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Will You Stand With Syria? Banksy, Elbow and Idris Elbow Are…

On March 15, 2014, the world will wake up to the third anniversary of the bloody conflict in Syria. Will we let the people of Syria lose another year to bloodshed and suffering? Will you stand with Syria?

Banksy, Elbow and Idris Elba stand together with Syria in this moving video tribute, to mark the anniversary.

Read more about the video here.

#withsyria – The With Syria Campaign

Syrian Refugee Mohammed Talks About Losing His Mother, Grandmother, Little Brother and His Legs

Please help the children of Syria by sharing this video of young Mohammed, who lost his mother, grandmother, little brother, and both his legs, and is now a refugee in Istanbul. Palmyra Relief is helping him get prosthetic legs and rehabilitative care.

A Must-Watch Series of Reports from NBC on the Plight of Syrian Children

nbc“They’ve seen terrible things: bombings, shooting, people screaming…Their lives were turned upside down.”

Excellent reporting on the tragic situation facing Syria’s children, from NBC.

See the story, and videos, now.

Hard-Hitting Video Shows What Syrian Children Are Enduring


The charity Save the Children has produced a compelling video public service announcement, which brief snippets of a young girl’s life, going from a happy, safe childhood, to living as a refugee amidst war. Interestingly, the child depicted – and the location – is the UK — to bring home how children living ordinary lives in Syria have been thrust into what would before have been a completely unthinkable nightmare.

Read more about the video now.

New Report Exposes the Devastating Health Impact of the Syrian War on Children

tollSave the Children has issued a report on the status of health care in Syria, titled “A devastating toll: the impact of three years of war on the health of Syria’s children.” The report exposes a broken health system and its consequences: children not just dying from violent means but from diseases that would previously either have been treatable or prevented.

Read more about the report.

Download a copy of the report now.

Syrian War is Leaving Children Struggling to Survive

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Imagine you have a young child whose legs must be amputated because hospitals don’t have the proper equipment to treat them, or a world in which a patient opts to be knocked unconscious with a metal bar because there are no anaesthetics. Imagine a life where newborn babies die in their incubators because of power cuts.

Horrific, isn’t it? Yet this is reality for people inside Syria who have endured the hell and barbarity of war for three years.

Read more…

We Need to Protect Syrian Children

Free Syria Media Hub‏ – @Free_Media_Hub on Twitter — said “This image embodies the failure of the international community to protect Syrian children.” baby

The Wounded Generation in Syria

An excellent video, from the New York Times website, titled “Syria’s Wounded Generation,” shows a medical after-care center near Turkey’s border with Syria, where civilians and combatants recover from life-altering injuries. The Times’s Mac William Bishop spoke to casualties of Syria’s brutal war.

View the video here.

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Chilling Data On the Syrian Refugee Situation

The number of Syrian refugees has now passed 2.5 million.

2.5 million lives changed forever.

Half are children…

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