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Appeal
Jordan, Syria, Lebanon
ACT Alliance Syria Humanitarian Response – SYR161
Appeal Target:US${esc.dollar} 9,322,212
Balance Requested:US${esc.dollar} 9,322,212
Geneva, 21 December, 2015
The Syrian crisis is an ongoing multifaceted armed conflict since the unrest began in March 2011.
The severity of the humanitarian disaster has been outlined by the UN and many international organizations. More than 7.6 million Syrians have been internally displaced, over 5 million have fled to nearby countries such as Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey, Egypt, and Kuwait. The ratio of migration has been increasing with a few hundred thousand having fled to the European Union becoming refugees.
Since March 2011, more than 250,000 people have lost their lives, including more than 74,000 civilians, of which 12,000 of them are children. There are now more than 13.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance within Syria including 5.6 million children, the UN says. The conflict grew even more complex with the emergence of armed forces loyal to the Islamic State (IS) in the spring of 2014. An escalation in violence and an upsurge in displacement has forced more Syrians into untenable living situations. More than 11 million others have been forced from their homes, half the country's pre-crisis population. It is one of the largest refugee exoduses in recent history. Neighbouring countries have borne the brunt of the refugee crisis, with Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey struggling to accommodate new arrivals.
The UN 3RP Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan 2016-2017 in response to the Syria crisis, issued in November 2015, has the following Regional Plan Headlines: 4.7 million registered Syrian; 4 million members of host communities – direct beneficiaries targeted; ${esc.dollar}5.8 billion required – total government, UN and NGO programmatic response.
In December 2014, the UN launched an appeal for ${esc.dollar}8.4bn to provide help to 18 million Syrians, after only securing about half the funding it asked for in 2014. By a year later, it was less than half funded.
Recent displacement patterns, pre-existing vulnerabilities among the host community, and levels of access and priority among the humanitarian community have concentrated the need for NFIs, shelter, WASH, food, livelihoods, protection, health-care, education, and cash assistance in most districts inside Syria and in hosting countries. Conflict has dramatically disrupted the economic situation of the residents, and inflated prices. It has also destroyed the traditional social safety nets and coping mechanisms, leading to damaging long-term consequences for current and future generations.
As the conflict in Syria is expected to continue in the years to come, ACT Alliance, through its JSL Forum members in the region, and their work on the ground, has observed the increasing needs of directly and indirectly affected population, especially among children and youth. In responding to the humanitarian needs of vulnerable people affected, ACT Alliance will continue to provide humanitarian assistance in this complex environment. ACT members will coordinate their work collaboratively in the JSL Forum in the three countries of response through the new Appeal SRY161.
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