2014-01-08 17:08:19

UN appeals for $1billion to save Syrian children becoming "a lost generation"


Jan.08,2014: The United Nations and its humanitarian partners on Tuesday asked for $1 billion to save millions of Syrian children from becoming a “lost generation,” doomed by the civil war in their country to a life of despair, diminished opportunities and broken futures. "The future for these children is slipping away, but there is still a chance to save them," UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres said at the unveiling of the “No Lost Generation" initiative in Geneva, one week ahead of a major donor conference in Kuwait for humanitarian aid for Syria. "The world must answer this crisis with immediate, massive international support,” he added.
Launched by the UN Children’s Fund (), the UN refugee agency (), Save the Children, World Vision and other non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the initiative calls for Governments, aid agencies and the ordinary public to champion the children of Syria, where well over 100,000 people have been killed and 8 million others driven from their homes, 2 million of them as refugees in neighbouring countries, since the conflict erupted in March 2011.
“For nearly three years, Syria's children have been the most vulnerable of all victims of the conflict, seeing their families and loved ones killed, their schools destroyed and their hopes eroded,” the agencies said in a joint news release. “They have been wounded either physically, psychologically or both. Children have also become vulnerable to the worst types of exploitation, including child labour, recruitment into armed groups and forces, early marriage and other forms of gender based violence.”
Source: UN







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