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(ANSAmed) - BRUSSELS, JUNE 17 - Over 41,000 vulnerable Palestinian families across the occupied Palestinian territory are to receive financial assistance from the EU. The assistance will take the form of an allowance of NIS 1,000 (around EUR 185) per household, which is being channelled through the European mechanism, Pegase. The European Commission has made more than NIS 41 million (EUR 7.46 million) available through Pegase for this payment, which is being disbursed today. The 41,113 families who will receive this assistance have been identified in cooperation with the Ministries of Finance and Social Affairs, through the latter's 'Vulnerable Palestinian Families' Programme, which supports impoverished households, often headed by women and with elderly relatives or family members with special needs. The beneficiary families can collect their allowance in 39 designated banks throughout the Territories until 14 July 2008. This is the second payment of social allowances this year under the EU's Pegase mechanism, bringing the total amount contributed so far to over NIS 80 million (EUR 15 million). Since 1 February 2008, Pegase channels EU and international assistance to help build a Palestinian State. It is the main financing mechanism of the European Union, which is the largest donor to the Palestinians.(ANSAmed).