Syria Crisis - Emergency Assistance for Syrian Refugees and Host Communities in Jordan-CARE 2014

May 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 2.75million 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 DFATD's support CARE is helping to provide lifesaving assistance to meet the most critical needs of vulnerable Syrian refugee families and members of the host communities in Irbid Mufraq Zarqa and Amman. Project activities include: (1) assessing the vulnerability of 8 000 households and helping Syrian refugees access services to meet their most pressing needs; (2) providing extra assistance to 4 000 particularly vulnerable households such as those headed by women people with disabilities or the elderly in accessing the services they need; (3) providing 3 250 households with emergency cash to meet urgent needs; and (4) training 400 women with business and life skills through a local partner organization.

The expected immediate outcomes for this project include: (1) enhanced awareness of humanitarian assistance rights and responsibilities for vulnerable populations and improved access to assistance and services through in-depth case management particularly for women-headed households people with disabilities and the elderly; (2) increased access to emergency cash in order to meet urgent needs; and (3) increased access to livelihoods for vulnerable populations particularly women. The expected intermediate outcome is reduced vulnerability of crisis-affected people especially women and children.