By EmbHashmi
Two years of brutal war, 100,000 innocent lives lost, 1.6 million refugees, and more then four million people displaced, this is Syria today, a place once famed for its beauty and Arabic culture.
The dyer destitute satiation in war torn Syria has hit the hearts of many innocent people who have no connection with the country or its people, but feel they have no option but to do all they can to help raise awareness and much needed aid for the grief stricken strangers they see on their televisions or read about in their newspapers.
One such stranger is NazimTasadiq of the Midlands Fundraiser for Human Relief Foundation. Who as part of the organisation are working hard to raise money to send to Syria, Asian World spoke to them about what they know of the current situation in Syria and what they are doing to try as ease the discomfort of some of the sufferers.
They told us “Thousands of men, women and children have been fleeing the country, leaving behind their homes and belongings to find safety across the borders in Jordan and Lebanon.
Over half of these refugees are children. Almost 80% of them are women. They have left everything behind and have nowhere left to go.”
They went on to tell us that rather than the international governments trying to bring an end to the fighting many Syrians have had to take up refuge in neighbouring countries.
There are currently 176,000 registered refugees in Jordan, though estimates put the unofficial number at 280,000. Most of these are women and children. They have left everything behind and have nowhere left to go.
Approximately 2,000 refugees are arriving in Jordan every day.
The hospitality of neighbouring countries is wearing thin as they just cannot cope with the influx and are suffering as a consequence “Jordan is the most water scarce country in the world. Its economy is struggling to cope with so many people in need of aid.” They told us.
Human Relief Foundation is working in association with the world’s biggest hunger fighting humanitarian aid organisation – World Food Programme. Together we are distributing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of food aid every month through a comprehensive voucher programme.
It costs just £85 for a normal delivery in a Jordanian hospital – but Syrians, who have left behind everything they own, are struggling to pay for treatment. Caesarean operations cost just £330. For premature babies, the cost of an incubator is £1,000 for every five days. This is much more than most Syrian refugees can afford.
Human Relief Foundation was assisting 3,000 Syrian refugees, but this figure has now increased to more than 14,000. If the conflict continues at the current pace, then we can expect to be assisting more than 50,000 refugees by the end of 2013.
