In Syria, nine-year-old Abdulkarim carries responsibilities far beyond his age. When his family returned home after the war, they faced new struggles: his father’s illness worsened, leaving the family with limited income. To help, Abdulkarim worked long hours in his father’s small grocery store, doing what he could to cover basic needs. But this came at an important cost. His education.
The devastating earthquakes that struck Syria and Türkiye in February 2023 left a lasting impact on the communities in Aleppo and Latakia.
The ALFA project has effectively responded to the urgent food security needs of earthquake-affected communities in Aleppo and Lattakia, Syria.
Earlier this year, the earthquake that rocked Syria and Türkiye left the world shocked and shaken. Already subject to protracted violence over many years, Syrian communities found their problems compounding as existing struggles ran up against new ones. For some families, sons bearing serious wounds and health conditions sustained during combat complicated the process of fleeing from crumbling homes and travelling across town to find new shelter. For others, the economic impacts of the long war had left some very full households with only one breadwinner.
In 2023, ADRA donors responded to the Syria earthquake, supporting Rima’s family in Aleppo. The earthquake left them unable to return home, and her husband lost his job. They relied on their 21-year-old daughter’s income until ADRA provided weekly food kits, helping them save money and regain stability. Your support makes a difference.
ADRA donors like you have contributed to relief for multiple families in Syria in the aftermath of the earthquake. Jahidah Mohammed Eid al-Ali is a 50-year-old Syria women who is surviving in Syria alongside her husband (55) and several children and grandchildren. ADRA donors helped bring food baskets to families like Jahidah’s, who are currently living in collective shelter in Sports City Centre in Latakia. Jahida says that ADRA’s provision of food has helped her family “immensely,” and they are extremely grateful for your part in this assistance.
This year has been a tumultuous one all around the world. But ADRA donors like you have empowered continuous response to some of the worst disasters that people have faced in 2023, including the earthquake in Syria.
Five years of civil war in Syria has left the country and its people in a crisis of astounding proportions. From secure shelter to safe water, food, and clothing, the needs are immense. Out of a population of 21.4 million people, 13.5 million people in Syria are in need of aid. Among the … read more
The ongoing civil war in Syria has forced over 11 million people from their homes. An estimated 300,000 people have been killed and approximately 5 million have fled the country to find refuge in Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon. The hardest hit city in recent months has been Aleppo. Once the largest city in … read more
On January 7th, the Canadian government extended the deadline for donations to the Syrian Emergency Relief Fund to February 29th. The impact of gifts given to registered Canadian charities to help Syrian refugees by the new deadline will be doubled. Your gift will help people like Amina, a Syrian refugee in Beirut, Lebanon. … read more
