Syria Response

Meet Fazzaa (15)

War, displacement and life with a disability – it's safe to say the odds were stacked against Fazzaa. Yet, with a little support to tackle these challenges head on, he is thriving...

“I grew up afraid that someone would mock or bully me. But after attending the psychosocial support sessions, the issue has become normal to me.”

What we do

War Child has been actively responding to the Syrian crisis since 2012. Our child protection, education and psychosocial support interventions combine to help children cope with over a decade of war.

These programmes - delivered through our network of ‘Safe Spaces’ - allow children to process their experiences and plan for a better future.

In the face of humanitarian access challenges, War Child and its network of local partners employ a flexible approach, seeking to reach children wherever they are. We focus our activities on children who have been forced to leave their homes and drop out of school as a result of the conflict, as well as the communities that host them.

Children in Syria continue to bear the brunt of more than 10 years of civil war

Our activities help plant a seed of hope

And offer children the tools to rewrite their future

Making for healthier and happier young people

Our projects

Curious to learn more about a specific project? Click on the pins in the map below.

Where we work

183,622

CHILD PARTICIPANTS

106,930

ADULT PARTICIPANTS

13

PARTNERS

5

WAR CHILD PROJECTS

No Longer Left Behind

In its second year, the project works to increase access to more equitable learning opportunities for vulnerable children. We do this by securing safe learning spaces, integrating psychosocial support and child protection into education and increasing teachers’ basic skills.
Building Resilience of Children and Caregivers

An integrated protection, psychosocial support and education program to build the resilience of children and caregivers. With the support of the European Union, we increase social cohesion within communities through conflict-sensitive and do no harm approaches.
Emergency Education for All

Funded by Education Cannot Wait and delivered with UNICEF, this emergency initiative sets out to support out-of-school children across northwest Syria. Amid war and COVID-19 our network of learning centres and mobile approaches are vital to its success.
North West Syria Joint Response

A multi-sectoral joint response delivered through the Dutch Relief Alliance. Collaborating with experts in health, education and beyond, we bring our own expertise in protection to provide for the basic needs of over 206,299 IDPs and host communities. Learn more.
Supporting SGBV Capacity

With the wider aim of fostering a more holistic approach to protection for the internally displaced and host community, this ambitious project sets out to increase understanding of sexual and gender-based violence concepts and develop better response pathways among psychosocial support workers.

Our partners

Education Cannot Wait

Thanks to the support of this global fund, we can ensure the continuation of schooling for children affected by the protracted crisis.

European Commission

From establishing pathways back to education to integrating mental health support in the curriculum, War Child collaborates with this major EU body on several key projects.

Contact

Lukas van Trier is Country Director of our Syria Response. Want to collaborate or have a specific question? Please reach out via one of the channels below.

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