CARE Canada

Published purpose

March 2015 - The humanitarian situation in Syria continues to deteriorate as a result of the civil war and intensified violence in the country. The United Nations estimates that 13.5 million people inside Syria, including 6 million children, are in need of humanitarian assistance. Combined with over 4.2 million Syrians seeking refuge from the conflict in neighbouring countries, this is the largest number of people displaced from conflict in the world. Women and children are particularly vulnerable to the consequences of the conflict and host countries are increasingly overstretched by the influx of people fleeing the conflict. With DFATD’s support, CARE is helping to provide lifesaving assistance to meet the most critical needs of vulnerable Syrian refugee families and members of host communities in Irbid, Mafraq, Zarqa, Azraq town and East Amman. Project activities include: (1) assessing the vulnerability of up to 13,500 households and providing a comprehensive care plan for up to 4,500 vulnerable households; (2) providing up to 3,690 households with one pay off emergency cash to meet urgent needs, of which 200 households will receive multiple cash up to three transfers to the most vulnerable; (3) providing up to 200 families with cash assistance to enable children to return to school; (4) training up to 1,150 vulnerable women with business and life skills and provide them with tools and kits to start their homebased income generation projects; (5) improving access to winter relief supplies for up to 230 households and (5) providing up to 3,600 boys, girls, men and women with psychosocial assistance.