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Dear Friends, Warm Season’s Greetings to you and your loved ones. Let me take this opportunity to personally thank you on behalf of the children of Syria. Despite the enormous challenges, your support allowed millions of children to access safe water, education, health care, protection and other vital services. You made it all possible. I […]
By Tamara Abu Sham Aleppo, 22 December 2014 – Khaled was born in eastern Aleppo two months before the onset of the Syrian crisis in March 2011.He joined a family of two brothers and four sisters. He weighed a healthy 3.8 kg at birth. With the escalation of armed conflict, Khaled’s family fled the conflict […]
دمشق، 22 كانون الأول 2014 – بين تقييم الوضع التغذوي لأطفال الأسر المهجرة ممن هم دون سن الخامسة، والذين يعيشون في مراكز إيواء جماعية ولدى المجتمعات المضيفة في سوريا أن معدلات سوء التغذية الحاد في ثلاث محافظات وصلت حد حرج، وأن الوضع التغذوي في البلاد ككل “متدنِ”. يقدم التقييم السريع نموذجا عن الوضع التغذوي لأطفال […]
Damascus, 22 December 2014 – An assessment of the nutritional status of displaced children under five living in collective shelters and the host community in Syria has found a “serious” level of global acute malnutrition rate in three governorates, with a “poor” overall nutrition situation. The Rapid Nutrition Assessment provides a sampling of the nutritional […]
By Ayberk Yurtsever Mersin, Turkey, December 2014 – Hers was a happy, peaceful life. Azize used to lead a “normal” life with her mother, her father and her 7 siblings. They had a house in both Latakia and in their village, just one hour from the city. They would pass the summer in their village […]
By Toby Fricker JORDAN, Amman, December 2014 – Hasna’s eyes lock in to the iris scanner attached to an ATM bank machine. A green tick appears on the screen and initiates the electronic sound of counting money. The 34-year old from Dera’a, southern Syria, is at a cash point in east Amman. She’s collecting 90 Jordanian […]
By Ayberk Yurtsever ADANA, Turkey, December 2014 – “Children, especially girls have psychological problems. They don’t get to talk about these problems with their families. As they have no one to guide them, these problems grow bigger and bigger,” says Danya Hamışlı. Born in Aleppo, Danya graduated from the Theology Department of Damascus University. She […]
Statement by Maria Calivis, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa on the Launch of the 2015 Strategic Response Plan for Syria (SRP) and the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) 2015-16 Statement in Arabic Statement in French Statement in Spanish Amman, December 18, 2014: “The Syria crisis represents the biggest threat […]
Damascus, 10 December 2014 – In November, UNICEF, with the assistance of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, took a big step forward in reaching children in hard to reach areas by providing lifesaving supplies and education kits to an estimated 75,400 children. Early Childhood Development (ECD) kits and life-saving supplies such as winter clothes, blankets, hygiene […]
تعليق المساعدات الغذائية يزيد من المخاطر الصحية ويهدد السلامة خلال شهور الشتاء. عمان، 4 كانون الأول 2014 – تشارك اليونيسف في النداء للحصول على دعم طارئ لبرنامج الأغذية العالمي بعد أن أجبرت الوكالة الأممية على تعليق المساعدات التي تقدمها لحوالي 1.7 مليون سوري من الفئات الهشة في المنطقة. حيث أن هذا التعليق سيسهم في الإحساس […]
Food cuts increase health risks and threaten wellbeing through winter months AMMAN, 4 December 2014 – UNICEF joins the appeal for urgent support to the World Food Programme (WFP) after the UN agency was forced to cut food assistance for 1.7 million vulnerable Syrians across the region. This cut will contribute to the growing sense […]
القصة بالعربية By David Youngmeyer Tartous, Syria, 3 December 2014 – Tens of thousands of pre-school children affected by the crisis in Syria are finding a renewed sense of happiness through new play kits that have been donated by IKEA. UNICEF is working in partnership with IKEA to provide 1,050 Early Childhood Development (ECD) kits […]
