مؤسسة الوليد بن طلال الخيرية تتبرّع عبر منظمة اليونيسف بمبلغ 200,000 دولار أميركي تضامناً مع اللاجئين السوريين المُحتاجين
خبر صحفي الرياض – 31 ديسمبر/ كانون الأول 2013: أعلنت منظمة الأمم المتحدة للطفولة (اليونيسف) اليوم عن قيام مؤسسة الوليد بن طلال الخيرية بتقديم مساهمة مالية كبيرة، وذلك في سياق تضامنها واستجابتها للاحتياجات الإنسانية العاجلة للأطفال المتضرّرين من جرّاء الأزمة في سوريا. وأشاد الدكتور إبراهيم الزيق، ممثّل منظمة الأمم المتحدة للطفولة (اليونيسف) لدول الخليج العربية، […]
AlWaleed Bin Talal Foundation donates $200,000 to UNICEF in support of Syrian refugees in need
PRESS RELEASE الخبر باللغة العربية RIYADH, 31 December 2013 – UNICEF today announced that the AlWaleed Bin Talal Foundation has made a significant financial contribution to support the urgent humanitarian needs of children affected by the crisis in Syria. Dr. Ibrahim El. Ziq, Gulf Area Representative, UNICEF commended the foundation and said: “We would like […]
UN convoy crosses conflict line to reach vulnerable children and families with emergency supplies
Field Diary By Michele Al Kaae, UNICEF Emergency Officer Tartous, 29 December 2013 – I took part in a recent UN convoy that delivered much-needed relief supplies to a hard-to-reach area of rural Idleb, in Syria’s north-west An estimated 40,000 displaced people have taken shelter in Khan Shikhon town, in the southern part of the […]
Reaching children with polio vaccines in remote area of Deir Ez Zour governorate
In the on-going campaign against polio in Syria, vaccinators will go wherever they can to reach children with polio vaccinations. This sense of mission is perhaps no more keenly felt than in eastern Deir Ez Zour governorate, where 15 of Syria’s 17 polio cases originated. As part of the December polio vaccination campaign, between 8-16 […]
Winter for children of Syria in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley
Storm ‘Alexa’ brought snow, rain, high wind speeds and sub-zero temperatures to the Middle East. Lebanon, which hosts more than 842,000 registered and unregistered Syrian refugees, was particularly badly hit.
Syrian refugee children in Egypt
These children are going to a UNICEF-supported kindergarten for Syrian refugees in the city of Giza, Egypt. More than 126,000 Syrians have fled to Egypt so far, with over half of them children. UNICEF is providing educational materials, classroom furniture and teacher-training to promote child-centered learning in the kindergarten classrooms. The first 12 UNICEF-supported classrooms in […]
أيصال المساعدات عبر خطوط النار
بقلم ميشيل الكاي، موظف اليونيسف لحالات الطوارئ طرطوس، سوريا، 29 كانون أول 2013 – شاركتُ مؤخراً في قافلة للأمم المتحدة أوصلت إمدادات إغاثية إلى منطقة يصعب الوصول إليها في ريف إدلب في شمال غرب سوريا. لقد نزح ما يقرب من 40.000 شخص إلى بلدة خان شيخون الواقعة في الجزء الجنوبي من المحافظة هرباً من القتال […]
Children seek emergency shelter in UNICEF spaces after winter storms rip through Za’atari camp
By Melanie Sharpe ZA’ATARI, Jordan, 16 December, 2013— This morning I visited one of the child friendly spaces in Za’atari camp now sheltering women and children whose tents were destroyed in the vicious winter storms currently ripping through the Middle East. “Please, please can you get us a caravan?” said nine-year-old Lojain as soon as I […]
Preserving the future of adolescent girls in Syria
Hannan (16) and Malak (21) are sisters who had to flee their homes in Aleppo, northern Syria, due to the ongoing conflict. Like hundreds of thousands of others, they found safety in the western governorate of Tartous. The two sisters currently live in the Al Karnak shelter in Tartous city, which hosts nearly 240 displaced […]
Syria: Anatomy of an Outbreak
Syria’s example shows that polio anywhere is a threat to children everywhere. It also shows how quickly and devastatingly children’s health can be impacted by conflict, even in a country with well-established healthcare. Only 52% of Syrian children aged 12-23 months had received three doses of the polio vaccine by the year 2012, as the […]
Syria crisis: EU and U.N. partners to reach millions of Syrians in desperate need of humanitarian assistance
الخبر باللغة العربية Brussels, 18 December 2013 –The European Commission is today signing three major contracts with United Nations agencies totalling €147 million to deliver vitally needed aid to people directly affected by the Syrian crisis. The Heads of the UN Refugee Agency, the UN World Food Programme and UNICEF, meeting with the Humanitarian Aid […]
الأزمة السورية: سعي الاتحاد الأوروبي وشركاء الأمم المتحدة في الوصول إلى ملايين السوريين الذين هم في أمس الحاجة إلى المساعدات الإنسانية
بيان صحفي بروكسل، ١٨ كانون الأول، ٢٠١۳ – تقوم المفوضية الأوروبية اليوم بتوقيع ثلاثة عقود رئيسية مع وكالات الأمم المتحدة والتي يبلغ مجموعها ١٤۷ مليون يورو لتقديم المساعدات الحيوية اللازمة للمتضررين بشكل مباشر من الأزمة السورية. ويقوم رؤساء وكالة الأمم المتحدة للاجئين، وبرنامج الأمم المتحدة العالمي للأغذية، واليونيسيف، من خلال لقائهم اليوم مع مفوض المساعدات الإنسانية […]