A Leading Provider of Humanitarian Aid to Syria
The Syrian crisis continues to be one of the largest refugee crises the modern world has faced in recent times. Since the official beginning of the conflict on March 15, 2011, the Syrian people have suffered tremendously in a war that resulted in the loss of many thousands of lives due to conflict-related consequences.
To gauge the large-scale devastation that has hit the country, one need only look at the numbers. With more than 6.8 million Syrian refugees and asylum-seekers, an additional 6.7 million people are also displaced inside the country itself. Totaling to about 13.5 million people, one can see the sad reality of more than half the country’s population being forcefully displaced. Out of this huge number, it has been estimated that nearly 11.2 million Syrian nationals need humanitarian help. It’s heartbreaking to also note that about half of the population worst hit by the refugee crisis are children.
The continued conflict only further exasperates the economic desperation that the country is undergoing. There has been a steady drop in the value of the Syrian currency.
Parents are forced to remove children from school due to the inability to pay fees, and teachers are not receiving their salaries… Many girls who drop out of school are severely impacted by child marriage.” It seems over 2.4 million children are not in school, with nearly 40% of them being girls.
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