Syria Crisis - Food Assistance in Jordan and Lebanon - World Food Programme 2014

February 2014 - The humanitarian situation in Syria continues to deteriorate as a result of the civil war in the country. The United Nations estimates that more than 130 000 people have been killed with 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 over 2.4 million Syrian refugees are registered and living in host countries in the region. Women and children are particularly vulnerable to the impact of the conflict and host countries are increasingly overstretched by the influx of affected people needing assistance. With the support of DFATD and other donors the United Nations World Food Programme is providing food assistance (food or cash or vouchers to purchase food when appropriate) to 837 500 conflict-affected people in Jordan and 1.69 million conflict-affected people in Lebanon. This includes Syrian refugees Palestinian refugees from Syria Lebanese returnees and host communities.

The expected immediate outcome for this project is increased access to food assistance for conflict-affected people in Jordan and Lebanon. The expected intermediate outcome is reduced vulnerability of crisis-affected people especially women and children.