Disaster Response Syrian Arab Republic Project #19736

Give Support to 800 Syrian Refugee Families

by Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe

Project Report | Jan 23, 2017
Boundless needs

By Michael Tuerk | Project Leader

Since the beginning of the war in Syria and Iraq, the Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe has supported the partner organizations with around 15 million euros, helping more than half a million people. In order to reach even more people, we are dependent on your donations.

One Main country for the refugees is Turkey. Most of the refugees who seek shelter in the project areas Batman and Diyarbakir are from the Syrian-Turkish border region, mainly from the cities of Aleppo and Hassakeh. About one-third of refugee families complained about the death of at least one relative. In addition to the traumatic experiences they had in their homeland and on the run, this is another reason for the urgent need for psychosocial help. Half of all refugees are children and most of them suffer from severe trauma.

Cash transfer - make decisions yourself

We implemented a program in Turkey together with our local partner organization Support to Life (STL) since May 2015, which concentrates on the financial support of the refugees. The refugees are supported by cash transfers. Especially needy households are given a money card for three months, which is charged monthly with 62 Turkish Lira per person. This sum is intended primarily to cover the basic food requirements. It is based on general guidelines for the minimum daily intake of nutrients.

Achievements visible

In the meantime more than 70,000 mainly Syrian refugees have been provided by the program. Our partner, STL, has had experience with this type of humanitarian aid since 2013 and found out that families who received money cards are now able to get regularly meals and to consume foodstuffs such as eggs, milk or meat products. Every three months, it was examined whether the beneficiaries would receive a money card for a further three months or whether there would be more needy refugees. With this additional income, people can set priorities and decide for themselves what they spend their money at what time. This allows them to preserve their dignity and freedom of decision.

We are able to offer this necessary aid with support by the European Union but especially thank your donations.

Thank you for this strong support! Please feel encouraged to support our work furthermore, so that we can help even more refugees affected by the conflict in Syria.

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Oct 26, 2016
Help for people on the run

By Michael Tuerk | Project Leader

Friends in camp in Jordania

Dear Supporters,

at this place iwant to give you an overwiev of the situation in Sria and our efforts to help the refugees in the region.

The wave of violence has no end in Syria and Iraq. The Syrian Civil War has become even more complex and violent in the sixth year - a humanitarian disaster for the entire region. Millions of people are on the run.

In the spring of 2012 - about a year after the beginning of the war in Syria - the Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe started its aid program for the people who were displaced within the country because of the heavy fighting or sought protection in the neighboring countries. In 2014, relief efforts were extended to the north of Iraq to support the people who are fleeing within their own country.

We help especially refugee families who live outside the official camps, and support communities that receive displaced persons. That is about 85 percent.

Together with our local partners, we provide people in Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Turkey with relief supplies to meet their basic needs. In order to strengthen the Syrian and Iraqi refugee families as well as to cope with the challenges of everyday life on their own, we organize self-help groups and educational offers together with our partners and offer playful activities for children and young people.

The situation in Jordania

657,000 Syrian refugees are registered in Jordania. More than half of them are children under 18 years of age. About 100,000 Syrians live in the two major Jordanian refugee camps, Za'atari and Azraq, the largest refugee camps in the Middle East.

Most of the refugees also live in camps not in Jordania, but in villages near the border or larger cities. They are much more difficult to reach for relief organizations. The adequate supply with food or medical services is not ensured. In some villages and communities, the number of Syrian refugees now exceeds the number of inhabitants. A large proportion of the refugees are struggling with rising debts and dependency of humanitarian aid. However, the refugees who are living unregistered outside the camps do not have an official demand of humanitarian aid. They are in risk to be sent back to Syria. Our goal is to help the most needy of them and also the host communities.

Together with our partner IOCC (International Orthodox Christian Charities), we supplied last winter more than 2,200 needy Syrian and Jordanian families with winter clothes and blankets. Currently, 1,000 families are supported with rental allowances, so that they do not lose their shelter. In addition, 1,200 families are supplied with food and hygiene vouchers. In the selection of Syrian refugee families, IOCC focuses particularly on women-led households, families with children under 5 years, and families with disability or chronic diseases. Za'atari and Azraq refugee camps are also used to distribute head louse medicine for 10,000 children. The project is implemented with the help of the Federal Foreign Office.

With your support we get the energy to change the situation. Please donate so that we can act. Thank you so much!

Yours

Michael Tuerk

Food Voucher and items

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Jul 28, 2016
"To help refugees stop looking at them as refugees"

By Michael Tuerk | Project Manager

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