By CARE's Emergency Response Team | CARE's Writing Team
Eleven years of conflict in Syria have resulted in one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time. In 2022, 14 million people are in need of humanitarian aid and protection assistance – almost 3 million people more than 2020.[1] More than 7 million people have fled to neighboring countries such as Turkey and Jordan, while some 6.7 million people have been displaced within Syria. The crisis has escalated to new levels, driven by a severe economic crisis, intensified regional hostilities, mass displacement, the COVID-19 pandemic and a widely devastated public service infrastructure. Some 90% of the population lives below the poverty line and more than 80% are food insecure.[2]
[1] U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Syrian Humanitarian Response Plan 2022-2023. https://hum-insight.info/plan/1088
[2] World Food Programme. Hunger, poverty and rising prices: How one family in Syria bears the burden of 11 years of conflict. https://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/hunger-poverty-and-rising-prices-how-one-family-syria-bears-burden-11
CARE has been responding to the humanitarian needs caused by conflict in Syria since 2013 – reaching more than 9 million people since the beginning of the crisis. In addition to this lifesaving work, we continue to provide assistance to refugee and host communities in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, working tomeet emergency needs and helping plant the seeds for a resilient and sustainable future.
In the pages that follow we provide some key examples of CARE's response in each country.
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