Acute poverty, COVID-19, drought, displacement, and 11 years of war are stretching the resilience and coping abilities of Syrians to the limit, a new CARE analysis has revealed, with families increasingly taking desperate measures, including early marriage and child labor, to stay alive.
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In Photos: Syrian girls share how 11 years of conflict has impacted their lives
Millions of children were born in Syria since the conflict began more than a decade ago. Thousands have lost family members and been forced to flee their homes to camps in far away places and across neighbouring countries. Most continue to experience, daily, numerous violations of their basic rights to health, education and protection. These are some of their stories.
CARE Deeply Concerned as First COVID-19 Case is Reported in Syria
As the first case of coronavirus is confirmed in Syria, CARE is deeply concerned about the health and safety of over three million people in northwest Syria, over half of whom are internally displaced and live in crowded camps.
Syria’s Conflict Brings About Sweeping Changes in the Lives of Women
As the war in Syria enters its tenth year, the regional crisis has reached horrifying new levels. With nearly one million displaced in Northwest Syria, people are living through one of the worst emergencies since the war began in 2011.
Two New CARE Reports Examine Resilience and Changing Gender Norms Among Syrians
Nearly nine years of conflict have brought about sweeping and protracted changes in the lives of Syrian people. Syrians are adapting to a ‘new normal’ as it relates to new livelihood strategies, new ways of accessing education, and new gender roles.
Hundreds of thousands in northwest Syria caught in humanitarian catastrophe, aid agencies warn
As hostilities continue to escalate in northwest Syria, eight aid agencies are making an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire as they warn that hundreds of thousands of people – the majority of them women and children – fleeing the unrelenting violence are caught in a humanitarian catastrophe.
Bringing warmth to refugees in Serbia
CARE’s Sabine Wilke shares what winter is like for refugees living in Serbia and how we’re helping to spread a little warmth.
Tens of Thousands of People in Northeast Syria at Risk as Winter Approaches
As temperatures plummet across the Middle East, CARE warns that tens of thousands of people, including women and children, in northeast Syria are at risk of facing harsh weather conditions without needed protection.
Women in Desperate Need of Assistance in Northeast Syria and Iraq
More than two weeks after the escalation of violence in north-east Syria, women, children, and families continue to be uprooted from their homes, with displacement figures reaching close to 180,000.