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UNRWA Reports 125,000 Gaza Children Skin Disease Cases

By Drooid · Sep 26, 2026, 2:50 AM UTC · How we work

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Interfaith Coalition Highlights

Interfaith coalition displayed Gaza Children’s Shroud in the United States to highlight over 20,000 child deaths.
Qatar’s Minister of State for International Cooperation pledged 1.3 million liters of fuel for Gaza health services.
UNRWA reported more than 125,000 skin disease cases among Gaza children since early 2026.
UNICEF said at least 540,000 Gaza students will attend makeshift schools in 2026-2027.

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Gordon Brown Mobilizes

UN special envoy Gordon Brown announced $3.5 billion mobilized for education in low-income countries.
Education Cannot Wait director Maysa Jalbout pledged $3 million for up to 13,000 vulnerable Gaza children.
Education Cannot Wait (ECW) allocated $1 million to restore learning for children hit by Nepal floods and landslides.
During a Sudan visit, Jalbout announced $22 million to aid several hundred thousand out-of-school children.
Global Partnership for Education reported $2.1 billion pledges and $1.4 billion co-financing from donors.

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Historical Context

In September 2000 the UN General Assembly adopted the Millennium Declaration, creating eight goals that pledged universal primary education by 2015. The 2005 G-8 finance ministers then pledged to cancel $40-55 billion of debt to free resources for health and schooling. Today, Gordon Brown’s $3.5 billion pledge and Qatar’s fuel donation echo that early-2000s financing drive to protect Gaza’s 540,000 students.

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Interfaith Coalition Highlights

Interfaith coalition displayed Gaza Children’s Shroud in the United States to highlight over 20,000 child deaths.
Qatar’s Minister of State for International Cooperation pledged 1.3 million liters of fuel for Gaza health services.
UNRWA reported more than 125,000 skin disease cases among Gaza children since early 2026.
UNICEF said at least 540,000 Gaza students will attend makeshift schools in 2026-2027.

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