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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
In 2020
- 16 millionpeople benefited from different water and habitat interventions across the country
- 3 millionpeople in 11 governorates received food parcels
- 1.2 millionpeople in nine governorates out of 14, received essential household items, including blankets, mattresses and hygiene kits
- 45,000people received winter clothes in nine governorates
- 1.3 millionpeople in 13 governorates received adapted hygiene kits as a response to help them prevent the spread of COVID-19
- 9,000people including returnees, displaced families, women-headed households, and people with disabilities, received support to initiate a small business in eight governorates
- 250,000people benefited from ICRC and SARC distribution of cereal seeds and fertilizers in ten governorates
- 9,530wounded and sick persons benefited from the services provided at the ICRC/SARC field hospital in Al Hol camp
- 30workshops were conducted on COVID-19 response and preventive measures, for nearly 700 clinical staff of the Ministry of Health, health promotors, volunteers and authorities.
- 8,000specialized doctors, resident doctors and nurses benefited from personal protective equipment provided to 16 hospitals, two Directorates of Health and the Ministry of Health
- 125’000conflict-affected people in 10 governorates attended sessions on risks related to mines and other explosive remnants of war given by the SARC risk education teams, who were trained and supported by the ICRC.
- 9,700oral greetings and Red Cross Messages were exchanged between individuals separated from their families and their loved ones
Latest Tweets
- 1 in 2 healthcare facilities is damaged in #Syria. With the support of ICRC and @SYRedCrescent, and in 2020: pic.twitter.com/h69XCkXZ6Z
- More than 165 farmers benefited from fertilizers and agricultural tools granted by ICRC and @SYRedCrescent to incre… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- No matter how tough the weather conditions are, our fleet does its best to carry on ICRC operations in #Syria. pic.twitter.com/SPU6F5Ld7N
- This small shop enables Um Ali to generate income, meet the basic needs of her children and send them to school️… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- 1,000 families in #Homs benefited from ICRC and @SYRedCrescent voucher program. This program helps some of the vul… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- In every winter, the same suffering. Over 100,000 displaced people in northeast #Syria have been living this for y… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- Over 25,000 people now have access to potable water in Handarat, rural #Aleppo after ICRC and @SYRedCrescent rehabi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- Moamer received nets and hooks donated by the ICRC and @SYRedCrescent to support his family of 7. The project star… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- ICRC and @SYRedCrescent rehabilitated 210 houses of returned families in Mehin, #Homs by: Installing windows and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- "How else would I be able to live if it weren’t for the farm and the greenhouses?” Abdullah benefited from the gre… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- Mental health is as important as physical health. If you live in a conflict zone, you’re three times more likely t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- In northeast #Syria, over 100,000 people are in the displaced camps. Most of them are in Al Hol camp living in ten… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- Families belong together In 2020, the ICRC was approached by families in #Syria and opened over 700 requests to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- 75,000 people in 118 villages in#Hassakehreceived humanitarian assistance from ICRC and @SYRedCrescent.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- 100 families received an ICRC and @SYRedCrescent sheep grant in #Aleppo. The distribution took place in two rural… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- ICRC and @SYRedCrescent distributed two pregnant sheep and 500 kg of mixed fodder, complemented by follow-up veteri… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- “I am the only female mechanic in Syria!” Amoun's garage to repair motorbikes was supported by ICRC and SARC and i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- “Our houses are destroyed. That’s why we live here” says Um Mohammad. ICRC and @SYRedCrescent provided 18 families… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- “Our mental pain is not a shame, it is similar to headache, toothache, and stomach ache" says Azza, ICRC psychologi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…