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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
- More than 225,000 people will have better access to electricity after ICRC and @SYRedCrescent provided 15 transform… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- A huge appreciation for the healthcare workers in #Syria trying to save lives and bring smiles back to hundreds of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- 10 years of crisis in #Syria has left about 11.5 million people affected by the presence of mines and explosive rem… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- Children make over 25% of mine victims in #Syria. Most of them get hurt while simply playing. Last year, over 128,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- 90% of Al Hol camp population are women and children. Two-thirds of the population are children. Speaking abo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- Around 13.4 million Syrians are in need of humanitarian assistance. 12.4 million Syrians are food insecure.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- "Collective and convergent leadership across the political divide is urgently needed. Otherwise, there will be Brus… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- "80,000 people have returned to Darayya in the past two years. There's a pressing need for rehabilitation of infra… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- “Over 80% of the population has slipped into poverty. The economic problems, the impact of war, Covid19, the implo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- Around 50% of agricultural production has gone down in #Syria. 200 of the most vulnerable sheepherders received fo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- ️More than 2 million children cannot go to school in #Syria. ️160,000 students will benefit from ICRC and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…