The Syrian conflict has led to more than 600,000 deaths and has displaced over 13 million people.
Give nowSyrian children need your help. Brutal, violent conflict has been raging on in Syria for 13 years. Children have lost their homes, loved ones and everything familiar to them. Fleeing for their lives, children and families have become refugees, and millions more are trapped inside Syria. Crammed in camps without the basics to survive. Without a place to sleep, food, clean water or education.
In 2023, Northwest Syria and Türkiye were hit by devastating earthquakes which made the humanitarian crisis even worse. World Vision has helped almost 1 million people in the wake of these earthquakes, thanks to our dedicated staff and supporters. But the need is so great. Years of war and terror have left lasting scars on children and families who've lost everything. Right now, every $1 you give now will provide $6 worth of urgent support to help children survive, recover and build a future.
Children in Syria face challenges no child should have to face—missing out on school, working as child labourers and early marriage.
The war and earthquakes have forced more than half of Syria's population to flee their homes. With your help, World Vision has been responding since the conflict began, assisting children and families affected.
We’ve been working in Syria – as well as Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Türkiye as part of the Syria crisis response since 2013. With the aim of providing humanitarian assistance to vulnerable Syrians and communities hosting Syrian refugees. Working alongside families, providing clean water, food, shelter, education, child protection, and psycho-social support.
children have been killed since the war began twelve years ago.
Syrian children born since the war started have only ever known war.
of children in Syria are out of school, and 80% of the population lives in poverty.
6 February is a day that will be engraved in Syrians memories for generations. Families were awoken by a deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake. “During the earthquake, the situation was horrible, it felt like the end of the world” shares Yahya. The 40-year-old father is one of the Syrians who managed to escape the rubble with his family. unfortunately, almost 7,000 Syrians weren’t so lucky.
The family headed to a shelter with the clothes on their backs. They were among 86,000 people who were all displaced after their homes were destroyed.
This earthquake has affected an already severely devastated country, that has been witnessing war for the past 13 years.
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13 years of war in Syria represents the greatest humanitarian failure of our time for every single child and is already at a breaking point.
"The world has stood by and allowed this conflict to rage on for a decade, robbing children of their basic rights and preventing an entire generation of girls and boys from reaching their potential," says Andrew Morley, World Vision International President & CEO.
Syrian children's life expectancy has decreased by 13 years since the war began.
The Syrian war has cost $1.2 trillion USD, but the real cost is the total and utter loss of missed school years, no medical care, forced child marriage, poverty and broken dreams.
A monthly gift of $20, will provide $120 worth of life-changing support to children whose lives are on the line, thanks to our partnerships with other organisations.
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