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    Syria

    Syria

    Why are we in Syria? Since 2011, an estimated half a million lives have been lost and over 16 million people have been displaced by war in Syria. Concern began responding in 2013 and our programmes are assisting those who have been affected by the conflict. We are also supporting Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Turkey.

    There are over 11 million people displaced by the war within Syria

    5.5 million people have fled the country as refugees and the vast majority are now hosted by Syria’s neighbouring countries of Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt. Inside Syria, over 13 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance.

    Latest achievements

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    Rapid response

    Maintaining a very rapid emergency response, we continued to respond to new displacements of people with a two-day assessment/distribution turnaround for food assistance, non-food items such as shelter, and other emergency assets.

    Two

    Purchasing power

    Three

    Supporting children

    Inside a designated shop where people can redeem their pre-paid food vouchers from Concern. Photo: Concern Worldwide.
    Inside a designated shop where people can redeem their pre-paid food vouchers from Concern. Photo: Concern Worldwide.
    Food Basket distribution in Syria. Photo: Concern Worldwide
    Food Basket distribution in Northern Syria. Photo: Concern Worldwide

    How we're helping in Syria

    We are working hard to alleviate suffering in Syria. We are doing this by delivering a multi-sectoral package of support that includes food, clean water, livelihoods and protection services.

    Emergency assistance
    Water, sanitation and hygiene
    Building resilience

    Latest from Syria

    Mona has been caring for an 11-year-old boy after he was orphaned five years ago.
    News21 June 2022

    Lebanon – the small country home to a million refugees

    Khalid is pictured with his two-year-old daughter, Lebanon. Photo: Darren Vaughan
    News
    22 June 2022

    Lebanon: bearing the weight of another country’s crisis

    With Syrian refugees making up a quarter of its population, Lebanon still has the highest per capita concentration of refugees in the world. As a result public health is deteriorating and living conditions are worsening, severely affecting the lives of those there. 

    Danny Harvey and Fayral Minhas in Turkey, November 2021.
    News
    20 June 2022

    Spotlight on women in leadership: An interview with our Country Director in Turkey

    Last November, our Executive Director, Danny Harvey, visited the Concern Turkey programme, seeing first hand the amazing protection, livelihoods and education work they are doing with Syrian refugees. 

    Crowd of refugees in DRC looking for shelter after volcano
    Story
    18 May 2022

    Which countries take in the most refugees? These were the 12 largest host communities at the beginning of 2022

    A common misconception is that refugees are flooding into Europe and North America. In most cases, they seek refuge in the closest neighbouring country.

    Khalid is pictured with his two-year-old daughter, Lebanon. Photo: Darren Vaughan
    News
    22 June 2022

    Lebanon: bearing the weight of another country’s crisis

    With Syrian refugees making up a quarter of its population, Lebanon still has the highest per capita concentration of refugees in the world. As a result public health is deteriorating and living conditions are worsening, severely affecting the lives of those there. 

    Mona has been caring for an 11-year-old boy after he was orphaned five years ago.
    News21 June 2022

    Lebanon – the small country home to a million refugees

    Danny Harvey and Fayral Minhas in Turkey, November 2021.
    News20 June 2022

    Spotlight on women in leadership: An interview with our Country Director in Turkey

    Crowd of refugees in DRC looking for shelter after volcano
    Story
    18 May 2022

    Which countries take in the most refugees? These were the 12 largest host communities at the beginning of 2022

    A common misconception is that refugees are flooding into Europe and North America. In most cases, they seek refuge in the closest neighbouring country.

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    Concern staff, wearing a black facemask, demonstrating the importance of using soap when washing hands and explaining the importance of the critical times to wash hands. To do so chilli is used to demonstrate if no soap is used the chilli flakes remain on the hands, whereas when soap is used they are removed from the hands and remain in the bowl. Syria, 2020. Photo: Concern Worldwide.
    Publication
    1 February 2021

    Syria Emergency Mulitsectorial Humanitarian Response Final Evaluation 2020

    This page describes the evaluation of the ECHO funded third phase of the “Emergency Multi Sectorial Humanitarian Response in Syria” between September 1st 2019 and September 1st 2020.

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    28 November 2019

    Knowledge Matters – Protection

    This issue of Knowledge Matters examines Concern's experiences and learning from our protection work.

    Irish Aid and Concern Worldwide provides emergency aid to Somalia. Photo: UNHRD/Concern Worldwide.
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    31 January 2019

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    Concern staff treats the most severe cases of malnutrition among children under five in the Rohingya refugee camps. Photo: Darren Vaughan / Concern Worldwide.
    Info
    6 March 2019

    Codes and policies

    Our codes and policies shape our organisation as a whole and ensure that we are always staying true to our values.

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    4 March 2019

    How money is spent

    Accountability and transparency are central to our values as an organisation. In fact, they are part of our core values. 

    A group of mothers and their children in Mutembo carrying a load of recently harvested beans. Burundi. Photo: Chris de Bode/Panos Pictures/Concern Worldwide
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    16 April 2019

    How we are governed

    Concern Worldwide (UK) is governed and regulated by our trustees. All our trustees are non-executive and are drawn from diverse backgrounds in business and professional life.

    NFI materials being distributed by Concern in masisi, DRC. Photo: Kieran McConville/Concern Worldwide

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