Drawing smiles on the faces of Syrian refugee children in Turkey
UNICEF’s Child Friendly Spaces project is funded by the European Union and implemented in partnership with AFAD and the Turkish Red Crescent Society in all camps in Turkey. Thanks to these spaces, vulnerable Syrian children and youth have access to safe, participatory and inclusive education and recreation activities.
New schools for children of Syria in Turkey
Kilis, Turkey – 4 June 2014 – Kilis has “one of the cleanest, most humane, most efficiently run refugee camps in history” It is also a busy city and no matter what time of day or night you walk its streets, you hear children speaking Arabic. The city of 90,000 Turks hosts more than 100,000 Syrian […]
أدنى هطول للأمطار منذ 50 عاما هي أحدث تهديد لأطفال سوريا وللمنطقة
خبر صحفي حمل التقرير بالعربية تقول اليونيسف أن هذه التحديات يضاعفها نفاذ التمويل اللازم لبرامج المياه والصرف الصحي والنظافة. عمان / جينيف، 6 حزيران 2014 – حذرت اليونيسف اليوم من أن هناك مناطق من سوريا تعاني من أدنى مستويات هطول أمطار منذ أكثر من نصف قرن، مما يضع أكثر من 4 ملايين طفل في البلاد […]
Drying up: The growing water crisis facing Syria and the region- Amman, 6 June 2014
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Lowest rainfall in over 50 years is latest threat to children in Syria and region
NEWS NOTE الخبر باللغة العربية Download PDF report in English Challenges compounded by funds running out for water, sanitation and hygiene programmes says UNICEF. AMMAN/GENEVA, 6 June 2014 – Parts of Syria are suffering their lowest levels of rainfall in more than half a century, placing more than 4 million children in the war-torn country […]
Homs Old City lies in ruins after long siege
HOMS, Syria, 29 May, 2014 – An estimated 240,000 people, including children and women, remain besieged in Syria. They remain cut off from essential services such as safe water and electricity, along with life-saving necessities including food medical supplies. They live in a world assaulted by explosions and gunfire – the ongoing refrain of a conflict now […]
Developing young minds among the most vulnerable
By Toby Fricker JORDAN VALLEY, Jordan, May 2014 – It’s eleven in the morning and stifling hot inside the tent. Sultan*, a 10-year old from Hama, northern Syria, is writing the letter B in Arabic. His classmates clap enthusiastically when he completes his artistic work on the whiteboard. The children in the tent are between […]
