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Syria crisis: The ICRC is helping both people inside Syria, who are facing extremely difficult conditions because of the conflict, and the hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq.
In cooperation with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, we are distributing food and other essentials, restoring water supplies and supporting medical services.
In numbers
January-June 2021
- 15 millionand more people benefited from different water and habitat interventions across the country
- 1.3 millionpeople in 7 governorates received food parcels
- 75,000people received vegetable seeds, agricultural tools, and irrigation kits in 10 governorates
- 284,000and more people had access to healthcare services through the ICRC’s support to 15 polyclinics and 17 mobile health units, in addition to health support to diabetes and leishmaniases programs of the Ministry of health in 26 facilities across the count
- 16,500detainees across the country benefited from health care in detention programs in places of detention, and essential drugs were donated to two central prisons. A scabies campaign was conducted in a central prison
- 117,000conflict-affected people in 10 governorates attended sessions on risks related to mines and other explosive remnants of war
- 4,200oral greetings and Red Cross Messages were exchanged between individuals separated from their families and their loved ones
- 3200people from affected communities across the country attended awareness sessions about ICRC activities in Syria
Latest Tweets
- As temperatures fall, hundreds of thousands of people in #Syria are trying to survive with the most basic resources… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- Ghina lost her leg when she was 3 but her education was never disrupted. She received a prosthetic device in our p… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- “I used to be able to buy 10 kg of tomatoes, but now I can barely buy 2 kg” 80% of Syrians live below the poverty… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- “We left our home in 2012, and we came back in 2018. When we returned, we found our house like this,” Sara (70) sai… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- “I am happy with my store and happy to see people return to the neighborhood” After years of displacement, Om Amir… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- A piece of paper. A last resort for people to contact their families. A lifeline for people in prison or se… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- No words could express the happiness of the parents seeing their kids walking again. #Syria pic.twitter.com/QEtsgcSUkg
- This is Syria: *13.4 million need aid. *2 million kids out of school. *50% of health-care facilities are not wor… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- Children make over 25% of mine victims in #Syria. Most of them get hurt while simply playing. pic.twitter.com/mAsKO7qCjg
- To stop sewage leakage and protect water resources from contamination, the ICRC & @SYRedCrescent rehabilitated the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- “I have bags of rice that I bought for 1200 SYP, but now cost 3000. I feel I don’t deserve to eat it, it’s too ex… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- For the 2nd time this year, ICRC acted as a neutral humanitarian intermediary in a crossline operation today in whi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- *1 in 2 people have fled their homes. *1 in 2 healthcare centers no longer function. *1 in 2 people don’t have enou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- Meet Najah Najah means “success” in Arabic and that’s how she describes her coffee roasting project which #ICRC a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- 47,000 families in 47 villages will benefit from the ongoing rehabilitation works for a water center in east rural… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- It is 5 years difference between these two photos and still the smile of Haytham gives us hope and energy️… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- Running, jumping and scoring Ghina, 8 years old, lost her leg when she was 3, but she did not lose her passion of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- More than 2 million children are out of school in #Syria. Education is not a luxury of peacetime. pic.twitter.com/UOpzVyEIPn
- 47,000 families in 47 villages will benefit from the ongoing rehabilitation works for a main water center in east r… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…