‘Unprecedented’ 65 million people displaced by war and persecution in 2015 – UN
20 June 2016 – The number of people displaced from their homes due to conflict and persecution last year exceeded 60 million for the first time in United Nations history, a tally greater than the population of the United Kingdom, or of Canada, Australia and New Zealand combined, says a new report released on World […]
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Syrian peace talks in ‘great danger,’ UN envoy says
The United Nations envoy for Syria appealed to the U.S. and Russia to intervene to help revive Syrian peace talks that sputtered to a pause Wednesday, saying a recent spike in fighting has overshadowed the talks and put an increasingly feeble truce in “great danger.” Staffan de Mistura spoke to reporters early Thursday after briefing […]
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Soup Mix for Syrian Refugees
Fraser Valley Gleaners has been an integral partner of ours! Click here to see why.
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Caring for those in the community
Refugees are resettling in Canada with very little in hand, so when an opportunity arose to supply some much needed items to a local centre that aids refugees, we happily took it. On Friday February 5, 2016, we loaded up two trucks full of donated items and took four trips to the Middle Eastern Friendship Centre, a place where new settlers […]
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With 4 million Syrian children out of school, $1.4 billion sought by UN to save ‘lost generation’
2 February 2016 – With four million Syrian and host community children in need of education and no let-up in sight in the fighting tearing the country apart, the United Nations and its partners are seeking $1.4 billion at a major conference in London on Thursday to save the current youth generation. “The scale of […]
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Making a Difference, One Bag at a Time
Many Syrian IDPs (Internally Displaced People) first come to our partner’s building because someone tells them they can get a Bag of Blessing there. Each Bag of Blessing consists of food and non-food items. With the onset of winter, blankets and heaters were now added to each bag. After individuals would come to the center […]
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Syria: UN Human Rights Advisers Alarmed at Rise of Incitement to Religious Violence
13 October 2015 – Senior United Nations human rights officials today expressed their alarm at the rise in violent rhetoric by influential religious leaders – including calls for “holy war” against certain faiths – in relation to the situation in Syria. The UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, and Special […]
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‘Simple act of playing represents grave danger for children in Syria’ – UNICEF
16 September 2015 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has condemned in the strongest terms mortar attacks on civilian areas of Aleppo, Syria, which reportedly killed at least 19 children yesterday, including six in a UNICEF-supported child friendly space. “Child friendly spaces enable children to play and reconnect with their childhood, and forget, even […]
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Millions of children in Syria deprived of education, says UNICEF
15 September 2015 – As children around the world return to school, there are more than two million in Syria who will not be able to join them, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) cautioned today, adding that another 400,000 are at risk of dropping out of school as a direct result of conflict, violence […]
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UN Official appeals to security council to find political solution to end nightmare for Syrians
16 September 2015 – The United Nations humanitarian chief today urged the Security Council to find a political solution to end the conflict in Syria, warning its members that the fighting had created one of the largest refugee exoduses since the Second World War. “It is civilians who continue to bear the brunt of this […]
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