Aid agencies helping to feed Syrians in and out of country

(Dec.27, 2012) International aid agencies are helping to feed Syrians displaced by their country's civil war, and Catholic aid officials relay stories of Syrians who have crossed into neighbouring countries. The U.N.'s World Food Program (WFP) said it reaches up to 1.5 million people monthly within Syria, but that increased violence was making it more difficult to reach the country's hardest-hit areas, especially in the north.
Belinda Mumcu of Caritas in Turkey said as Syrians cross into Turkey, staffers hear stories of "no electricity, no fuel and very scarce bread and food." For example, she said, she heard of a family that sent bread to Aleppo from a city more than 230 miles away. "Stories from Aleppo are very bad," she said. Mumcu also said that in Istanbul, Friday, Dec. 28 has been designated a day of Christmas prayer for the migrants.
Syria's civil war began in March 2011, and the United Nations estimates that more than 500,000 Syrians have flooded across borders into Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq, with thousands of new refugees crossing every day.