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Syria Crisis
The fight is far from over.
The fight is far from over.
A funding crisis threatens to cut Syrians off from emergency aid.
The people of Syria have endured almost 14 years of conflict. Their loved ones have been brutally killed. Their homes and communities have been destroyed. They have been forced to flee again and again, often with nothing but the clothes on their backs.
Now, UNHCR is facing a funding crisis – and Syrians will be among those who suffer most.
Without enough funding, 75,000 Syrians will have to go without emergency shelter, and 1.5 million will miss out on survival essentials like blankets and winter clothing.
This funding crisis comes at a critical time. While the Assad regime has fallen, conflict continues to devastate parts of the country. Most recently, fighting has escalated in the north-west, with reports that entire families, including women and children, have been killed.
Don’t forget about the people of Syria. With conflict still raging and life-saving funding at risk, their futures hang in the balance.
With the fall of the Assad regime, some Syrian refugees are beginning to look toward home. But for extremely vulnerable families like Shadia's, returning is far from easy.
Shadia Mohammad Jesm, 50, has lived in a refugee camp in Lebanon for five long and arduous years, ever since fleeing deadly conflict in Homs.
"We were trapped there for three days between shelling and bullets," Shadia says. "It was terrifying."
Lebanon generously hosts 1.5 million Syrian refugees. However, the country is facing economic crisis and regional conflict.
Many refugees are living in crushing poverty, struggling to keep a roof over their heads or food on the table.
Shadia has more responsibility than most - she cares for her husband and two daughters, who all have serious health conditions. While Shadia yearns for home, she doesn't know what to expect. She isn't alone - refugees have many concerns, from the security situation to shelter, employment to education.
Please donate now to help Syrians return home safely and build a brighter future.
You can help Syrians return home and rebuild their lives in peace and safety. With your support, UNHCR can provide shelter repair kits, relief items such as blankets and solar lamps, emergency cash assistance, counselling, and livelihood and education opportunities.
Your gift can provide cash assistance to help families cover basic survival costs like rent and medicine.
Your gift can provide essential items like mattresses, blankets and kitchenware.
Your gift can rehabilitate schools to provide children with a brighter future.
The Syrian government under President Bashar al-Assad's rule recently collapsed. The situation across the country remains extremely volatile. Millions of people are still displaced and in need of life-saving aid.
This is yet another disaster for extremely vulnerable Syrians, who have endured 14 years of conflict and displacement. Most recently, more than half a million people crossed into Syria to escape the violence in Lebanon. Before that, communities in the north were devastated by earthquakes that struck near the border with Türkiye. More than 16 million Syrians are in need of humanitarian assistance.
UNHCR is delivering emergency supplies such as blankets, mattresses, solar lamps, kitchen sets and hygiene kits to assist displaced families. These supplies are absolutely vital for people who’ve been forced to flee with little more than the clothes on their backs.
You can make a generous donation to help UNHCR rush aid to families displaced by the fighting. With your help, UNHCR can ramp up its relief efforts and send vital supplies such as blankets, mattresses and warm clothing to vulnerable families.
The majority of funds raised by Australia for UNHCR are directed to UNHCR’s emergency operations, providing the ready funds and resources to respond quickly and effectively in situations of crisis and disaster.