Syria Crisis - Emergency Assistance - UNICEF 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 more than 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 whose resources are increasingly overstretched by the influx of people needing assistance. With the support of DFATD and other donors UNICEF is providing emergency health services immunization nutrition support water and sanitation education and child protection to vulnerable Syrians including women and children inside Syria and in neighbouring countries. Project activities include providing: access to primary health care including vaccinations; nutrition support to mothers with infants and young children; access to water sanitation and hygiene services; access to education including safe and secure learning environments that promote child protection and well-being; psychosocial support services and recreational activities to Syrian children; and safe spaces for Syrian women and girls at risk of sexual and gender-based violence. Other activities include: establishing community-based networks to disseminate information on risks related to sexual and gender-based violence and on access and location of services; and registering and providing assistance to unaccompanied and separated children.

The expected output of this project is food household and winterization items provided for 6 250 non-registered vulnerable Syrian refugees (1 250 families). The expected intermediate outcome is reduced vulnerability of Syrian refugees in the southern governorate of Lebanon.