Enough. Enough.
After more than two years of conflict and more than 70,000 deaths, including thousands of children…
After more than five million people have been forced to leave their homes, including over a million refugees living in severely stressed neighbouring countries…Read more<
Each day, hundreds of Syrian women straggle into Jordan, Egypt and other countries in the region in search of security and a better life for themselves and their children. But because many of them have left their husbands behind in Syria, they are vulnerable to sexual violence and sexual exploitation.
Humanitarian groups are working to tackle the problem, but complain that a lack of money to fund the effort prevents them from doing more to help these women and girls.Read more<
Dan Pallotta calls it “the most oppressed community I’ve ever known or seen” and he’s not talking about refugee camps a war-torn continent or two away. He’s talking about the men and women who manage and staff America’s charitable organizations, populating major sectors of the nonprofit community. Pallotta, the author of Charity Case, is a ranking member of that community, an entrepreneur and activist who created such banner events as the Breast Cancer 3-Day Walks, the AIDS Rides bicycle journeys, and the Out of the Darkness suicide prevention night walks.Read more<
The number of Syrian refugees in Jordan is expected to triple to 1.2 million by the end of the year, the UN said Friday, lamenting a dire lack of funding for aid operations in the country.
The UN estimates that around 385,500 Syrians have already sought refuge in Jordan, including nearly a quarter of a million children.Read more<
Most victims of sexual violence in conflict zones are children who are suffering rape and abuse at an appalling rate, said campaigners who described the attacks as the "hidden horrors of war".
In the worst-affected countries, such as Liberia and Sierra Leone, children made up more than 70 percent of victims, said a report by charity Save the Children published on Wednesday.Read more<
Jordan opened a second camp for Syrian refugees on Wednesday after the United Nations said the number seeking shelter in the kingdom is expected to triple by the end of the year.
A first group of 106 refugees, who were among 1,306 who crossed the border during the night, were moved to the new Mrigeb al-Fuhud camp, government spokesman for Syrian refugee affairs, Anmar Hmud, told AFP.Read more<
United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, has described Pope Francis as “a man of peace and purpose” after meeting the new Pontiff at the Vatican.
The pair spoke in the Apostolic Palace on Tuesday morning, with Ki-Moon, later meeting with His Eminence the Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, accompanied by Archbishop Antoine Camilleri, Under-Secretary for Relations with States.Read more<
The scale of the humanitarian crisis
Around the region there are more than 1 million refugees, and the shortfall in support for all countries cannot be ignored. The number of internally displaced Syrians, as well as Iraqis and Palestinians trapped in Syria, demostrates the huge potential for the refugee crisis to escalate.
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Jordan is intending to declare the north of the country a “disaster area,” Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour said in remarks published on Wednesday.
The prime minister voiced concerns over a wide-scale flow of Syrian refugees into Jordan as a result of possible flare-up of major armed confrontations in Syria.Read more<
The World Evangelical Alliance's human rights ambassador has warned that Christians are being "chased from their homes" in Syria.
Dr Thomas Schirrmacher warned of a mass exodus of Christians from Syria similar to that experienced in Iraq following the 2003 US-led invasion.
A decade ago, there were an estimated 1.5 million Christians in Iraq. Since then, around half the Christian population has left the country due to hardship and persecution. Today, there are reportedly fewer than 60 churches left in the country.Read more<
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