Appeal highlights
After 12 years of conflict, the Syrian refugee crisis remains the largest displacement crisis in the world. Nearly 5.6 million registered refugees – including more than 2.6 million children – reside in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Türkiye. Meanwhile, the many effects of climate change, particularly a deepening water crisis and the rise in communicable diseases such as cholera, are impacting families’ health and livelihoods, further compounding their vulnerability. More than 21 million refugees and host community members, including nearly 8.6 million children, need urgent assistance.
UNICEF continues to reach refugee children living in camps, informal settlements and urban settings – as well as vulnerable children from host communities – with essential education, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), child protection, health, nutrition and social protection services, and with adolescent and youth programmes. UNICEF is also mainstreaming gender and gender-based violence prevention and mitigation in its response.
In 2023, UNICEF requires US$867.3 million to respond to the immediate needs of 4.2 million Syrian refugees and vulnerable people in host communities in the five targeted countries, while at the same time mitigating the challenges related to widening inequalities, weakened social cohesion and increased health and protection risks.
Key planned results for 2023
1.8 million children and women accessing primary health care
369,100 children/caregivers accessing community-based mental health and psychosocial support
1.7 million children accessing formal or non-formal education, including early learning
594,500 people accessing a sufficient quantity and quality of water
Source: UN Children’s Fund