CANADEM

Published purpose

November 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 more than 110,000 people have been killed, and hundreds of thousands more wounded, due to the violence. Within Syria, some 9.3 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, 6.5 million of whom are internally displaced. In addition, over 2.2 million Syrian refugees are living in host countries in the region. Women and children are particularly vulnerable to the gravest consequences of the conflict and host countries are increasingly overstretched by the influx of people needing assistance. With DFATD’s support, CANADEM is deploying Canadian technical experts on humanitarian assistance to provide short-term support to United Nations organizations and the International Organization for Migration, which are responding to the immediate needs of Syrian refugees who have fled to host countries: Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan. This project bolsters the capacity of these agencies to effectively carry out relief efforts.