United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) – Area Programme for Palestinian children and women in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic and the State of Palestine

UNICEF has an Area Programme for Palestinian children and women in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic and the State of Palestine.

The Current programme for 2011-2013 was recently extended by the Executive Director of UNICEF for one year until 31 December 2014.

The area programme is managed by the UNICEF Middle East and North Africa Regional Office, and each country office implements its component of the programme in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic and the State of Palestine. The programme is very extensive, with projects in many areas of child development,  including education, protection, health, nutrition, and water sanitation.