As of spring 2013, CARE helped over 110,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan and is expanding its refugee work in Lebanon. CARE continues to provide cash for essentials to Syrian...
InterAction Members Respond to Crisis in Syria
REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah, courtesy Trust.org - AlertNet
The humanitarian crisis in Syria has dramatically escalated in recent months. The United Nations estimates that more than one million people have fled the violence, escaping to neighboring countries. An estimated 4 million people, one fifth of the population, are in need of humanitarian assistance as a result of the conflict.
Within Syria, 2.5 million people are displaced. The need for life-saving emergency assistance continues to grow. If you wish to donate, please scroll down to see a list of InterAction members responding to this crisis. Read InterAction's guidelines on how best to help, and get advice from the Center for International Disaster Information on appropriate assistance. Media resources and more information on the crisis can be found below.
Countries Affected:
Egypt
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Syria
Turkey
Issue Area:
Disaster Response
Displacement & Protection
Emergency Response
Humanitarian Action
Refugees
Refugees, Displacement&Protection
Through a network of local partners, Catholic Relief Services is supporting Syrian refugee families in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey with medical assistance, food, essential living...
CWS is supporting long-term partners and fellow ACT Alliance members International Orthodox Christian Charities and the Lutheran World Federation. CWS has sent IOCC CWS Baby Kits...
Global Communities has been providing assistance to communities affected by the conflict in Syria since August 2012. In Syria, through local partners, we have implemented in...
International Medical Corps is operating mobile medical units in Damascus to provide health services to displaced families. At static clinics where International Medical Corps...
Working in partnership with the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, IOCC is responding inside Syria to the most urgent needs of those affected by the conflict...
The IRC is responding to the Syrian crisis in all surrounding countries receiving refugees. Most refugees are poor and live without legal status. They are also vulnerable to...
Islamic Relief donors are providing assistance in the form of food parcels, mattresses, blankets, items for babies, housing rental assistance when applicable, medical assistance,...
JRS is accompanying and serving refugees in Aleppo, Damascus and Homs, Syria in the following areas: psychosocial support programs; food security (feeding 10,000+ people a day);...
Since the Syrian crisis began, Life for Relief & Development has been providing emergency assistance inside Syria and to refugees in Jordan and Lebanon. Our focus is on...
MCC’s response with partner organizations in the region (Syria, Lebanon and Jordan) includes providing vital supplies to meet food, medical and shelter needs, and training...
Mercy Corps is reaching 450,000+ Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan & Lebanon. In Jordan we are digging wells in Za'atari camp; constructing multi-use sport courts...
Since June 2011, Mercy-USA has been assisting Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Turkey. In Lebanon, Mercy-USA runs a daily bread distribution to 1,500 families along with a mobile...
Relief International is providing life-saving relief such as water and sanitation services, hygiene promotion, and distribution of soap and hygiene kits inside Syria, Jordan and...
ShelterBox has been providing emergency shelter and supplies to families affected by the Syrian crisis in Iraq Kurdistan, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. We continue to provide...
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) is ensuring that the rights of refugees fleeing Syria are being respected. USCRI is monitoring developments on the...
UNICEF, alongside a network of more than 40 NGO partners, has been on the ground since the onset of the humanitarian crisis in Syria, reaching hundreds of thousands of people....
World Renew (previously known as CRWRC) is partnering with the Lebanese Society for Education and Social Development (LSESD) in in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon and Damascus, Syria,...
World Vision has been focusing its response in Lebanon. The organization is providing basic hygiene kits and food vouchers. Since 75 percent of Syrian refugees are women and...
Zakat Foundation of America (ZF) has been working in Syria since the violence began in March 2011. Since then, ZF has provided over $8 million in aid to Syrians and Syrian...
The crisis in Syria passes the two-year mark in March with no end to the conflict in sight. Meanwhile the number of people in need grows as close to 1 million refugees have fled to neighboring countries while about 2 million people are displaced within Syria. And as fighting persists, the death toll continues to rise, topping 70,000 killed in early March.
Amid this conflict, humanitarian groups, including some InterAction members, are involved in the response coordination and providing relief in the form of medical care, food, clothing, counseling and shelter. Much of the assistance is supporting refugees in camps in the neighboring countries of Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. NGOs are helping to ensure the protection of women and girls, providing prescriptions for free medicine, offering training in conflict resolution and giving children a safe place to play – among other efforts.
Within Syria, an estimated one in five people – 4 million people – need humanitarian assistance. The situation is particularly dire for internally-displaced people lacking winter clothes and blankets and living in shelters without proper insulation, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Others who remain at home have no fuel or electricity for heat during a winter that has been particularly harsh.
Efforts to reach these people are complicated by insecurity and access restrictions. The Syrian government, under President Bashar al-Assad, has limited the number of humanitarian groups authorized to operate within its borders. Funding shortages are also severe, according to OCHA, the UN agency that brings together humanitarian actors responding to emergencies.
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Alf Evans Bob Kitchen Chris Palusky Melody Munz Muriel Tschopp Rob Maroni Sarah Kouzi Silke Pietzsch |
Andrew Harper Bryce Perry Carol Batchelor Laura Jacoby Ninette Kelley Panos Moumtzis Robert Warwick
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Luan Meraku Mike Young Zerene Haddad |
Melanie Megevand Sinead Murray
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Mitzi Schroeder |
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Action Against Hunger CARE
International Rescue Committee Ned Colt
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InterAction Jesuit Refugee Services
Zerene Haddad Mercy Corps
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ShelterBox USA U.S. Fund for UNICEF
Susannah Masur smasur@unicefusa.org 212-880-9146 World Vision |
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