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As the crisis in Ukraine unfolds, less attention is being given to the lives of Syrian children, as the war moves into its eleventh year.
COVID-19 crisis hits Northwest Syria as positive test cases triple
“The international community must act now before it is too late. Syria is battling a complex health crisis, conflict, a severe economic deterioration, an imminent risk of severe food insecurity and the one of the worst child protection crises witnessed so far,”
In the one year since the Beirut blast, a worsening economic crisis has vastly increased the numbers living in poverty, creating a worsening humanitarian crisis for Lebanon’s children.
Children playing with toys near their tent in Northwest Syria. Courtesy: World Vision Partners SEATTLE (June 9, 2021) – International aid agency World Vision today warned that COVID-19 cases have doubled last month in Northwest Syria where only around 54,000 doses of vaccine1 have...
Ten years of war in Syria has cost $1.2 trillion according to World Vision
Highlights The economic cost of conflict in Syria after 10 years is estimated to be over $US 1.2 trillion Even if the war ended today, its cost will continue to accumulate to the tune of an additional $1.7 trillion in today’s money through to...
Beirut children more vulnerable to COVID-19 in explosion aftermath
World Vision staff responding in Lebanon warn that with 80,000 children displaced into the crowded homes of relatives, friends and shelters this is a potential driver for new COVID-19 infections.
World Vision is calling on the international community to immediately respond and ensure families and children, who have been left on the streets following the deadly blast in Beirut, can access shelter, food and hygiene supplies.
Syria on brink of further disaster as COVID-19 cases escalate
World Vision is extremely concerned about COVID-19 cases increasing in Northwest Syria where thousands of people forced to flee their homes because of conflict are crammed in barely livable conditions inside displacement camps.
SYRIA: Aid agencies raise alarm over veto on cross-border aid
There is no justification for Tuesday’s UN Security Council veto on the renewal of cross-border aid into Syria. This mechanism is a vital lifeline for millions of Syrians – including 2.8 million, the majority of whom are women and children, in the northwest of the country.
Syrians Need Help Now: Global Emergency Response Coalition Raises Funds to Save Lives
“Americans can’t look away anymore,” explains Young. “Now’s the time to make a difference for some of the most vulnerable humans on earth. They want to stop running and find safety for their families and children – but they need our help to do so.”
Fact Sheets and Extras
The Cost of Conflict for Children: Five years of the Syria crisis
World Vision partnered with Frontier Economics to evaluate the economic losses to Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey, and provide a closer look at the impact the Syrian conflict is having on children.
World Vision's Syria Response in 2015
A comprehensive look at World Vision's work in the Syria Crisis in 2015 -- showing success, numbers of people helped and the way forward in 2016.
A Dangerous Journey from Conflict to Safety: The European Refugee Crisis
An increasing number of children are journeying across Europe as a part of the refugee crisis. This policy brief provides overall recommendations to keep those who are the most vulnerable safe.
Syrian Crisis: Child-Friendly Spaces | World Vision (VIDEO)
This video highlights the promise and success of Child-Friendly Spaces in keeping Syrian refugee children safe and happy.
World Vision's 4-year policy briefing on the crisis in Syria (PDF)
As the crisis in Syria enters its fifth year, the deteriorating trend of death, destruction and suffering shows little sign of abating. In 2014, huge increases were seen in the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance.
Syria Crisis Response, 3 Years on: Impact Report (PDF)
The human tragedy of the Syria crisis is incomprehensible, because for every adult, every child affected ... there is a face, a heart, a loss, a dream, a story. This report summarizes World Vision’s involvement in supporting children, parents and families affected by the Syria crisis. It tells not a story of resolution, but of respite. It recounts our efforts to mitigate some of the worst effects of this crisis.
Relevant Magazine: 5 organizations helping the people of Iraq and Syria (LINK)
World Vision is one of the world’s largest Christian humanitarian organizations, and is currently working to provide displaced Iraqis with food, water, sanitation, shelter and safety. World Vision currently has teams on the ground in Iraq, assisting religious minorities and those effected by the violence who were forced to flee their homes.
Stand with me: Children's rights, wronged (Jan. 2014 Report PDF)
As the Syrian conflict nears its fourth year, the situation for children affected by the crisis is becoming unbearable. Thousands of children have been killed, and millions more have been displaced. More than 4.3 million of these children remain in Syria, while more than 1.2 million have fled into neighboring countries, including Lebanon and Jordan.
Syria Crisis: Education Interrupted (Joint Report PDF)
Every day the crisis in Syria is prolonged, the pain endured by innocent families grows – leaving deep scars that are likely to disfigure the Middle East and beyond for years to come. Most affected of all are Syria’s children: more than 5 million young lives are at risk of becoming a “lost generation.”This paper focuses on the havoc being wreaked on these children’s hopes of an education – and the likely consequences for the region’s future.
The Guardian: Sara's story (VIDEO LINK)
"Before the war started, nothing worried me. Then our home got bombed," says Sara, 14, from Damascus, who now lives in a cardboard shack with 14 relatives in a border refugee camp in Lebanon. She shares her memories of her father, who was killed in 2012. A photo album and a watch he gave her are all she now has to remember him by. World Vision provides water to the camps and education – a catchup school, which Sara attends – as well as psychosocial support
Robbed of Childhood: Running From War (PDF)
War in their country is placing on Syrian children emotional burdens they are too young to bear.
Under Pressure: Advocacy Report for Syria's Children (PDF)
War in Syria and the resulting flood of refugees into Lebanon places enormous pressure on Lebanese families & communities.
UN resolution on Humanitarian Access to Syria (PDF, Oct. 2, 2013)
A coalition of 16 international humanitarian organizations welcome today’s unanimous statement of the UN Security Council calling on all parties to the conflict in Syria to facilitate safe and unhindered humanitarian access to all civilians in need throughout the country.
OnFaith: How you can help in Iraq (LINK)
It can be tough not to despair in the face of the relentlessly awful news pouring out of Iraq — ethnic cleansing, widespread persecution of Muslims, Christians, and Yazidis, a tyrannical government that may not be replaced anytime soon. But despair leads only to inaction. World Vision is preparing a response to help those who’ve been forced to abandon their homes, including providing food, water, shelter, and health care.