Small Increase In UNHCR Funding For Syrian Refugee Assistance Efforts
UNHCR yesterday (Monday) signed an agreement with the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) to provide the country’s Ministry of Health with $2.06 million for the rehabilitation of public hospitals in Damascus, capacity-building for medical staff and the provision of new medical equipment. The amount is in addition to 11 ambulances that UNHCR is delivering to the Ministry of Health, Syrian Red Crescent and the Palestinian Red Crescent.
This agreement, the fourth between UNHCR and the Syrian government, is part of UNHCR’s commitment to support the country’s response to the crisis of Iraqi refugees. Since the beginning of the year, UNHCR has committed a total of $9.6 million in agreements with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, the Ministry of Education and the Governorate of Al Hassake. The funds are being be used to rehabilitate 70 schools and build three new ones; to provide thousands of Iraqi schoolchildren in Syria with textbooks and other supplies; to construct a new hospital in Damascus; to support nine health clinics; and to provide food to Palestinian and Iraqi refugees.
Earlier this year, UNHCR established a new registration centre for Iraqi refugees in Douma, 25 kilometres from Damascus. To date, the office has registered 77,683 Iraqi refugees. During registration, the most vulnerable of the refugees are identified for further medical assistance, community services and resettlement.
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