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Syria EIGHT YEARS OF SAVING LIVES
COVER PAGE: Two IDPs children playing in Al-Karama camp, Idlib, Northern Syria INSIDE COVER: Asmaa and Amal from Al-Latamina village in idlib camps, Idlib countryside, Syria 02 |
OVER
£287
MILLION
DONATED
SINCE
2011
£49
MILLION
IN THIS
YEAR ALONE
| 03
EIGHT YEARS OF CRISIS
In 2018, we supported dozens of medical
facilities and almost 150 medical staff like
doctors and nurses, while running mobile
emergency units that helped staff operate
on the road when medical facilities were
coming under attack.
As millions were going hungry, we
delivered food and provided other kinds
of livelihood support, such as helping
farmers increase their crop yields, to more
Eight years of crisis has caused than 300,000 people. During Ramadan,
unimaginable destruction and misery we delivered food to more than 150,000
in Syria, making it arguably the worst others to ensure needy families at least
humanitarian catastrophe of the 21st knew they could rely on one good meal
Century to date. during the Holy Month.
Whole towns, villages and communities Working in camps for displaced people,
have been devastated and destroyed we provide clean water and sanitation
and the long-term consequences of facilities. During the harsh winter
the societal breakdown will be felt months, we helped thousands of people
for generations to come. By the latest by providing blankets and other basic
estimates, 6.2 million Syrians are living in supplies they needed to survive. In order to
protracted displacement and 5.7 million give Syrian people the chance of building
have fled as refugees. One million babies a brighter future, inside and outside of the
have been born in exile in neighboring country, we are helping children get back
countries and have never even seen Syria, to school, and enabling families to re-start
nor do many of these families know if or their livelihoods. Overall this year, we have
when they will be able to return safely. helped almost three million Syrians, either
It has been a long time now, since the UN in their home country or in neighboring
stopped counting the death toll from the countries like Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon.
violence and we will likely never know how However, for all of this work, the
many lives were needlessly lost - either challenges are huge and growing. The
due to the violence or because people implementation of the truce agreement
were cut off from basic medical services in Idlib must be maintained and an end
that suddenly meant easily treatable to current hostilities reached as soon
conditions like diabetes became deadly to as possible. Wherever people are, and
young and old alike overnight. whichever party is in control on the
While some areas have seen a de- ground, civilians must not be deprived of
escalation of violence, the situation in Idlib their basic needs, and their right to access
in the north-west of the country remains essentials like food, shelter, healthcare and
especially perilous. education.
Three million people there – half of Furthermore, we must all keep striving to
whom have been displaced from other find a long-lasting solution to the crisis.
parts of Syria –are facing a fraught and Until we do, the world must not forget the
deteriorating security situation. Aid millions of Syrians who are now entering
delivery is getting harder and donor the ninth year of this unrelenting human
support is simply not keeping pace with catastrophe.
the needs on the ground.
Islamic Relief has dedicated itself to trying Naser Haghamed
to fill this vacuum. We continue to provide Chief Executive Officer
life-saving services and vital humanitarian
Islamic Relief Worldwide
assistance, including in some of the
hardest to reach places.
04 |
PROTECTION AND IDPs
Islamic Relief is calling on the The international community, in particular
international community to: the UN Security Council and those with an
influence on the conflict, should call for
Ensure that the implementation of the an end to hostilities in Syria, and prioritise
truce agreement in Idlib, where three a political settlement that puts an end to
million people and a million children the suffering of the people of Syria.
currently live, is maintained and an end to
current hostilities is reached as soon as The international community must ensure
possible. that any IDPs and refugees returning
to their communities have their rights
Monitor the ceasefire conditions to avoid guaranteed and protected by the Syrian
further displacement of people from Idlib. authorities. IDPs and refugees should
UN cluster data from December 2018 return to their communities or a place
show that over 31,000 individuals were of their choosing only when it is safe
further displaced because of violations to for them to do so, it is a voluntary and
the ceasefire. informed choice which will allow them
To advocate on relevant parties to ensure to live in dignity. Currently, returnees are
that the 1.5 million Internally Displaced still facing protection concerns such as
People currently in Idlib have adequate forced conscription, confiscation and loss
access to basic needs, including food, of property.
shelter, healthcare and education.
Find a long-lasting solution to the conflict.
In its absence, the IDPs in Idlib and the rest
Greater funding for the humanitarian
of Syria are at risk of further displacement, crisis in Syria
with some families and communities being As the country approaches the ninth year
uprooted for the fourth or fifth time. of the crisis, the humanitarian needs of
the Syrian population are increasing by
the day. People urgently need food, shelter,
International Humanitarian Law healthcare, formal education, access to
Islamic Relief is urging all parties to the clean water and sanitation.
conflict end the deliberate targeting of The UN humanitarian appeal for 2018 was
civilians and abide by their obligations funded by 60% only. As donors decreased
under international humanitarian law. their contributions, they should not
Such norms regulating war call for forget the plight of the Syrian population
precaution, proportionality and distinction and step up their financial support for
of military and civilian targets. Civilians the 2019 humanitarian appeal and the
and civilian infrastructure, including regional response plan.
mosques, hospitals and schools, must not It is also crucial that at this stage funds
be targeted. earmarked for the humanitarian crisis
Humanitarian workers are not a target. are not re-purposed for post-emergency
Our staff members have been injured and interventions.
lost their lives, in breach of international Education
humanitarian law.
Over 1.7 million children, according to
The ability of civilians to reach, and UNICEF, have been left out of school:
humanitarians to supply, aid must be donors should provide adequate funding
increased. UN Security Council Resolution for education projects in order for Syrian
2417 clearly states that obstructing children to go back to school and receive
humanitarian access and depriving adequate education.
civilians of relief supplies is a violation of
international humanitarian law.
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SOME KEY FACTS FROM 2018
11.7 MILLION
NEED HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE
6.2 MILLION
INTERNALLY DISPLACED
PERSONS INSIDE SYRIA
6.5 MILLION
FACE FOOD INSECURITY
5.7 MILLION
REGISTERED SYRIAN
REFUGEES WORLDWIDE
1 IN 3
SCHOOLS ARE
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED
2.1 MILLION
CHILDREN IN SYRIA ARE
OUT OF SCHOOL
06 |
11.7
MILLION
PEOPLE
IN NEED OF
MULTI-SECTORIAL
HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE
IN SYRIA
CRISIS
AMANI
Three year old Amani in Al-Khaldiya
village, Southern countryside of
Aleppo.
After their home was derstroyed,
they were displaced from their village
and now they are taking shelter in a
damaged building in Idlib.
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CONTEXT
Eight years of conflict in Syria has left a
staggering 11.7 million people in need of
humanitarian assistance - 5 million of which
are in acute need as a result of displacement,
exposure to conflict, and limited access to
basic goods and services. Every day people
are exposed to multiple threats to their lives,
dignity and wellbeing.
Some 6.2 million people are long-term
displaced, with over 871,000 internally
displaced people (IDPs) living in a
variety of sites across the north of the
country, placing additional strain on host
communities. There are serious concerns
about the accommodation available to IDPs,
with many lacking access to water and
adequate sanitation facilities – presenting
significant health risks. Families are
especially vulnerable in collective centres
which are overcrowded and lack privacy
for families – a situation that is particularly
unsafe for women and girls. Many people
in Syria are in critical need of protection
support, particularly girls and boys of all
ages who face violence in every part of their
lives: at home, at school, at work and in the
community.
The conflict has severely stretched the
capacity and resilience of Syria’s people.
Economic hardship has risen as jobs and
livelihood opportunities become scarcer,
productive assets and savings are depleted,
and debt increases. Destroyed civilian
infrastructure, disruption to vital social
services, and large-scale displacement are
also eroding the ability of Syrians to cope
with the crisis.
Source: 2019 Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO)
08 |
PRIORITY NEEDS
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Food security and livelihoods
According to UNOCHA, 15.5 million By the end of 2018, 6.5 million people in
people are in need of water, sanitation Syria were food insecure, with a further
and hygiene (WASH) assistance in four million at risk of becoming acutely
Syria, with 6.2 million people in acute food insecure. This meant that over half
need. Access to safe water is limited of those in need in the country required
for much of the population, and urgent live-saving and life-sustaining
increased water quality assurances are food, as well as assistance with
desperately needed. Alternative water agriculture and livelihoods.
supply services and WASH supplies are
available but remain unaffordable for The proportion of people in need
many, forcing vulnerable families to who are food insecure at the national
adopt unsafe coping strategies. In 2019, level is 5 percent less compared to
Syria’s water and sewage networks will the 2017 HNO (38 per cent to 33 per
require increased support, including cent of the total population). This can
power supplies if they are to continue to be attributed to the significant scale
provide a minimum level of services. of food and livelihoods/agriculture
assistance provided by Food Security
and Agriculture sector partners.
Health
By the end of 2018, 13.2 million Education and child welfare
people in Syria were in need of health
The protracted crisis in Syria, now in
assistance, and yet Syria remains the
its eighth year, has forced 2.1 million,
most dangerous country in the world to
over one third of children, out-of-
be a health worker. Across Syria health-
school and has put a further 1.3 million
related needs continue to be driven
children at risk of dropping out. Over 5.8
and exacerbated by insufficient access
million school-aged children (including
to health care due to a combination
more than 100,000 Palestine refugee
of damage and destruction of health
children) and about 245,000 education
facilities, and insufficient human
personnel are in need of education
resources.
assistance inside Syria, 61 per cent of
whom are in acute and immediate need.
Protection
According to the 2019 Syria Shelter and survival
Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO)
4.7 million people are in need of shelter
13.2 million people in need for protection.
support in Syria due to inadequate
Protection issues and needs in Syria
conditions in existing accommodation,
remain prevalent and continue to affect
and the overall lack of available,
all population groups. The protracted
adequate and affordable shelters.183
nature of the crisis has led to the
The people in need include different
emergence of increasingly complex
population groups, such as IDPs,
and inter-connected protection
returnees, Palestine refugees and host
issues and needs, in a continuously
communities. Over the course of the
evolving environment. While the overall
crisis, shelter and infrastructure damage
protection situation remains dire,
has occurred on a massive scale, with the
protection needs are varied across
scale of rebuilding and reconstruction
different areas of the country as the
needed which goes beyond the capacity
situation on the ground has evolved.
and remit of the Shelter & NFI sector
In some areas of Syria, particularly the
and the humanitarian response in
north-west, the civilian population is still
general.
exposed to hostilities, leading to civilian
casualties and forced displacements as
people seek safety.
Source: 2019 Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO)
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2012-2018
FUNDING BREAKDOWN
GBP 287 + MILLION
SYR
GBP 133
ACTUAL
BENEFICIARIES
FATIN AND H
studying togeth
inside Syria. Isla
with education
2012 1,087,523
2013 2,017,461 LEBANON
GBP 19,069,042
2014 4,021,811 UM ALI
Islamic Relief staff supporting
2015 4,064,444
Syrian refugees in Lebanon with
food parcels during Ramadan.
2016 3,378,355
2017 4,559,403 JORDAN
GBP 78,502,113
2018 2,985,142
10 |MOHAMMED AND ALI
Refugees from Syria who are now
support by the orphan program
in Turkey. They live together in
home which was a mini-market
before.
TURKEY
RIA
3,457,183
IRAQ
GBP 56,833,206
HER BROTHER
her, they live in a camp
amic Relief provided them
n and coal for warmth.
WAFAA
Islamic Relief provided thousands of
Syrian refugees with education projects
in Iraq.
MUNA
Islamic Relief
provided winterisation
projects to Syrian refugees
in Jordan.
| 11SECTORS OF INTERVENTION
SYRIA
Based on lessons learnt from
HEALTH previous projects, a quick needs
Islamic Relief’s health programme assessment of identified facilities
focuses on providing essential was conducted and list of required
medicines, disposables, spare parts, deliverables developed. Seventy
equipment, and stipend support health facilities were identified for
for health professionals and their support – including 48 facilities
capacity building. Other critical which SIDA supported in 2017, and
aspects of health interventions 22 new health facilities – that then
are treating and establishing a received medicines, disposables and
referral system for survivors of equipment.
gender based violence (GBV). Four MEUs – two in Idleb and two
Over 80 health facilities have in Aleppo – have been supported
been supported with different with staff stipends and running
interventions, including primary and costs. Seven PHC centres have
secondary health centres, women’s been helped with staff stipends and
and gynecology hospitals, children’s running costs. Across the MEUs and
hospitals, mobile emergency units PHCs, a total of 134 doctors, nurses,
and dialysis centres. midwives, technicians and support
Through the nutrition programme, staff (26 per cent female and 74 per
children and pregnant and cent male) have received monthly
breastfeeding women were stipends. It was initially planned that
screened, and where necessary, six health facilities would receive
given micronutrient supplements stipend and running cost support,
and folic acid. Severely acutely but an increased need for primary
malnourished individuals have been healthcare in the target area meant
referred to health centres. an additional PHC facility was
covered within the budget.
Supporting the healthcare The project worked with 150
system in northern Syria professionals from targeted
healthcare facilities and health
Islamic Relief’s life-saving directorate staff to build their
‘Supporting Health System in capacity in data and information
Northern Syria’ project, with funding management, inclusion, and
from the Swedish International addressing gender-based violence.
Development Cooperation Agency The health workers and support
(SIDA), is increasing access to staff of the targeted health facilities
primary and secondary healthcare also received stipends.
in the governorates of Idleb, Aleppo,
Hama and Lattakia. Building on Islamic Relief has also identified
previous experience, it has provided facilities with specialised services
a full support package, covering to which GBV survivors can be
stipends for staff, running costs, and referred for medical assistance and
medicines, for primary healthcare psychosocial support, providing
(PHC) centres and the mobile medicines necessary for the care of
emergency unit (MEU). Patients GBV survivors.
can access health facilities, receive
free consultations from a qualified
physician, as well as medicine and
diagnostic services free of charge.
12 |Baby inside Syria being treated in an intensive
care unit supplied to one of the hospitals by
Islamic Relief along with medical disposables,
equipment and medicine.
I DREAM OF
BECOMING A DOCTOR
Zaid has a beautiful smile and looks
filled with hope as he talks about his
dreams.
“I dream of becoming a doctor, to make
artificial limbs and provide them to
children who were wounded in this
war,” he says.
Zaid, his parents and young brothers
used to live in Damascus, but at the
start of the crisis they moved to a
village near Idlib. A few weeks later, war
planes began shelling the village. “We
used to flee to the fields during the
shelling and spend the night under olive
trees,” recalls Zaid. “I was six years old
when the warplane targeted our house
with an explosive missile.”
Zaid remembers the moment the
rocket landed and exploded just
metres away from him. A fragment of
the rocket killed his mother and injured
Zaid’s right foot. His five-year-old
brother Mohammed died instantly, and
his sister escaped. Zaid was evacuated
to the nearest hospital for treatment,
and was then relocated to Assalam
camp, near the city of Atma, northern
Syria.
“I started to go to the camp school
using the crutch, until one of the
organisations gave me an artificial
foot”, says Zaid. “I started to walk, so
I felt like it had become a part of my
body. I am now in fourth grade.
“I run and walk. I love it so much I
cannot live without it. I love football a
lot. I wish all the injured children of the
camp have these artificial parts to help
them move in order that they do not
feel inferior to the rest of the children.
I hope that this war will end so we can
return to our village and we can live
safely and peacefully.”
| 13Ensuring access to water,
EDUCATION sanitation and hygiene services
Islamic Relief’s education for internally displaced families
programme responds to increases
in school drop-out rates, early Islamic Relief’s ‘Emergency
marriage, and child labour, and WASH support for internally
children engaged in military displaced families’ project
groups. It focuses on encouraging
was implemented in Azaz,
children to go back to school,
and on providing productive and in five camps in the Aleppo
protective learning environments. governorate of northern Syria:
The main interventions include back Al Tawheed, Tal Jabeen, Ekdah,
to school sensitisation campaigns, Iman and Albil. A total of 38,810
providing pre-fabricated classrooms, people (21,734 female and
and rehabilitating schools with 17,076 male) benefited through
particular focus on water, sanitation the following:
and hygiene (WASH). Also central
are interventions that provide • Clean water supplies: A
school furniture, school kits, contractor was secured to
teaching and learning material, supply water to the targeted
stipend support for teachers and camps by truck on a daily basis,
psychosocial support for children. providing 27 litres of water per
person per day – enough to
The Islamic Relief team collaborated meet the drinking, bathing and
with the Directorate of Education to household needs of everyone in
collect data for the targeted schools, the camp.
and later verified the needs in
governorates including Aleppo and • Water testing and treatment:
Idleb. Through this intervention, they Islamic Relief tested water
have secured access to education at source to establish it’s
for 1,890 school-aged boys and girls suitability for human use, and
by rehabilitating and furnishing four then transported it to the
Idleb schools to accommodate more camps where it was stored
children. in tanks and chlorinated,
eliminating the risk of disease.
• Solid waste management: the
team signed an agreement with
a waste removal contractor to
collect refuse from the camps
twice a day and take it to
agreed refuse sites. In addition,
the contractor conducted daily
sewage dislodging, improving
the overall environment and
Rehabilitation of Najdat Al-salat school in decreasing the risk of disease.
Idlib after it was destroyed during the crisis.
• Operation and maintenance
of sanitation facilities: Islamic
WATER, SANITATION Relief provided cleaning
materials, and water, sanitation
AND HYGIENE (WASH) and hygiene facilities were
cleaned daily. We also
Islamic Relief’s water, sanitation and maintained and repaired
hygiene interventions are mainly latrines, sewerage networks, and
implemented in the camps. Every septic tanks.
day, Islamic Relief provides clean
water for drinking, washing and
household use, and water testing
and chlorination. It rehabilitates
water and sanitation facilities,
provides hygiene items, and carries
out solid waste management, water
dislodging, and hygiene promotion.
14 |Shahd, 14 years old, was forced by the
conflict to flee with her mother from
Damascus to one of the camps on the
Syrian-Turkish border.
NO HEALTH, NO FOOD,
NO EDUCATION
Shahd’s family fled Damascus for the
Syria-Turkey border and spent four years
moving from camp to camp in search
of a place where they could access
food, healthcare and schools with an
acceptable level of education.
“So far we have not found a place
where health, food and education are
available,”says Shahd. “With these
difficulties, my mother stands before us
with her bright face, her hands on our
shoulders, pushing us towards success.
Thanks to God, we did not disappoint her.
At the end of each academic year, the
results of the exams come out announcing
Islamic Relief supported the Azzaz IDPs our success... I dream of becoming a
camp by providing them with a number surgeon, treating all the children who are
of class room containers as well as suffering from this war, and providing
desks, chairs and stationary. them with the necessary help in order to
live in peace.”
| 15FOOD SECURITY AND Each family cultivated five donums
of land with fava beans, peas,
LIVELIHOODS spinach, cabbage and squash seeds
with some families able to sell their
Food aid projects included providing excess produce. Surplus production
monthly food baskets and bread, also helped to stabilise some market
particularly through Islamic prices, making the vegetables more
Relief’s Ramadan and Qurbani affordable for some. Beneficiaries
programmes and during emergency have stored seeds to use for
responses. However, to build the planting next season.
resilience of local people, Islamic
Relief also implements livelihoods In terms of livestock, Islamic
and income-generation projects. Relief’s project provided around
Examples include giving families 550 targeted households with
seeds, fertiliser and training in the two vaccinated ewes, as well as
best agricultural practices; and a livestock kit, animal feed, and
strengthening livestock-based technical support on sheep breeding
livelihoods through providing sheep and animal health. The project
and fodder. Households use what achieved its targeted outcome,
they produce to improve their food with a 100 per cent decrease in
consumption and sell the excess to the mortality rate of animals due
earn an income. to preventable diseases and lack of
feed. Some 1,219 animals were born,
Ensuring Access to Sustainable swelling the size of the herd and
giving the families more productive
Livelihoods assets. Each lamb is worth around
Islamic Relief’s ‘Support to $30–40. The ewes began giving
agriculture-based livelihoods milk in April, producing an average
in Syria’ project was funded by of three kg per day. On average,
UNOCHA. Implemented in Ma’arrat families used 50 per cent of the
Al Nu’man, Idleb governorate, it milk themselves, and sold the rest.
benefited 1,050 families, or over With an average animal producing
7,000 people in total. Focused on six to seven kilograms of wool,
agriculture and livestock activities, families also sold the wool. Sales of
the project overachieved its target milk and wool sale raised household
by 19 per cent – largely because incomes by USD 48 on average.
there were a large number of
Equipped with new knowledge on
vulnerable families (especially
improved agriculture and livestock
female headed households) in need
practices, excess food storage,
of livestock support. The savings
marketing and sales, target families
were used to reach an additional
and their communities are expected
200 families with livestock support.
to benefit long after the end of the
The project successfully mobilised project.
those it reached. Agriculture and
livestock committees were formed
so communities were able to NON-FOOD ITEMS AND
regularly voice their needs and
concerns, with both men and women
SUPPORT IN WINTER
represented. MONTHS
Islamic Relief provided regular Islamic Relief supported more
technical support for the agriculture than 186,000 Syrian people with
and livestock components, non-food items such as blankets,
and through the committees mattresses, tents, plastic sheets,
disseminated technical advice on clothes and shoes for children to
the best agriculture and livestock help displaced people during the
practices. Sharing of experiences harsh winter months.
and knowledge was also
encouraged, which improved the
agriculture yield as well as the milk
and dairy production of targeted
households – further improving food
security and income generation.
16 |Islamic Relief team provided farmers
with seeds and fertiliser which
I WISH TO LIVE IN
was part of the ongoing livelihoods
project for the IDPs in Northern
SAFETY AND PEACE
Syria.
WITH MY CHILDREN
“Our life was so beautiful before the war,
before the airplane came and bombed
our house,” recalls Fatema. She now lives
with her family in a partially demolished
house in Shamiku, western Aleppo. “My
children need food and drink, and I
cannot meet their basic needs because
of the war. We sit on these torn mats
and make fires with wood from the
trees and plastic waste. My children are
permanently coughing because of the
smell of burning plastic. I hope that all
humanitarian organisations will help
and support us under these difficult
conditions. I wish to live in safety and
peace with my children. I hope security
and stability will prevail in Syria.”
Fatma, 39 years old with 5 children from
Al-Khaldiya village, now living in Idlib due to the
conflict.
CHALLENGES
• Increasing needs on the ground.
• Security and safety situation inside
Syria has exposed challenges.
• Deterioration of local infrastructure
and absence of banking systems.
FUTURE PROJECTS
• Provide health support for people in
Syria.
• Promote livelihoods opportunities for
Syrians inside Syria and in Turkey.
• Enhance work on shelter and water,
sanitation and hygiene inside Syria.
• Improve schools infrastructure and
provide education in emergencies.
| 17YOUR
DONATION
HAS
HELPED
SAVE
THE LIFE
OF THIS
CHILD IN
NORTHERN
SYRIA
18 |PROTECTION AND IDPs
YOUR
DONATION
HAS HELPED
PROVIDE
SOLAR PANELS
WHICH CHANGED
LIVES FROM
DARK
TO LIGHT
YOUR
DONATION
HAS HELPED
PROVIDE
CLEAN WATER
TO MINIMISE
THE DISTANCE
TRAVELLED TO
COLLECT WATER
| 19SECTORS OF INTERVENTION
JORDAN
SYRIA
Primary and secondary
HEALTH healthcare services
Syrian refugees are in serious
By the end of 2018, a total of 234
need of affordable healthcare
people – 146 Syrian refugees and
in Jordan. In February 2018, new
88 Jordanians – in the south and
government regulations stipulated
the north had received primary
that Syrian refugees would have
and secondary healthcare services
to pay 80 per cent of the rate
through hospitals contracted by
that applies to foreign nationals
Islamic Relief.
when visiting health facilities in
Jordan. In practice, this means
that refugees must pay two to
five times more than before, when
healthcare services were subsidised
by the government. This has serious
implications for the situation of
over 600,000 people who are in an
already vulnerable state. In order
to mitigate the negative impact of
the new policies, it is necessary to Islamic Relief provided dialysis units with
scale up health funding for Syrian disposables and equipment
refugees in Jordan.
Islamic Relief has been carrying out Provision of haemodialysis care
emergency healthcare provision for Syrian refugee and host
projects for Syrian refugees and the community
host community, covering gaps in
available health services in urban Islamic Relief has increased access
and rural areas. Through its ongoing to life-saving haemodialysis for 10
health projects, Islamic Relief Syrian patients through covering the
has provided Syrian refugees and cost of dialysis sessions, medication,
vulnerable Jordanians with primary, supplements, and regular check-ups
secondary, and tertiary healthcare, in contracted hospitals.
and haemodialysis service coverage
for end-stage renal disease patients. Health awareness sessions
In addition, Islamic Relief has raised The health team raised the health
community awareness in Jordan of awareness of 1,261 beneficiaries –
common diseases. 1,047 Syrians and 214 Jordanians
– through conducting awareness
Mobile clinic sessions on topics such as first aid,
Islamic Relief provides primary winter diseases, cancer, diabetes and
healthcare support via a mobile asthma. In addition, a total of 1,223
clinic for 8,989 Syrian refugees and beneficiaries – 1,009 Syrians and
vulnerable Jordanians. 214 Jordanians received health kits.
Lifesaving surgery for children
Several Syrian children have
received lifesaving surgery and
healthcare assistance. Since the
start of the project, Islamic Relief
has covered 298 surgical operations
for children – 260 Syrian children
and 38 Jordanian children – from
across Jordan.
Mobile health clinic unit in Jordan assisting
Syrian refugees
20 |Winter life is so bad.
We endure very low
temperatures and we
don’t have enough
clothes or boots
The heavy rain creates a
muddy area around our tent
which makes our movement
impossible.
Farida, Syrian Refugee, 12 years old,
living in Syrian refugee camp in
Jordan
Islamic Relief supported education
projects in refugee camps in Jordan
EDUCATION In response to the huge need for
educational services, Islamic Relief
Jordan’s education system is is implementing education projects
struggling to absorb Syrian children, to assist school-aged children,
especially those not living in camps.
teachers and parents. Projects have
Schools are overcrowded, with higher
dropout and repetition rates for taken place in Mafraq governorate,
Syrian children. In Jordan, 40 per cent northern Jordan, which deliver
of Syrian school-aged children remain informal education support services
out of school. Many work, to help to girls and boys with poor academic
support their families as they grapple performance or who have dropped
with poverty. Other factors preventing out of school.
Syrian children from attending
school include administrative issues Educational mobile bus
and poor access to safe transport. The Islamic Relief educational
Syrian children may also find their mobile bus reaches children in
educational attainment hampered by remote areas near the Syrian border,
trauma, anxiety and stress – with the where access to the education is
challenges of accessing education almost non-existent. The bus is
itself adding to the mental health equipped with appropriate learning
issues they may experience. tools and equipment so the team
can teach 200 Syrian children,
including six with disabilities. In
addition, 341 parents in Mafraq
attended awareness sessions on the
importance of education. The team
also trained 20 public and private
school teachers on working with
children with disabilities, equipping
them with teaching tools and
techniques.
The Jordan Response Plan for the
education sector intends to ensure
sustained quality educational Informal education activities
services for all refugees, as well as
Islamic Relief has provided 130
Jordanians affected by the crisis.
Syrian children who had dropped
It links improvements in access
out of school or had poor academic
and quality of education through
performance with remedial
increased absorptive capacity and
classes in core subjects (Arabic,
professional development, with
English and mathematics), as well
support for the development of an
as psychosocial activities and
emergency response preparedness
educational kits to empower them
policy and resources.
to learn.
| 21SEASONAL PROJECTS PROTECTION AND The project has assisted 60
vulnerable Syrian and Jordanian
Ramadan and Qurbani PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT women to develop their skills
through vocational training in sewing
distribution The psychological effects of
and cooking – enabling them to
the lengthy conflict have been
Syrian refugees, especially children, generate an income by running a
devastating for many Syrian refugees.
are suffering sometimes irreparable small business or entering the labour
Women and children are among the
damage, such as delayed growth market.
most vulnerable in conflict situations.
development, as a result of food Refugees can face complex Thirty women – 23 Syrian and
shortages, poor quality diets and protection issues, ranging from
SYRIA
seven Jordanian – participated in
vitamin deficiencies. registration issues to psychological cooking training and were provided
In response, Islamic Relief’s Ramadan trauma and violence, including sexual with a cooking kit so they could
project has distributed food parcels and gender-based violence (GBV). run their own business from home.
to 12,519 Syrian people and 16,576 Some 360 women – 308 Syrian and
Islamic Relief has been implementing
members of host communities. In 52 Jordanian – received tailoring
several projects related to protection
addition, Qurbani projects reached or sewing training plus sewing
and psychosocial wellbeing. These
over 12,498 Syrian people and machines that they could use to earn
aim to assist women and children
16,451 Jordanians in Amman, Baqaa a living. All women were supported
with psychosocial support sessions,
camp, Mafraq, Ramtha, Amman ITSS, with psychosocial activities and
recreational outings and activities.
Russayfah, Maadaba, Irbid, Jarash sessions. Islamic Relief also trained
They also raise awareness of child
(Gaza camp), zarqaa, Balqa’a Aqaba, two young Jordanian men from
protection and GBV. So far, Islamic
Karak, Maan, and Tafeleh. poor villages as barbers, setting up a
Relief’s safe spaces in Mafraq and
barbershop for each.
Ramtha have helped 1,867 Syrians –
Basic needs and winterisation 1,023 women and 844 children and In 2019, IR Jordan will resume its
assistance young people. livelihood projects that will target
In Jordan, most refugees do not live 70 Jordanian and Syrian women,
in camps and the cost of renting ORPHAN SPONSORSHIP providing them with vocational
training and cash grants to run
property is now so high that most can
only afford inadequate, overcrowded
PROGRAMME home-based businesses. In addition,
accommodation. During the 2017-18 Islamic Relief Jordan has run its it is planned to establish barbershops
winterisation programme, Islamic Orphan & Child Welfare Programme for five young Jordanian men in the
Relief distributed vital supplies such (OCWP) since 1997. In 2018, the country’s most vulnerable areas.
as blankets, gas heaters, cylinders number of vulnerable children
and refill vouchers, as well as winter to which it has provided cash
health kits and clothing vouchers. A sponsorship reached 2,584, including
total of 2,692 vulnerable Syrian and 155 orphaned Syrian children.
Jordanian families were reached in
Ramtha, Mafraq, Amman, Karak, and In addition to a regular financial
the Gaza camp in Jerash. stipend, sponsored children are
prioritised for other projects as
part of Islamic Relief’s integrated
approach. Other projects through
which they may receive support
Women working as part of
include health, seasonal distributions, the livelihood projects
education, and psychosocial services.
In addition, sponsored children in
Ramtha and Mafraq had fun at SHELTER
special events held to mark Universal
The Syrian refugee influx occurred
Children’s Day and International
at a time when Jordan was already
Women’s Day.
suffering a chronic shortage of
low-income housing. With refugees
LIVELIHOODS AND preferring to live in host communities
VOCATIONAL TRAINING where there are better chances of
finding work and housing, rather than
High unemployment rates and in camps, the shortage was worsened
financial pressure in Jordan have – especially in the north.
been compounded by the Syria crisis.
An increase in living expenses and Islamic Relief is carrying out a
During its 2018-19 winterisation two-year project in line with the
regulations for doing business are
project, Islamic Relief plans to help Regional Refugee Resilience Plan
obstacles to job creation, and the
1,156 vulnerable families. 2018-2019 (3RP) that addresses the
inclusion and retention of refugees in
selected sectors. stabilisation needs of refuges and
Funding from UNOCHA has been
vulnerable communities in all sectors.
secured to provide lifesaving, non-
Islamic Relief is implementing Seventy Syrian refugee families (350
conditional cash assistance and
livelihood projects designed to individuals) receive monthly cash
winterisation items for Syrian
reduce poverty and boost access to assistance so they can pay their
refugees and host communities.
vocational training for women and rent. The assistance is conditional on
Some 612 families are expected to
unemployed Jordanian young men. the family sending their children to
benefit.
public schools.
22 |Fifty-one-year-old Anaam is one of
thousands of Syrians who have sought
refuge in Al Mafraq, Jordan.
ANAAM STORY CHALLENGES
Islamic Relief has been working in Al Mafraq for
five years, creating a safe space for women and • There is a shortage of funding while the
children where skills activities such as tailoring, needs of refugees and host communities are
sewing and other vocational training is held. growing.
Fifty-one-year-old Anaam took part in the sewing • Delays of MOPIC approval sometimes affect
training sessions. the project implementation plan.
“I am so happy that (Islamic Relief) gave me this
opportunity,” she says. “I like sewing but I had
never used a sewing machine. The trainer was
FUTURE PLANS
amazing – she has taught us everything from A • Focus on sustainable livelihoods projects
to Z… Once we receive our own sewing machines along with emergency response projects
from (Islamic Relief) we can start our own home to empower refugees and vulnerable host
business. communities.
• Improve education infrastructure through
providing maintenance for remote schools
I’m well trained, have good skills in Al Mafraq, north Jordan, and creating safe
learning environments for Syrian children
and I have the passion which is so and host communities.
important. It was a great opportunity • Provide emergency mobile primary
to learn something new and meet healthcare services for Syrian refugees, in
other women.” addition to providing haemodialysis care in
south Jordan.
• Provide integrated response in various
sectors such as food security, health,
education, and resilience for Syrian refugees
and host communities.
• Support Palestinian refugees in refugee
camps such as Gaza and Al Baqa’a.
| 23Refugee children playing in a camp
in Lebanon
LEBANON
SECTORS OF INTERVENTION
More than 750 students (including
EDUCATION 391 Syrians) aged 4–17 years were
Islamic Relief has worked to supported in formal and non-formal
rehabilitate and furnish a public education with the necessary
school in the Hilane area of northern learning materials and services,
Lebanon, increasing the access of providing transport for 288 students
173 students (10 Syrians) to enroll (175 Syrians). More than 1,000
kindergarten books were distributed Girl playing during a child protection
in the school during 2018. This program in Lebanon
rehabilitation included classrooms, to 216 beneficiaries (213 students
playground, bathrooms, and and 3 teachers).
administrative facilities. Finally, 17 teachers were trained PROTECTION
In addition, Islamic Relief has on education and child protection Psychosocial support and protection
supported nine schools and issues which enhanced their activities and awareness for children
informal educational centres with knowledge and capacities (one of and parents were conducted for
educational materials including them is Syrian). Syrian and Palestinian refugees.
furniture and PSS tools such as KG
tables, chairs, a projector, playground
LIVELIHOOD More than 300 students benefited
from 94 PSS activities, and five
equipment, stationery, boards, Vulnerable families were targeted
awareness sessions were conducted
lockers, cabinets, fans, and heaters. with skills and vocational training,
for 48 parents in two centres in
in addition to providing home
EHC all females. PSS sessions to 221
business starter kits – a total of 100
for 871 beneficiaries (children and
beneficiaries reached.
orphans)
24 |Also, 799 Students benefited from
group PSS activities enrolled in
ORPHANS HE FINALLY
formal and non-formal education
out of which 323 were Syrian
In addition to providing cash
sponsorship for 500 Syrian orphans, BELIEVED
IN HIS
refugee children, in addition to several PSS activities were conducted
13 open days were implemented to help these children improve their
CAPABILITIES!
for 2380 (M: 1245; F: 1135) out of psychological status and increase
which 644 Syrian refugees and 1736 their learning abilities, including the
PRL, PRS and most vulnerable host provision of with educational kits and
community. materials. More than 870 children Fadi, a Palestinian refugee living in
benefited from PSS activities and Lebanon, is a wheelchair user. He has
sessions during 2018. been bullied by other students, who
point at his wheelchair. “I’ve been
HEALTH pushed by bad students and fallen off
the wheelchair twice here in school”,
Islamic Relief supported PRCS
he says – a situation that has led to
hospital with medical equipment
him developing low self-esteem. His
and medical disposables as part
daily routine is very much prescribed
of its emergency response to the
by his disability, and he misses out on
huge demand for medical services.
the opportunities to play enjoyed by
In addition, Islamic Relief equipped
other children of his age.
the KDU with four new kidney
dialysis machines, and provided early “I wish I could walk just like my brother,
intervention and support for 120 sister and friends,” he says.
children (17 Syrian) with disabilities. Fadi was never invited to take part in
any of the PE activities at school. “I
love my school, some friends and my
SEASONAL AND teachers,” he says, but explains that he
SOCIAL STABILITY AND NON-FOOD ITEMS but felt bored as he couldn’t run and
jump with his friends at break time.
COHESION Islamic Relief distributed seasonal
Social cohesion and peacebuilding items such as blankets, fuel, heaters,
activities and awareness were plastic sheets, mattresses, hygiene
conducted in Islamic Relief’s kits, and food parcels, in addition to
community centre in Saida, southern food parcels during Ramadan, and
Lebanon. celebrating Eid Al Adha through
fresh meat distributions to the most
100 youth from different parties vulnerable refugee Syrian and host
of the local community (Syrian, families in Lebanon.
Lebanese, and Palestinian) were
helped to turn a local museum
into a youth centre providing PSS,
active learning, training for youth on
conflict resolution, drama therapy
and peacebuilding, in addition to
awareness sessions for parents.
The centre is now open, and more
than 700 people will benefit from it
during 2018.
Refugee woman with
Ramadan food pack in Fadi, a Palestinian refugee living in
Lebanon. Lebanon,
However, Islamic Relief’s work to help
Fadi become more integrated in his
school has brought him happiness,
enthusiasm and excitement. “I feel
that I’m someone important who has
special capabilities when I participate
in the [PE] activities conducted by
the Islamic Relief team. They gave
me the coach’s role as I’ve been
watching football and basketball for
so long. They discovered my positive
points and made use of them in a very
creative way! Thank you Islamic Relief
from deep down in my heart.”
| 25NUMBER 0F
SYRIAN
BENEFICIARIES
IN IRAQ
FOR 2018
24,018
026 |
15,137
PROTECTION- SGBV LIVELIHOOD
26 |
11,437 30,526
EDUCATION
WASH
106,743 10,076
FOOD SHELTER
51,597 11,367
NFIs HEALTH
26 |LEARNING LED ME TO EARNING
IRAQ
Sheren is a young refugee girl born I put in all my efforts and energy to
in 1995, who fleed Syria with her learn as much as I could because I
parents including 5 brothers and was in dire need to learn something
sisters got refuge in Erbil, Kurdistan. good which could support me in
She was a college student before my career development. It was an
fleeing to Iraq as a result of Syrian exciting experience to learn and
crises. She moved with her family have skills which are very essential to
into Kawergosk refugee camp in be a professional coiffure. Once the
Erbil. Her father started working training was over, I was very anxious
as a security guard in the camp for that I mayn’t find a job in the camp
six months; thence after, his father or anywhere else. After three days of
left his job due to his deteriorating training completion, one day sitting
health condition. Nobody from her in my house at camp, I received a
family could find a job since then, she call from Waseem Steve Company
said: informing me that I was on the top
amongst all trainees hence they
When Islamic Relief team arranged
offered me to work in Waseem Steve
community meeting and distributed
Company.
the application forms for vocational
training in Kawergosk camp, Now I’m very happy because I’m on
the right track to achieve my dreams.
I submitted my application form
I would like to thank God for being
desperately that I wouldn’t be
always with me and providing me
accepted. After a few weeks later, I
with all physical and psychological
was almost shocked for a moment
support and say thank you to those
when I received a call from Islamic
all also, who provided me with this
Relief that my application has been
accepted for the Coiffure training. learning opportunity, conducive
The second surprise for me was training conditions which helped
knowing that Wassim Steve (an me out to start my career with
international instructor) will be our such renowned company. I am sure
trainer. this will help me and my family in
easing our life with our impoverished
“I was spending all day long under financial situation.
the tent. Nobody was helping me out
to find a job for me or even for my
family.” Sheren said.
Refugee family benefitting
from fresh Qurbani meat,
Iraq
| 27Islamic Relief Worldwide 19 Rea Street South Birmingham B5 6LB United Kingdom Tel: +44 121 605 5555 Fax: +44 121 622 5003 irw@irworldwide.org www.islamic-relief.org Facebook: islamicreliefworldwide Twitter: irworldwide Registered Charity No. 328158 Registered Company No. 02365572
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