The European Union is contributing €5 million to support children and families affected by the earthquake in Syria

Damascus, 27 April 2023 – The European Union has contributed €5 million in humanitarian funding to support UNICEF to provide emergency cash assistance to families affected by the earthquake in Syria.

In Syria, more than 8.8 million people, including 3.7 million children, were affected by the deadly earthquakes of February 6, 2023. The situation remains dire and hundreds of thousands of people remain displaced, whether in collective shelters, reception centers or in host communities. Many children and families are now in urgent need of water, shelter, food, and emergency medical and psychosocial assistance. Families caring for children with disabilities and families headed by women are at particular risk.

“With soaring prices and inadequate income levels, many families struggled to make ends meet in Syria already before the devastating earthquakes. “Cash assistance provides a lifeline to some of these most vulnerable children and their families,” said Angela Kearney, UNICEF Representative in Syria.

“After crisis and crisis, Syrian children need our support more than ever,” said Janiz Lenaric, European Commissioner for Crisis Management. “Cash transfers are the most efficient and effective in helping families affected by earthquakes. They can choose to spend it on what they and their children need most. Through our humanitarian partnerships, we are committed to ensuring that EU solidarity continues to reach the children most in need across Syria,” Lenarci added.

The EU funding will help UNICEF expand its cash assistance programs with increased cash payments for existing beneficiaries and cash assistance for new beneficiaries. More than 100,000 people from the most vulnerable groups will benefit from this support, more than half of whom are children. UNICEF’s post-distribution monitoring survey indicates that the provision of unconditional and unrestricted cash assistance gives royal families flexibility in how they use them.

The new funding from the European Union comes in addition to previous contributions to UNICEF’s multisectoral support for children in Syria. Since 2016, the European Union has provided more than €55 million in humanitarian funding to support UNICEF for children across the country.

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UNICEF’s Basic Needs Cash Support Program provides unconditional and unrestricted cash assistance to vulnerable families to help them cover their basic needs. It benefits female-headed households, families with disabled children or orphaned children living in urban slums affected by a high level of displacement and housing destruction. When the earthquake struck, more than 75,000 people were benefiting from the program in Aleppo and Hama governorates.

UNICEF’s Integrated Social Protection Program for Children with Disabilities provides unconditional and unrestricted cash assistance to families caring for children with severe mental and/or physical disabilities. When the earthquake struck, more than 11,000 people were benefiting from the program in Aleppo and Hama governorates.

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