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LebanonMother Kanouz holding her one-year old daughter Fatima to wash her hands at Mhamara informal settlement, 5 July 2021 © UNICEF/UN0482539/ BEIRUT, 23 July 2021 -- More than four million people, including one million refugees, are at immediate risk of losing access to safe water in Lebanon. With the rapidly escalating eco
Palestinian TerritoriesRafah refugee camp was established in 1949 in southern Gaza near the Egyptian border. The recovered WorldsAid archive records that many residents later moved into the adjoining Tel El-Sultan housing project, making the camp difficult to distinguish from Rafah city. It reports an original population of 41,000 and a historical registered population of…
Syriaarmouk Camp ( Arabic : مُخَيَّم ٱلْيَرْمُوْك / ALA-LC : Muḵayyam al-Yarmūk , IPA: [mu.xaj.jam al.yær.mʊ:k] ) is a 2.11-square-kilometer (520-acre) district of the city of Damascus , populated by Palestinians , with hospitals and schools. It is located 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) from the center of Damascus and within munici
Palestinian TerritoriesA distressed father carries his wounded daughter from the rubble of a destroyed house after an Israeli air strike in Gaza on Sunday © Haitham Imad/EPA/Shutterstock Oxfam warned today that it cannot reach around 450,000 or more people in Gaza because of fighting and aerial bombardment. The international agency should be
IraqBaghdad, Iraq (ILO News) The International Labour Organization in Iraq and partners launched a nation-wide campaign to tackle the worst forms of child labour in the country. The campaign will target 10,000 children, their families and guardians, teachers, employers, and the media through a series of activities which ai
YemenTorrential rains and flooding which started in mid-April continued into May; intensified rainfall over the past few days is causing damage to infrastructure, destroying homes and shelter and causing deaths and injuries. Flooding caused multiple large-scale damage in Aden, Abyan, Al Dhale’e, Lahj, Hadramaut, Ma’rib and
SyriaThe figures spark concerns for a mental health crisis, Save the Children said Almost one in five of all recorded suicide attempts and deaths in North West Syria are children[i], with a total of 246 suicides and 1,748 attempts recorded in just the last three months of 2020, Save the Children has said.[ii] The number of
IranWorldsAid has gathered nformation from the following sources: EC-JRC (44), (2), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),
IraqThe camp management is co-coordinated by Syrian Refugee Affairs Directorate (SRAD) and UNHCR. The camp has the potential to be expanded to accommodate 120,000 - 130,000 refugees at maximum capacity. The villagebased approach aims to foster a greater sense of ownership and community among residents. The camp has a coordination mechanism composed of…
YemenA child at a WFP-supported clinic in Hajjah is diagnosed with moderate acute malnutrition. © WFP/Issa Al-Ragh High-level donor conference convened by UN hears millions are at risk of starvation without immediate intervention By Annabel Symington and Peyvand Khorsandi People in Yemen face famine unless the world takes immediate action, the World Food…
YemenDisplaced persons in front of the shelter shared with them by their neighbours this week. © IOM/Elham Al Oqabi Ma’rib – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is watching with growing alarm as increasing numbers of people are displaced in Yemen, adding to worrisome food security concerns. Hostilities in Yemen’s Ma'rib governorate have led to…
IranOn February 17, according to the Iranian Seismological Centre a 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit the country. The epicentre was 11 km from Sisakht city, 19 km from Madovan city and 20 km from Komeh city in Isfahan province. Based on the magnitude and the distance to the populated areas around, a number of 19 cities with a population of 257,661 individuals…
LebanonOver half a million children are at risk of child labour and child marriage as their families struggle six months on from the Beirut blast, World Vision warns today. The explosion, which killed more than 200 people on August 4 last year, compounded a crisis in Lebanon which had already been exacerbated by COVID-19. In Beirut schools are closed, many…
YemenFive years of relentless war has left a mark on the children of Yemen has been further devastated by a combination of funding cuts and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Save the Children warns. Nearly 24 million people— including 12.3 million children —need humanitarian assistance and protection. Already weakened health systems across Yemen have been…
SyriaA girl and a boy stand next to their tent, with their feet submerged in water, after heavy rainfall over five days in Northwest Syria caused flooding in the camp. Nearly 600 families live in this camp in northern Idlib, only five kilometers from the Turkish border. ©IYD/CARE Gaziantep, 24 January, 2021 – More than 22,000 displaced people have lost their…
SyriaThe al-Hawl refugee camp (also al-Hol refugee camp [1] ) is a refugee camp on the southern outskirts of the town of al-Hawl in northern Syria , close to the Syria-Iraq border , which holds individuals displaced from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant . [2] It is controlled by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). As of April 2019, the…
SyriaAmman, 19 January, 2021 – A six-year-old boy has died and more than 20,000 children have been displaced by heavy flooding in North West Syria, Save the Children said today. At least 41,200 people have been affected by a heavy storm which has caused extreme flooding on Monday in northern Idlib and western Aleppo. Most of the people affected have already…
SyriaThe COVID-19 outbreak in Syria continues to spiral out of control while the country struggles with a chronic shortage of hospital beds, testing, water and oxygen, Save the Children warned today. The North West is particularly hard hit, as the number of confirmed cases quadrupled in two months. As parents have fallen ill or lost livelihoods and children…
LebanonIn FY 2020, USAID/BHA supported WFP to reach 295,000 Syrian refugees and 9,600 refugees of other nationalities through cash transfers for food and food vouchers, allowing individuals to purchase nutritious foods available in local markets and support local vendors. Moreover, USAID/BHA expanded food programming in Lebanon to reach populations affected by…
LebanonThe USG supports water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programming throughout Lebanon to bolster water and sanitation conditions and prevent the spread of COVID-19. In FY 2020, State/PRM partner UNICEF continued to facilitate access to safe drinking water and sanitation services for nearly 147,000 Syrian refugees residing in informal settlements across…
YemenAmal Hussein, 7, whose name means "hope" in Arabic, is weighed at a Yemeni health center in August. (AP File Photo/Hammadi Issa) Even before fighting broke out in early 2015, Yemen was one of the poorest countries in the Arab world. With an average life expectancy below 64, the nation is ranked 177th out of 189 in the 2019 Human Development Index. Over…
SyriaMore than two million displaced people living in northwestern Syria are bracing themselves for an impending winter that will make already harsh living conditions even more unbearable. For many families, this is not the first winter they have endured in leaking tents, mud-filled streets, and freezing temperatures. In recent years, the region has seen…
JordanZaatari is a refugee camp in Jordan, located 10 kilometres east of Mafraq, which has gradually evolved into a permanent settlement; it is the world’s largest camp for Syrian refugees. It was first opened on 28 July 2012 to host Syrians fleeing the violence in the ongoing Syrian Civil War that erupted in March 2011.
JordanOver the past years, we have scaled up our activities in Lebanon in response to the Syria crisis, improving water and sanitation including solid waste management, and providing emergency cash assistance for refugees and poor Lebanese, helping refugees with legal protection issues, and supporting small businesses. Given the protracted nature of the…
IraqRegion and State: Sulaymaniyah. KR - Iraq Size of camp area: 300,000 m² Camp opened : by UNHCR on 25.08.2013 Pattern in Population Change: Relocation from old Arbat transit camp. In October, November 2014 the camp hosted new arrivals from Kobane. Areas of Origin: Majority is from Qamishli, Syria. Refugee Population : Approx. 5,200 people Planned capacity…