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The humanitarian crisis in Syria, now in its second decade, has impacted a generation of children.ÌýAlmost 6 million children have been born into war in Syria, with 1 million children born as refugees in neighboring countries.Ìý

15.3 million people are in need of humanitarian aid amid ongoing violence and displacement.

The conflict in Syria hasÌýdevastated the lives of a generation of young people.

Many children have lost relatives to death, detainment, or disappearance, leaving Syrian orphans separated from their families in the brutal chaos of war.

An unknown number of children haveÌýbeen killed or injured in the conflict, but it is estimated to be in the tens of thousands. Children have experiencedÌýpsychological distress because of violence and instability, being separated from their parents or seeing their lovedÌýones killed, onlyÌýfurther compounded by the earthquakes.Ìý

2023 has already seenÌýa 40% increase in the number of children in need.

So many children in Syria have missed years of education. There wereÌý2.4 millionÌýchildren in Syria out of school before the earthquakes.

In Syria, children have faced repeated risks ofÌýbombardment, displacement, death, destruction, illness and hunger over the last 12 years, which has had a hugeÌýimpact on theirÌýmental health.

Since the earthquakes, children have been exposed to further life-threateningÌýevents, suffering life-changing injuries, lost family members and friends, and seen their homes and schoolsÌýdestroyed overnight. In these conditions, children and their caregivers need crucial psychosocial support to avoid long-term repercussions on a child’s health, wellbeing and development for months or even years to come.

The Syrian Pound exchange rate has undergone aÌýmore than 70-fold depreciation since the onset of hostilities inÌý2011.ÌýThis decline has accelerated since late 2019, after the start of ³¢±ð²ú²¹²Ô´Ç²Ô’s currency crisis.Ìý

The devaluation is felt by communities and families who haveÌýwitnessed additional increases in the prices of basic commodities, including food, water and fuel.ÌýThe crisis inÌýUkraineÌýhas upended the markets for food and energy, contributing to the falling ofÌýstandards of living.

The economic impact of the earthquakes that ripped through southernÌý°Õü°ù°ì¾±²â±ðÌýand northern SyriaÌýthreatens to push at least another 665,000 Syrians into hunger, with doctors and aid agencies warning that levels of child stunting and maternal malnutrition are reaching levels never seen before.

The number of Syrians acutely food insecure and facing hunger had already reached 12.1 million people—more than half the population—before the first devastating earthquake hit in the early hours of February 6.

As part of the earthquake response, 91²Ö¿â is delivering aid through partners, responding in Idlib and Aleppo governorates, and providing emergency food rations, blankets, tents, and warm clothing. 91²Ö¿â is also making sure children and their families can keep clean, healthy, and protected from illness and diseases, as well as providing protection services, including psychosocial support.

91²Ö¿â has been providing assistance to children in need in Syria since 2012 through local partners and directly.

91²Ö¿â programming combines emergency and life-saving interventions with early recovery activities that support the restoration of basic services, and aims to reach every last child in need, with a particular focus on the most marginalized children and their families.

Our goal is to ensure that every child in Syria survives, learns and is protected.Ìý

91²Ö¿â has worked in the Middle East since 1919. Our work has focused on helping families forced from their homes by conflict and advocating for children's rights.

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