CARE Canada

Published purpose

September 2013 - The humanitarian situation in Syria has rapidly deteriorated over the past year as a result of the civil war in the country. The United Nations estimates that 100,000 people have been killed, and hundreds of thousands more wounded, due to the violence. Within Syria, some 6.8 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, 4.25 million of whom are internally displaced. In addition, more than 2 million Syrian refugees are living in host countries in the region. By the end of 2013, the United Nations estimates that 10 million people in Syria will need humanitarian assistance and a further 3.55 million refugees from Syria will have fled to host countries, where resources are increasingly overstretched by the influx of people needing assistance. With DFATD’s support, CARE Canada is providing life saving assistance to meet the most critical needs of 9,000 vulnerable Syrian refugee families and members of the host communities in Jordan. Some project activities include: (i) providing emergency cash payments to assist Syrian refugees and host communities to meet urgent financial needs such as rent, food, clothing, medical services; (ii) providing “winterization cash programming” to help vulnerable Syrian refugees and host communities meet additional heating and shelter costs incurred through the coming winter; and (iii) providing essential household items for extremely vulnerable refugee and host community households.