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As violence escalates in the northeastern governorate of Raqqa, families have been fleeing their homes to poorly equipped temporary shelters and camps in the area. While UNICEF is responding to the immediate needs of uprooted families, access to the area has been highly restricted for the past four years. By Massoud Hassan and Yasmine […]
• UNICEF reached 408,800 people in 243 hard-to-reach locations in Syria with life-saving interventions and critical WASH, education, health and nutrition and child protection services and delivered supplies for 12,200 beneficiaries in 12 besieged areas. Items from Interagency Emergency Health Kits, diarrheal disease sets, paediatric kits and midwifery kits were removed from inter-agency convoys to […]
The already dire humanitarian situation inside the besieged east Ghouta is worsening. According to reports basic commodities such as fuel are mostly unavailable, the few supplies are too expensive and families cannot afford to buy, making conditions difficult for survival. An estimated 180,000 children have been living under siege in East Gouta since 2013. […]
Hear from some of the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors and Advocates who have met with children affected by the conflict in Syria and why they think that the children themselves are the best champions for peace. Muzoon Almellehan Goodwill Ambassador and Syrian Refugee Resettled in the United Kingdom “I am an education activist. I fled the […]
Violence disrupting children’s access to health services, safe water and sanitation AMMAN, 24 May 2017 – Violence and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa have put in jeopardy the health of 24 million children in Yemen, Syria, the Gaza Strip, Iraq, Libya and Sudan. Damage to health infrastructure is depriving children of essential health […]
يعيق العنف حصول الأطفال على الرعاية الصحيّة ومياه الشرب النظيفة ومرافق الصرف الصحّي عمّان، 24 أيار/مايو 2017 – أدّى العنف والنزاع في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا إلى تعريض صحة 24 مليون طفل للخطر في اليمن وسوريا وقطاع غزة والعراق وليبيا والسودان. ويمنع الضرر الذي تعرضت له البنية التحتية الصحية أمن وصول الأطفال الى الرعاية […]
A blog by Dima Khayyata Being a mother is miraculous. But for me, being forced live far away from my children just to put bread on the table, has turned this blessing into a curse. Being a Syrian mother in this time of war is my life challenge – a reason to fight, survive […]
الرباط، 15 أيّار/مايو 2017- وفقاً لدراسة أجرتها اليونيسف مؤخّراً وشملت 11 بلداً في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا، فإنّ الفقر لا يزال يؤثر على 29 مليون طفل على الأقل- أي ما يعادل واحد من كلّ أربعة أطفال في المنطقة. هؤلاء الأطفال يعانون الحرمان من الحدّ الأدنى من المتطلّبات في اثنتين أو أكثر من الضروريّات الحياتيّة […]
RABAT, 15 May 2017 – According to a recent UNICEF analysis covering 11 countries in the Middle East and North Africa[1], poverty continues to impact at least 29 million children – one in four children in the region. These children are deprived of the minimum requirements in two or more of the most basic life […]
By Yasmine Saker Six years of conflict and displacement have prevented young people from engaging meaningfully in their communities. To build the capacity of #youth affected by the conflict in #Syria and help them reach their full potential, @UNICEF joined hands with Institut Européen de Coopération et de Développement on a livelihoods, seed funding and […]
By Leen Tarabichi HAMA, Syrian Arab Republic, 11 May 2017 – Dr. Majed contracted polio at the age of 7 months. He grew up determined to protect as many children as possible from this life-threatening disease. Polio is highly contagious, and young children are the most vulnerable to infection. The disease attacks the nervous […]
UNICEF Syria Crisis Situation Report March 2017
“يتمتّع الشّباب الّذين ينجون من الحرب بقدرة مذهلة على الثّبات وعلى أن يصبحوا أبطالاً للسّلام” عمّان، 27 نيسان/أبريل 2017 – إسماعيل بيه، المؤلّف، والّذي سبق وأن جُنّد كطفلٍ، ونصير الأطفال المتضرّرين من الحرب لدى اليونيسف، أنهى اليوم زيارة إلى الأردن استمرّت ثلاثة أيّام، هَدَفَ منها إعلاء صوت الشّبيبة الضّعفاء ممّن تضرّروا بسبب النّزاع […]
