Syria Crisis - Emergency Food Assistance for Crisis-Affected People - 2013

November 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 more than 110 000 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands more wounded due to the violence. Within Syria some 9.3 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance 6.5 million of whom are internally displaced. In addition more than 2.2 million Syrian refugees are living in host countries in the region. Women and children are particularly vulnerable to the gravest consequences of the conflict and host countries are increasingly overstretched by the influx of people needing assistance. With DFATD’s support the organization is providing food assistance to approximately 78 500 vulnerable people affected by the Syrian crisis. The project aims to meet urgent food needs by distributing either food or food vouchers (enabling people to purchase food locally) to the most vulnerable people including refugees people who have been displaced from their homes host community families with a particular focus on women and children. The project builds on existing food assistance programs in the region and works through a network of local partners in Lebanon Jordan and Syria.

The expected immediate outcome for this project is: increased access to food through direct food transfers and the provision of food vouchers for approximately 78 500 vulnerable people. The expected intermediate outcome is reduced vulnerability of crisis-affected people especially women and children.