Tag Archives: Syrian children

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.


Please Support Palmyra

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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There Are No Words…

We are not sure about the origin or photo credit for this heartbreaking photo, but it’s going around on the Syrian-related sites.

There really are no words…

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UN Says Syrian Conflict is Creating a Generation of Damaged Children

“The world must act to save a generation of traumatized, isolated and suffering children from catastrophe. If we do not move quickly, this generation of innocents will become lasting casualties of war.” — UN

U.N. Warns of Lasting Harm to Syrian Refugee Children