PAST PROJECT
The project will cover the emergency needs of 1000 Syrian refugees moved to temporary shelters in the town Kilis of Gaziantep Province of Turkey.

Due to the civil unrest in Syria, the security situation has worsened and the lives of many of its people are in great danger.

Recent clashes have intensified in the Northwest of Syria in the province of Hama and Homs and Idlib bordering with Turkey, with many villages around these towns under Syrian army attack. As a result thousands of inhabitants of the towns and villages swept north to the Turkish border as refugees. In June 2012 alone, more than 7000 refugees fled to the Turkish side of the border, bringing the sum Syrian refugee numbers in Turkey to a total of more than 42,000 (OCHA) individuals. The total number of refugees that currently reside in camps on the Turkish side of the border is estimated to exceed 38,000 with numbers climbing daily. At current influx rates, Turkish authorities estimate to have more than 50000 Syrian refugees in Turkey by the end of August 2012.

The Turkish government issued an international appeal for assistance for the refugees for basic needs. State resources of more than 100 million USD have been expired and need for support for the needs of the refugees on food, medical treatment, psychosocial treatment is growing.

IDRF & local partner, IBC, in cooperation with the Turkish authorities and the Turkish Red Crescent worked together to provide food and NFI items for the needs of the refugees.

GOALS & OBJECTIVES

In addition, around 500 hosting families in the villages of Altinozu, Boynuegin, Reyhanli and Yayladagi got monthly food and hygiene packages as a supportive action for capacity building to meet the needs of the refugees for three months.

Main objective was to provide ready to eat soups to 1000 refugees during the Ramadan time (20 July-20 August 2012) and simultaneously give milk powder for the needs of 1000 infants in the same camp. Through this intervention we reduced the burden of the state authorities for food during the Ramadan time which is more emerging than other times.

Partner: International Blue Crescent (IBC)