SYRIA crisis Health care a steep climb for Syrian refugees
“Is there an elevator ?” I’m pretty sure I know the answer to this question before I ask Hanadi, a wheelchair-bound Syrian refugee in her late twenties. She lives with relatives
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SYRIA crisis CARE calls for protection of civilians
As governments around the world discuss the escalation of violence in Syria, CARE remains gravely concerned about the impact of the conflict on civilians, and calls on all parties for a peaceful political resolution. It is now more urgent than ever that…
On World Refugee Day Syria is calling
In my 11 years as a fundraiser with CARE, I have been involved in humanitarian emergency responses of large magnitude, including the Tsunami, the Pakistan floods, the Haiti earthquake
Q and A with Sally Austin about the Syria crisis
How long have you been working in the field of emergency operations and which crises have you responded to? I have worked in emergency operations for nearly 20 years, initially with CARE UK in London seeking funding and monitoring emergency projects
JORDAN Syrias refugees on the road
Most Syrian refugees fleeing their bloodied country cross the borders to neighbouring countries by bus, by car, by foot. In Mahmoud’s case it was by ambulance.
LEBANON Syrian refugees in Beirut
Friday afternoon, beginning of June, in Daouk ‘gathering’, Beirut−a kind of neighbourhood which is all poverty and overcrowding, home to Palestinian and poor Lebanese families, and increasingly, to Syrian refugees. You meet Yasmin , an 11-year-old girl,…