Assistance to Syrian Refugees in Jordan - CARE Canada 2013

September 2013 - The humanitarian situation in Syria has rapidly deteriorated over the past year as a result of the civil war in the country. The United Nations estimates that 100 000 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands more wounded due to the violence. Within Syria some 6.8 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance 4.25 million of whom are internally displaced. In addition more than 2 million Syrian refugees are living in host countries in the region. By the end of 2013 the United Nations estimates that 10 million people in Syria will need humanitarian assistance and a further 3.55 million refugees from Syria will have fled to host countries where resources are increasingly overstretched by the influx of people needing assistance. With DFATD’s support CARE Canada is providing life saving assistance to meet the most critical needs of 9 000 vulnerable Syrian refugee families and members of the host communities in Jordan. Some project activities include: (i) providing emergency cash payments to assist Syrian refugees and host communities to meet urgent financial needs such as rent food clothing medical services; (ii) providing “winterization cash programming” to help vulnerable Syrian refugees and host communities meet additional heating and shelter costs incurred through the coming winter; and (iii) providing essential household items for extremely vulnerable refugee and host community households.

The expected outputs for this project include: 9 000 Syrian refugee families and vulnerable Jordanian households are provided appropriate information to assist them in accessing services to meet their needs; enhanced access to shelter and household items for 9 000 Syrian refugee families and vulnerable Jordanian households; and provision of winterization cash assistance to 3 300 persons. The expected intermediate outcome is reduced vulnerability of crisis-affected people especially women and children.