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<p>In Yemen through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), DFID
has supported 224 teachers' salaries for refugee and IDP affected areas from July
2020 to February 2021. This funding covers gaps where existing teachers' salaries
have stopped or are under threat. UK aid has provided £10.8 million to UNHCR to assist
refugees and IDPs in Yemen since 2017. This includes over 5,000 refugee children supported
with child protection activities, and counselling to over 3,000 survivors of gender-based
violence.</p><p>In South Sudan the UK funds several programmes that help support refugees.
The UK-Unilever water and sanitation partnership, UNHCR and Save the Children help
prevent the spread of COVID-19 in refugee populations and host communities across
the country. DFID-funded education programmes in South Sudan ensure IDP and refugee
children have access to quality education despite the multiple barriers they face.
The UK works with the UN, NGOs and the Red Cross to ensure that life-saving supplies
get to the most vulnerable communities. COVID-19 containment measures have made this
more difficult, so DFID works closely with the Government and others to ensure that
the movement of humanitarian supplies and personnel are impacted as little as possible.</p><p>In
Syria. Most of the humanitarian need is among internally displaced persons, now totalling
6.1million. DFID continues to support Palestinian refugees in Syria through the United
Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Syria
programme, to which the UK has contributed £36m since 2017. UNRWA is the only agency
mandated to provide services to this population and often the only organisation with
the access, permission, and mandate required to assist Palestinian refugees.</p>
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