Syria Crisis - Emergency Health and Hygiene Assistance in Alep - 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 providing basic relief items and meeting the emergency health care needs of up to 60 000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and local conflict-affected people in Aleppo. Project activities include: (1) providing age and gender appropriate hygiene kits to up to 35 000 conflict-affected people (distribution of 2 500 hygiene kits every month); and (2) providing basic health care services to up to 22 000 conflict-affected people.

The expected immediate outcomes for this project include: (1) increased access to hygiene items; and (2) increased access to health care services and health-related information. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity.