United Nations helps connect Palestinian children in the blockaded Gaza to the outside world by distributing tablets to hundreds of pupils
The United Nations has said that it was helping connect Palestinian children in the blockaded Gaza to the outside world by distributing tablets to hundreds of pupils.
Children make up nearly half of Gaza's population of 2.3 million. Most of them have never been able to leave the coastal territory. The 15-year blockade of the enclave led by Israel has crippled Gaza's economy, leaving 74 percent of young graduates unemployed, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.The European Union-funded project to boost children's computer skills is seen by UNRWA as a way to increase their chances of getting a job in the growing tech sector, either locally or remotely.
The project could help young Gazans go into coding, providing back office IT support for companies or customer support online, he added.Thirteen-year-old Salma Shamiah was among those to receive a new tablet, after excelling at a tech summer school.
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