DanChurchAid in Syria

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News from DCA Syria

News

Forced to Flee Again: Returning to a war-torn Syria

When airstrikes hit southern Lebanon Rahaf was forced to take her children and flee to Syria – a country she fled from years ago.

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The Cost of Living in Danger: Khaleel’s Story

Large parts of Northeast Syria are heavily contaminated with unexploded bombs and mines – posing a grave threat to people living there.

Risk Education

The programme supports the delivery of Risk Education to boys, girls, men and women who either live or are planning to travel through/return to contaminated areas. This education enables them to make safer decisions and better protect themselves and their families from injuries and death related to the contamination.

Survey and Clearance

Survey of contaminated areas and the clearance of explosive hazards saves lives. It is an essential first step before any rehabilitation or reconstruction work can take place.

Market-Based Humanitarian Response

DCA provides cash to households unable to meet their most essential needs, this includes the distribution of monthly Cash for Food, the use of Multipurpose Cash as an emergency response, the distribution of Cash to meet Shelter and / or seasonal non-food needs, and community-based Cash for Work schemes.

 In-Kind NFI support

Where relevant, DCA also provides in-need families with in-kind support in order to meet essential nonfood needs. These items may include shelter materials, seasonal items to protect from extreme weather, or hygiene kits.

Psychosocial Support

DCA provides structured wellbeing activities for children in Community Spaces to improve the mental health of children, youth, and adults. The purpose of these activities is to increase psychological resilience and communities’ ability to heal following trauma and conflict.

Projects in Syria

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Communities define burning needs in Syria

With support from DCA, communities are given the opportunity to identify and decide what their community needs to respond to crises.

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From Hazard Zone to Playground

Al Thawrah community garden reopens after having been closed because of explosives since 2017 – now children are invited back to play safely

Donors

DCA operations in Syria are supported by Danida, European Union, USAID, Ministere De L’europe et Des Affaires Etrangeres, Church of Sweden, Austrian Development Agency, ITF.