UNHCR Syrian Operations

UNHCR provides relief to families stuck in Moadamiyeh, al-Waer and Talbisah

Amid the increasing challenges, the UN Refugee Agency in Syria was quick to mobilize its resources to respond to urgent needs for families in the besieged city of Moadamiyeh city in Rural Damascus and to residents of al-Waer and Talbisah in Homs.

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Remedial classes put Syrian displaced back on track

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in Syria accelerates educational program supports students’ return to an interrupted education and acts as an effective deterrent mechanism from dropping out.

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Volunteering is sharing humanity

“There’s not a single family in Syria that hasn’t been affected by this crisis,” says Nour, a second-year college student who spends several hours a week working with displaced families as a UNHCR Outreach Volunteer.

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Children’s Club: Children find a new environment for innovation and creativity

The purpose of the Children’s Club is to relay the challenges and obstacles that children face in their community or inside the school to UNHCR’s team as well as submit ideas that can improve their surrounding environment.

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Livelihood program helps displaced woman start over again

“My hair and beauty salon is a proof that I exist.” Said Sherien, a 36-year-old woman with glittering that reflected her struggle as she shared her story of pain, despair and success.

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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