The Government of Japan Contributes US$7.8 Million to Support UNICEF’s Learning in the Times of Crisis project in Syria [EN/AR]
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115,000 of the most vulnerable to benefit from access to quality education, resilience building services and employability opportunities
Damascus, Syria, 02 March 2021 – The Government of Japan has contributed US$ 7.8 million to support UNICEF’s Learning in the Times of Crisis project in Syria, helping children and young people learn during this time of uncertainty. The contribution will boost educational support to children during COVID-19, increase opportunities for employability and professional development for young people in times of economic hardship and help strengthen core community services from water, sanitation and hygiene to child protection, for more than 115,000 children, youth, women and community members in Syria.
The Government of Japan contributes US$300,000 to support UNICEF’s winter response for children in northeast Syria
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More than 5,000 children will be protected from harsh weather conditions
Damascus, Syria, 1 February 2021 – The Government of Japan has contributed US$300,000 to UNICEF’s winter response, to help protect children in northeast Syria from harsh winter weather. The contribution will ensure that more than 5,000 vulnerable children affected by almost 10 years of violence, displacement, and worsened living conditions are reached with much-needed winter clothing kits.
Inflation, loss of purchasing power and depletion of families’ financial resources, exacerbated by COVID-19 challenges, have compounded the suffering of 11 million people across Syria, estimated to be in need of humanitarian assistance. Children whose families are struggling to stay afloat, risk being left unprotected against harsh weather conditions by not having proper winter clothing.
Four children reportedly killed and two children injured in two attacks in northern Syria
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Statement by Bo Viktor Nylund, UNICEF Representative in Syria
DAMASCUS, 31 January 2021 - One 12-year-old girl was reportedly killed today in an attack in Azaz, northern rural Aleppo. Another two boys are among the scores of people injured, one of the boys is less than one year old. Just yesterday, three children were killed in an explosion in the town of Afrin, also in northern rural Aleppo.
These recent attacks are a stark reminder that violence continues in Syria and children continue to be in danger day in day out.
New year brings little hope for children and families in Syria
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Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
NEW YORK, 24 January 2021 – “Ten years since the war in Syria started, children continue to be killed, injured, displaced and deprived of basic necessities.
“Just on Thursday, two children, 1 and 10 years old, were killed in an attack in Hama. Another child was injured.
“Barely three weeks into the new year, at least 15 children have now been killed in incidents involving explosive weapons and unexploded ordnance. Another 15 children have been injured.
“In the northeast, violence has surged in Al-Hol Camp – where more than two-thirds of the population are children – putting lives at risk and highlighting the need for long-term solutions including the repatriation or relocation of foreign children stranded there.