Families are arriving by the thousands at already over-crowded camps and they need everything — blankets, medicine, tents and, of course, food.
More than 689,000 people are on the move in northwest Syria as fighting forces families further north. The journey is dangerous, and WFP is working hard to support people who are displaced.
Airstrikes and armed clashes in northwest Syria have displaced over 800,000 people since December 2019 – 80% of whom are women and children. Many families were forced to flee on foot in the middle of winter, with temperatures at night reaching 14 degrees Fahrenheit.
A new report hammers home the need for billions of dollars in investment to keep hunger from deepening its tentacles further into vulnerable locations across the world.
Shadia, age 15, was displaced from her home in south Idlib in Syria in early September and now lives in a camp in north Idlib.
WFP has so far provided emergency food assistance to more than 300,000 people in Syria as a result of recent military operations in the northeast of the country.
WFP has so far provided immediate food assistance to more than 70,000 people fleeing towns in northeastern Syria as military operations continue.
The additional allocation of $43.8 million is transferred through electronic cards to 358,000 people. The majority of that cash is spent on essentials like food, shelter, health care and education.
Recent results from WFP’s food security analysis show that WFP food assistance has lifted more than one third of targeted refugees above the national income poverty line and has significantly contributed to their food security status.
Recently, WFP broke through barriers to reach Rukban, an isolated Syrian settlement, with lifesaving food and supplies.
