Somali refugees band singing on WRD in Al-Fayhaa Sports Centre © UNHCRB.Diab 20-06-2013 DSC4182

Refugees

Who We Help 7 Jul 2016
Children relax outside their home in Baba Amr, Homs, Syria. Some services are slowly returning to Baba Amr after the area was largely destroyed during the fighting. Twelve out of 36 neighbourhoods in the city of Homs (140 kilometres north of Damascus) are now in desperate need of reconstruction. One of them is Baba Amr, where the clashes in Homs first started in 2012. Four years on the area still resembles a ghost town. Only 3,000 of the area’s 80,000 residents have returned, most living in damaged and half destroyed homes. The returnees are joined by just over 200 displaced families from other parts of Syria, who have found shelter in this battered neighbourhood. Having all been displaced at least once, the displaced and returnees are now collaborating to reclaim Baba Amr. There are 6.6 million people displaced inside Syria and UNHCR and its partners work to bring assistance to as many as they can. ; Homs has been witness to some of the worst fighting of the Syrian conflict and the Old City district now lies in ruins. An estimated 2000-3000 people have returned to old city of Homs after years of displacement.

Internally Displaced People

Who We Help 7 Jul 2016
The camp's residents have so little to prevent themselves from the desert cold. A refugee is here trying to cover his tent as much as he can.

About Us

About Us 7 Jul 2016

A chance to start over

UNHCR’s Small Business Grants programme gave a second chance to 290 displaced people within Syria last year.

The programme enabled them to open business, ranging from grocery stores to hairdressing salons and vehicle repair workshops.

“This programme is of essential value to boost the self-reliance of those who lost everything they had, and give a chance to returnees who are willing to rebuild their lives”, said Sajjad Malik, Representative of UNHCR in Syria.

6.5 million people have been displaced within Syria since fighting erupted in March 2011

13.5 million people are in need for humanitarian assistance

4 out of 5 Syrians live in poverty, competing over limited resources

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