Syria Crisis - Food Security and Access to Water - Humanitarian Response 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. With DFATD's support this project is improving access to clean water and assisting smallholder farmers to restore agriculture production in northern Syria. Project activities include: (1) providing essential agricultural inputs for 3 800 smallholder farmers to improve household livelihoods; and (2) supporting smallholder farmers to improve agriculture practices.

The expected outcomes for this project are: (1) improved agriculture production by smallholder farmers; and (2) improved household livelihoods. The expected intermediate outcome is reduced vulnerability of crisis-affected people especially women and children.