advanced dressmaking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-235.jpg
  • Teacher Ayda el-Habbash poses with some of her students in an advanced dressmaking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-234.jpg
  • Teacher Ayda el-Habbash (center) teaches an advanced dressmaking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-039.jpg
  • Teacher Ayda el-Habbash (center) teaches an advanced dressmaking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-233.jpg
  • Esraa Eawaidu, a midwife, weighs a pregnant woman on a scale in the prenatal department of a clinic in clinic in Rafah, in the south of Gaza. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-213.jpg
  • A student in an advanced dressmaking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-210.jpg
  • Women in a computer and secretarial skills class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-208.jpg
  • Student Aeed Ghonaim climbs a utility pole during a class on electrical wiring at the Vocational Training Center in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-201.jpg
  • Dr. Salwa Mansour conducts an ultrasound examination of Anas Eshaer, who is pregnant, in a clinic in Rafah, in the south of Gaza. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-198.jpg
  • A student in an electronics class in the Vocational Training Center in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-032.jpg
  • Two young men use a drill press in a metalworking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-142.jpg
  • A metalworking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-141.jpg
  • Khalid Fayad, 16, a woodworking student at the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza, gets real world practice while working in a local cabinet making shop. The training center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-140.jpg
  • Khalid Fayad, 16, a woodworking student at the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza, gets real world practice while working in a cabinet making shop run by Yasser Abu Aisha, who is supervising his work. The training center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-139.jpg
  • Mohammed Abu Tabikh, 18, a woodworking student at the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza, gets real world practice while working in a local cabinet making shop. The training center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-138.jpg
  • Instructor Ishamis Abu Mhasin helps students learn to spray warnish in a woodworking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-136.jpg
  • Instructor Ishamis Abu Mhasin helps students learn to use a belt sander in a woodworking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-135.jpg
  • Instructor Ishamis Abu Mhasin helps a student learn to use a saw in a woodworking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-134.jpg
  • Hidayia Dahnoon, a midwife, weighs Asma Dwaima on a scale in the prenatal department of a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.  This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-130.jpg
  • Amani El Assar, a nurse and patient educator, draws a blood sample from a child in a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.  This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-129.jpg
  • A girl has her height measured in a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-124.jpg
  • As her mother looks on, Kefah El Jadba, 9, gets her teeth worked on by a dentist in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-122.jpg
  • Lab technician Kamal Jad Alla runs a blood sugar test in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, , and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-121.jpg
  • Lab technician Kamal Jad Alla takes blood from an unhappy boy in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-120.jpg
  • Lab technician Kamal Jad Alla takes blood from an unhappy boy in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-119.jpg
  • Sparks fly as a youth in the metalworking class at the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza, uses a grinder. The center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-115.jpg
  • Mahmoud Abu-Ata sands a wood joint in a woodworking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-116.jpg
  • Amani El Assar, a nurse and patient educator, talks with a group of women waiting to be seen in the prenatal section of a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-111.jpg
  • Amani El Assar, a nurse and patient educator, talks with a group of women waiting to be seen in the prenatal section of a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.  This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-110.jpg
  • Palestinian refugees protest cutbacks in services at a Beirut office of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The 450,000 Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon have been joined in recent months by another 45,000 Palestinian refugees who have fled camps in Syria.
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  • In the Al' Arrub refugee camp south of Bethlehem, hairdressing is part of the vocational training offered in an ACT Alliance-supported program run by the International Christian Committee of the Near East Council of Churches.
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  • Mohammed Nayef shops for groceries in a supermarket inside the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Nayef, who fled his home war-torn Daraa, Syria, in 2013, receives a monthly food allowance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, issued to him on an electronic debit card. He can then shop for the food he wants and pay with the debit card. Aid workers say the process affords more dignity and freedom of choice to refugee families than lining up at warehouses to receive food rations.<br />
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Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. The ACT Alliance provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • A woman hangs laundry outside her home in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement, with many refugees moving out of tents and into modular houses. The ACT Alliance provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Basil al Ahman waters the plants around his home in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement, with many refugees moving out of tents and into modular houses. The ACT Alliance provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • A man pushes his wife in a wheel chair in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. The ACT Alliance provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Boys get exercise as part of a psycho-social program run by the Lutheran World Federation in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by early 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. The Lutheran World Federation is a member of the ACT Alliance, which provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • A man pushes his wife in a wheel chair in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. The ACT Alliance provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
    jordan_2015_jeffrey_refugees_zaatari...JPG
  • The Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by early 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. The ACT Alliance provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Jehan Hamza washes her 9-year old daughter Fareeza's hair in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. The girl benefits from an anti-lice campaign sponsored by International Orthodox Christian Charities, a member of the ACT Alliance.<br />
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Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the Zaatari camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. ACT Alliance member agencies provide a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • In the Al' Arrub refugee camp south of Bethlehem, computer training is part of the skills training offered to children in an ACT Alliance-supported program run by the International Christian Committee of the Near East Council of Churches.
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  • A man makes a fence of black plastic beside his home in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement, with many refugees moving out of tents and into modular houses. The ACT Alliance provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Mohammed Musalem pours himself tea in the morning inside his small shop in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement, with many refugees moving out of tents and into modular houses, and many people, such as this man, setting up small businesses. The ACT Alliance provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Girls pose on their walk to school in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by early 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. The ACT Alliance provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • A man works setting up the framework for new modular homes in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. Tents for many families have been replaced with modular houses, or caravans. The ACT Alliance provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • A boy rides his bike in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by early 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. The ACT Alliance provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • A boy sells an iced drink on the "Avenue des Champs-Élysées"--the main commercial street in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement, with shops along this street selling everything the refugees could want. The ACT Alliance provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Men dig a foundation for a new modular home in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. Tents for many families have been replaced with modular houses, or caravans. The ACT Alliance provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Mamon Al-Hariri and his wife Huda, along with their children Morad, 4, and Hiba, 3, inside their tent in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. The family fled fighting in Daraa, Syria, in 2013, crossing the border into Jordan without appropriate paperwork. They'd like to move elsewhere, but aren't permitted to leave the camp. <br />
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"There's a big difference between life here and how we lived back home," said the woman. "We're happy with our neighbors here, but I spend my whole life sitting in a tent when back home I had a beautiful house and garden."<br />
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Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the Zaatari camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. ACT Alliance member agencies provide a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Mamon Al-Hariri and his wife Huda, along with their children Morad, 4, and Hiba, 3, in front of their tent in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. The family fled fighting in Daraa, Syria, in 2013, crossing the border into Jordan without appropriate paperwork. They'd like to move elsewhere, but aren't permitted to leave the camp. <br />
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"There's a big difference between life here and how we lived back home," said the woman. "We're happy with our neighbors here, but I spend my whole life sitting in a tent when back home I had a beautiful house and garden."<br />
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Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the Zaatari camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. ACT Alliance member agencies provide a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Elham Amwar gets help from his children Rema and Ayman as they carry water back to their family's shelter in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the Zaatari camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. ACT Alliance member agencies provide a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Elham Amwar gets help from his children Rema and Ayman as they carry water back to their family's shelter in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the Zaatari camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. ACT Alliance member agencies provide a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Elham Amwar fills a container to carry water back to his shelter in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the Zaatari camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. ACT Alliance member agencies provide a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • A modular house is lowered into place in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by early 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. Tents were steadily being replaced by modular living units, or caravans. The ACT Alliance provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Mohammed Nayef shops for groceries in a supermarket inside the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Nayef, who fled his home war-torn Daraa, Syria, in 2013, receives a monthly food allowance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, issued to him on an electronic debit card. He can then shop for the food he wants and pay with the debit card. Aid workers say the process affords more dignity and freedom of choice to refugee families than lining up at warehouses to receive food rations.<br />
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Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. The ACT Alliance provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Mohammed Nayef pays for groceries in a supermarket inside the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Nayef, who fled his home war-torn Daraa, Syria, in 2013, receives a monthly food allowance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, issued to him on an electronic debit card. He can then shop for the food he wants and pay with the debit card. Aid workers say the process affords more dignity and freedom of choice to refugee families than lining up at warehouses to receive food rations.<br />
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Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. The ACT Alliance provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Mohammed Nayef shops for groceries in a supermarket inside the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Nayef, who fled his home war-torn Daraa, Syria, in 2013, receives a monthly food allowance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, issued to him on an electronic debit card. He can then shop for the food he wants and pay with the debit card. Aid workers say the process affords more dignity and freedom of choice to refugee families than lining up at warehouses to receive food rations.<br />
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Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. The ACT Alliance provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Syrian men learn computer skills in a program run by the Lutheran World Federation in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. The Lutheran World Federation is a member of the ACT Alliance, which provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Boys discuss conflict resolution as part of a psycho-social program run by the Lutheran World Federation in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by early 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. The Lutheran World Federation is a member of the ACT Alliance, which provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Boys discuss conflict resolution as part of a psycho-social program run by the Lutheran World Federation in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by early 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. The Lutheran World Federation is a member of the ACT Alliance, which provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Boys discuss conflict resolution as part of a psycho-social program run by the Lutheran World Federation in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by early 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. The Lutheran World Federation is a member of the ACT Alliance, which provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Boys discuss conflict resolution as part of a psycho-social program run by the Lutheran World Federation in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by early 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. The Lutheran World Federation is a member of the ACT Alliance, which provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Boys enjoy a safe place to play and have fun in a program run by the Lutheran World Federation in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement. The Lutheran World Federation is a member of the ACT Alliance, which provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • A boy in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement, with many refugees moving out of tents and into modular houses. The ACT Alliance provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • Hamser Hawaki pours himself tea as his sits in the small backyard of his home in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement, with many refugees moving out of tents and into modular houses. The ACT Alliance provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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