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Through the eyes of a refugee child: A story in 23 pictures

We recently visited an Informal Tented Settlement in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley that houses Syrian refugees. When it rains, the camp turns into a mud pit, making it hard for children who only have rubber shoes to walk. But when the sun comes out, mothers hang out laundry and children find a way of playing in the most difficult of circumstances. Here are their stories, in pictures…
Bekaa Valley that houses Syrian refugees. When it … struggle to have enough to eat. Many Syrian refugee families live in informal tented … mother and father were killed in Syria. His

As Syrian war enters 6th year, humanitarian agencies make joint appeal to allow aid to reach those in need

More than 100 humanitarian agencies appealed today - on the fifth anniversary of the start of the Syria conflict - to allow immediate and on-going access to people suffering inside the country.
unconditional humanitarian access across Syria. Kevin … As the parties to the conflict in Syria resume talks to end a war that now enters … and freedom of movement of civilians in Syria has to be sustained. It has to be

Too much, too young: 'Half of all Syrian refugee children are working'

Naseem and his wife, Maha, and their seven children were forced to flee Syria in 2013. Living in a small apartment in Jordan, and with Naseem struggling with a debilitating injury, his children have been forced to work long hours. Approximately half of all Syrian refugee children living in Jordan are the breadwinners for their families.
heightened different protection concerns for Syrian children. The combined effects of … and economic destitution have put Syrian refugee children at higher risk of violence

War in Syria costing £3.2bn a month

War is costing Syria more than £3.2bn (US$4.5bn) each month in lost economic growth, a report from children’s charity World Vision and Frontier Economics reveals.
War is costing Syria more than … five years of the Syria crisis is released today as the war … international community to prepare now for Syria’s eventual recovery. It believes the world

World Vision UK calls for immediate ban on tear gas at borders

World Vision UK is calling for an immediate European-wide ban on using tear gas and batons against refugee families fleeing war zones.
please donate to our Syria Crisis Appeal

Helping refugees stay warm

Syrian refugee and mother, Naeema, wants nothing more for her children than to live happy and healthy lives. However her nine-year-old son Fares suffers from ill health, and Naeema struggles to pay his medical bills alongside their rent. However, World Vision’s winterisation work means that the family will have the fuel and clothes they need to stay warm this winter.
are always a challenge for many of the Syrian refugees living in … tensions still remain between Jordanians and Syrians.

Lost along the way

Goran Stupar spent last week in Serbia speaking to refugees about the things they've lost since fleeing Syria. Broken, discarded shoes by roadsides, clothing washed up on beaches, alongside bags packed full with personal items, however belongings lost along the way pale in comparison to the memories they’ve left behind.
I spent last week talking with Syrian refugees as they neared the end of the … student from Syria’s Idlib province. During his journey he has … took him seven hours to walk six miles from Syria to

A Rock and a Hard Place

A World Vision Supporter, Philip Jinadu, discusses his recent visit to Azraq Refugee Camp. Speaking of the families he met that simply want the best for their children, he talks about how World Vision's schooling projects are making a difference.
why so many Syrian refugees have chosen to leave and take … giving both Syrian and Jordanian children the opportunity to … hard for Syrian children to register with schools

Syria Bombing Damages A’zaz Hospital | World Vision UK

A World Vision-supported hospital in northern Syria has been damaged by a missile near miss. Read more on the Syria crisis from charity World Vision.
Syria … inside Syria report an increasingly restricted … of people recently displaced in northern Syria near the Turkey border. Just within the past … Syria Response.

Waiting to start a new life

Syrian refugee and father, Fahad, discusses the treacherous couple of years he and his family have endured since fleeing their home. Sleeping at a roadside with his wife and 5 children, all Fahad wishes for is safety and a place for his family to call home.
old Syrian refugee looks at least a decade … the past two years fleeing from his home in Syria with his wife and five children. … decision to take his family away from the Syrian city of Aleppo during the fighting in 2013.

Funding must translate rapidly into action for Syrian refugees

World Vision UK has welcomed the pledge of more than US$10bn for the Syria Crisis as a significant stride forward to treat the ‘symptoms of the Syria Crisis’.
for the Syria Crisis as a significant stride forward to … of the Syria Crisis’. But the aid agency warned that

Children’s lives at stake unless Syria Crisis donors ‘shift up a gear’

World leaders gathering in London today must make a realistic and robust funding pledge.
pledge for families who have fled the Syria … schools and hospitals abound in Syria and access restrictions remain a tactic of … increasing hardship in countries surrounding Syria. Access to legal stay and employment is

Serbia: Sadness starts in the South

Our Head of Policy Gavin Crowden spent last week in Serbia, walking with refugees and hearing their stories. What he found were parents who had fled a depleted Syria, desperately searching for a 'home' that often exists amongst relatives abroad, and a future for their children.
who had fled horrors. In Syria. In Iraq. In Afghanistan. I met exhausted … could carry for her children when they left Syria. But they had been forced to dump much of

Cautious welcome for Government's child refugee announcement

Britain's decision to take more unaccompanied child refugees from Syria is honourable but we need more.
of unaccompanied refugee children from Syria and other conflict areas. This will … Syrian refugees the government has pledged to take … take more unaccompanied child refugees from Syria is

Conquering the cold

Last week World Vision's Kate took bloggers Rosie and Tanya out to Jordan to meet just a few of the 230,000 Syrian refugees living there who are in need of help to get through the winter. World Vision UK is asking supporters to go without their coats on the 10 February to raise money for Syrian refugee children.
can buy a coat for a Syrian child to keep them warm this winter … Syrian refugees living there who are in need of … coats on 10 February to raise money for Syrian refugee children. Although only the size

Water is life

For father-of-four Ali, fleeing the conflict in Syria was only the start of his families’ hardship. Reaching the relative safety of a refugee camp in Lebanon, it was the difficulty in obtaining safe water that was not only a daily struggle, but also a real health risk. But thanks to a World Vision ‘Water, Sanitation and Hygiene’ programme, the availability of clean water is helping to keep Ali’s family and the wider community healthy.
fleeing the conflict in Syria was only the start of his families’ … Ali told his family that it was time to flee Syria altogether. … over 1 million Syrians have sought refuge in neighbouring

Children’s lives at risk unless EU and member states act now

Hundreds of thousands more children could die unless EU countries offer better protection to refugees entering Europe, World Vision warns today. The global children's charity says urgent action is needed, as agencies meet in Italy to recommend concrete actions to help governments address the European refugee crisis.

Freezing in the cold

Sitting in the middle of an empty field near the border-crossing between Serbia and Croatia, Rima, a Syrian refugee is in tears as she describes how she felt when her eight-year-old daughter Aya begged her to let her die. Brenda Yu hears her story...
a Syrian refugee is in tears as she describes how … walking for days trying to escape the war in Syria. Early in their treacherous … away from all the fighting and horror in Syria. Yet at just eight years

Happiness

Salah is 12-years-old and lives in Lebanon with his family as a refugee. Back in Syria he went to school, the family had a car, and lived in a house. Now, traumatised by the conflict and sights he saw, the Child Friendly Space in his informal settlement is the only place he feels safe.
only place he felt safe since having fled Syria with his family. There he could … Salah told us. This March the conflict in Syria will be going into it’s sixth year

Relief as convoys reach besieged Syrian town

World Vision and other NGOs urged for a complete end to the six-month siege and a guaranteed of aid and humanitarian services.
International aid agencies working in Syria today expressed relief that a convoy of food … fate. Madaya is one of 15 areas across Syria under … more than 4.5 million people in Syria live in besieged or hard to reach areas.