Syria Crisis - Lifesaving Water Sanitation and Nutrition Assistance - Humanitarian Response 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 over 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 the project is providing lifesaving humanitarian assistance to 1 050 Syrian households. The project will provide the most vulnerable families in Alepo and Idlib governorates with a minimum expenditure basket (MEB) to be able purchase/access crucial basic food supplies to meet the minimum require calories/person/day.

The expected output for this project is 1 050 households (6 300 individual beneficiaries – including 4 200 children) will receive a monthly food basket. The expected intermediate outcome is reduced vulnerability of crisis-affected people especially women and children.