Syria Crisis Appeal

Over 1.3 million people have no homes left. Oxfam is there. Please donate to the Syria Crisis now.

The conflict in Syria has resulted in a severe and worsening emergency. More than 1.3 million refugees have fled into neighbouring countries. Those who have fled are in desperate need of shelter, food, water and medical care. We're scaling up our response to help families through the coming months.

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Samira's story

Samira is living with 12 other members of her family in a one room shelter. Half of the wall is made from cardboard and plastic sheeting. There is hardly any heating and the floor is wet.

“I cannot get any sort of sleep at night. I just can’t stop thinking about how to feed my children and how to protect them.

Sometimes I try to sell things that I have in order to get some money for food for the children.”

Samira decided to come to Lebanon because of the fighting in Syria. Despite trying to live a peaceful life, the shelling and shooting was happening right outside her home.

“It has been eight months since I left my home, I have no idea what happened to it - we just had to leave it behind to escape because of the fighting.

At first I was very reluctant to move to Lebanon, I changed my mind a lot but finally I decided to come here.

We couldn’t get any food anymore, we couldn’t live our lives, we lost our jobs and we worried that we couldn’t stay alive.”

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What we're doing

Join us by supporting our crisis appeal to help the tens of thousands affected by the crisis in Syria. Our emergency care is focused on four key areas.

Home

Since the start of the year, we've helped larger numbers of refugees to prepare for the cold winter months in Lebanon. This involves giving people warm clothes, mattresses, blankets, heaters, rugs, kitchen utensils, hygiene kits and plastic sheets for weather proofing. We'll reach more than 32,000 people in Lebanon.

Cash

We are distributing blankets and $73 dollars worth of vouchers for food and hygiene kits to families to spend as they choose in supermarkets. Supplying cash usually proves to be a more efficient means of getting much needed supplies to the people who need it most. People also find it helps them to maintain their dignity.

Counselling

Many families in the refugee camps are exhausted and traumatised. They’ve faced bombs and bullets and have had their homes destroyed. Rape is a real feature of the war in Syria, and is cited by many refugees as the reason for fleeing. Our local partners are supplying psycho-social support and counselling.

Water

In Jordan, we're providing water and sanitation to over 5,000 people in part of Zaatari camp. We're building toilets, showers and laundry areas to help those at risk in the crisis. We're constructing a new water system that will supply water to all residents of Zaatari camp, which houses some 60,000 people.

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From our blog

Apr

Syria crisis: A struggle for survival

The Syria crisis is rapidly spiralling out of control. More than 1.3 million people have now fled the conflict into neighbouring countries, leaving the organisations trying to help overstretched and struggling to cope with a massive surge in refugee numbers.

Mar

‘Why I left private sector to help Syrian refugees with Oxfam’

Amid a sea of male construction and site workers in Jordan’s sprawling Zaatari desert camp, female engineer Farah Al-Basha stands out from the crowd.

The energetic 27 year-old Jordanian joined our team earlier this year, quitting her job at a private engineering company to work for Oxfam.

Jan

Crisis in Syria

The Syrian refugee crisis is accelerating with a dramatic increase in the numbers of people flowing across its borders.
In Jordan alone there has been a three-fold increase in the daily rate of people escaping the war ravaged country in the last week.

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