Syria Crisis - Support to Syrian Refugees and Host Communities in Jordan - World Vision 2013

October 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 World Vision Canada is providing water and sanitation assistance as well as child protection services in Irbid Mafraq and Zarqa Governorates benefitting approximately 66 720 Syrian refugees and host community members. Project activities include: rehabilitating water sanitation and hygiene facilities in schools; conducting a hygiene promotion campaign in surrounding communities; establishing eight child-friendly spaces in targeted communities to provide psychosocial assistance and non-formal education to vulnerable children; and establishing child protection committees to address community-based child protection issues.

Expected outputs include: secure sanitary and culturally appropriate water and sanitation facilities provided in schools to benefit up to 60 000 children; a sanitation and hygiene promotion campaign conducted in targeted refugee and host community populations totaling up to 65 000 persons; child protection services provided through eight child-friendly spaces benefitting up to 1 600 vulnerable children; and 120 women and men trained in community-based child protection mechanisms in targeted host community and refugee populations. The expected intermediate outcome is reduced vulnerability of crisis-affected people especially women and children.