Syria Crisis - Support to the “No Lost Generation” Initiative - UNICEF 2015

March 2015 - The humanitarian situation in Syria continues to deteriorate as a result of the civil war and intensified violence in the country. The United Nations estimates that 12.2 million people inside Syria including 5.6 million children are in need of humanitarian assistance. Combined with 3.8 million Syrians seeking refuge from the conflict in neighbouring countries this is the largest number of people displaced from conflict in the world. Women and children are particularly vulnerable to the consequences of the conflict and host countries are increasingly overstretched by the influx of people fleeing the conflict. UNICEF is one of the partners leading the “No Lost Generation” initiative to educate and normalize the lives of conflict-affected children and their families. With DFATD's support and that of other donors this UNICEF project benefits more than 1 101 800 conflict-affected children in Syria Jordan Lebanon Iraq Turkey and Egypt. Project activities include: (1) providing up to 767 000 children in Syria with formal non-formal and alternative education and life skills opportunities; (2) providing 16 500 extremely vulnerable children in Jordan with cash grants to cover their basic needs as well as case management of psychosocial support for traumatized children; (3) providing up to 56 300 children in Lebanon with psychosocial support and mine risk education activities; (4) providing up to 150 000 children in Turkey with access to education and psychosocial support; and (5) providing protection assistance to separated and unaccompanied children and assistance to up to 3 000 out-of-school children to enter formal education programs in Egypt.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved access to education for children; and (2) increased protection for children and caregivers. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or facing acute food insecurity.