CARE is monitoring the evolving situation in Syria. We have been supporting the people of Syria throughout the last decade and will continue to do so.
Relief Efforts in Syria
CARE has been operating in this region for decades but our work in Syria grew significantly over the last decade since the beginning of the modern Syria crisis. CARE began operating in Syria in 2013 to provide life-saving emergency assistance to people affected by the ongoing conflict. CARE responds to the crisis inside Syria through a network of local partners. CARE’s response in Syria includes support for food security and the re-establishment of livelihoods options. We are helping provide cash assistance and relief supplies, such as food baskets, baby kits, dignity kits for the elderly, access to water, sanitation, and hygiene items, and shelter.
Where possible, CARE helps rebuild livelihoods, developing resilience programs and providing families with early recovery support, including agricultural production, livestock programs, cash for work, microfinance, and concerted protection programming, including for gender-based violence, case management, and psychosocial programming.
The Syrian crisis has been ongoing for more than a decade, and CARE remains gravely concerned about the impact of the conflict on civilians, who continue to pay a heavy price. Since 2011, the Syrian conflict has triggered the largest displacement crisis in the world with 6.8 million internally displaced and 5.2 million Syrians in neighboring countries such as Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, or Iraq. Over half of this 12 million are children.
Civilians are targeted, displaced, and are living in dire conditions in besieged areas with grave humanitarian needs.