Category Archives: Syrian Children

No One Cares: The Tragic Truth of the 500,000 Syrian Refugee Children

refugee-childrenAn excellent piece in the UK’s Independent, chronicles British photojournalist Ed Thompson’s trips to refugee camps housing many of Syria’s children.

Read the story, and see his compelling photo gallery, at the Independent’s site.

Witnessing War in Syria Through the Eyes Of Its Children

girlEight year old Farah says her favorite activity is helping her father, a rebel commander, build bombs. Farah was interviewed int heh PBS documentary, Children of Aleppo, and you can see her in this clip from the documentary, where she describes the day her father was nearly killed while making a bomb.

United Nations on the Children of Syria

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Syria Becoming Worst, Most Costly Humanitarian Crisis in Modern History

children“The United Nations says [Syria] is fast becoming the worst and most expensive humanitarian catastrophe in modern history.”

 

Syria Policy Unraveling, from Politico.

Children Helping Children: American Teenagers Form Palmyra Relief Club to Help Injured Syrian Children

Julia Mathis has founded the Palmyra Relief Club at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, MD, US. The purpose of the club is to raise funds and awareness to support children wounded by the war in Syria, who have lost limbs, and are in need of prosthetic limbs and rehabilitative care.


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There’s no better time than right now to support Palmyra Relief, and help children regain the mobility lost after losing a leg or arm.

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