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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 - March 2019
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6.2 millionbenefited from the support to water supply services, as well as from projects related to sanitation and power supply.
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5.3 millionpeople were ensured safe drinking water across the country.
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1.3 millionpeople have access to improved healthcare services.
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1 millionpeople in 12 governorates received food. About 0.5 million were repeated recipients.
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270,000people in 12 governorates received essential items, including blankets, mattresses, hygiene kits, winter clothes, and school kits.
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57,000people benefited from the ICRC/SARC livelihood and agricultural projects by receiving 11,000 cereal kits.
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4,000people benefited from physical rehabilitation aid.
Latest Tweets
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The first baby girl has been born in our field hospital in #AlHol We are grateful and humble to welcome this new… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Bassel and his brother returned to their neighborhood in #Aleppo Outside their house, Bassel accidentally touched… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Today, we open a field hospital in Al-Hol camp to address the massive humanitarian needs among the 74,000 people li… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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The ICRC, in collaboration with the @SYRedCrescent has served more than 338,000 hot meals and continues to serve up… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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An estimated two-thirds of the population in Al-Hol are children. Many of them are very young #Syria pic.twitter.com/bBr17IdEqR
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To date, our teams have conducted over 10,100 medical consultations and seen over 2,300 first aid cases. The mobile… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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“I could not see or hear anything at the time of the explosion. I woke up after a few hours to see myself injured f… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Sending some love from Syria! ️ Nabil is one of the players on the Syrian wheelchair basketball team that was trai… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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People arriving in the Al-Hol camp have been without access to health care due to lack of medicine, hostilities and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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In Al-Hol camp, we have distributed more than 281,000 hot meals since the beginning of March, together with… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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More than half of the population in the Al-Hol camp are children. Our staff on the ground often see them taking car… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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In Syria, thousands of people live with disabilities. We had the honor of hosting @JessMarkt who supported the the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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We are concerned by reports of civilian deaths and reports of alleged attacks on medical facilities and essential i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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On May 8th, we celebrate the International Red Cross Red Crescent day. Millions of volunteers and staff around the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…