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I just talked with Max Baldwin, he’s our Northwest Syria
Area Director, as our teams updated a survey of urgent needs in more than
20 displacement camps in Idlib and other areas of northwest Syria.

Max shared with me devastating facts about these families on the run.
Nearly 20% of families include pregnant women, and another 18% are new
mothers breastfeeding infant children. Other families are caring for
elderly or injured members, and many face life in the chaotic displacement
camps with only a single person as their head of household.

Mercy Corps team members and partners have reached more than 154,000
people in Northwest Syria since violence flared there in December 2019.
[ [link removed] ]Your first gift today to Mercy Corps’ Where Most
Needed Fund can help families in Syria and around the globe.


[ Idlib, ]Idlib, Syria
Idlib, Syria. The majority of people have been displaced several times,
making this population even more vulnerable.
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In the recent needs assessment, people listed shelter as one of their key
concerns, Max told me, "Nearly everyone is living in a tent or some kind
of shelter they made themselves. People are seeking some protection from
the weather, they’re worried about makeshift shelters catching fire, and
they’re very worried about their own safety in these unfamiliar, open and
unsecured places."

We know from our experience supporting families fleeing violence around
the world that as large numbers are displaced, overpopulation in camps and
makeshift communities, combined with lack of resources, puts people at
greater risk. Mercy Corps teams work with refugees and displaced families
in places like Uganda, Colombia and Syria to provide support including
shelter supplies and household essentials, dignity kits for women, hygiene
supplies and emergency cash so families can buy what they need most
urgently.

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In Idlib and nearby areas, warming temperatures and seasonal rains have
left many families navigating a sea of makeshift tents and red mud, so we
are also supporting people displaced to camps, informal settlements and
communities with water trucking, desludging and garbage collection to help
them stay healthy. But the unpredictable violence means that people are
continuously on the move and aid workers are challenged to anticipate
where the greatest needs will be. (This is why we update needs assessments
regularly.)

I also have to share
with you that 58 out of 80 Mercy Corps team members across Idlib Province
are themselves displaced from their homes. Still, they continue tirelessly
to bring some urgently needed relief to the communities we serve.

Your support is a critically important part of our work. Mercy Corps
responds in these moments of urgent crisis and works to build better lives
and transform communities for good. You can be with us as we help families
and communities around the world face violence, disaster, poverty and the
impacts of climate change. [ [link removed] ]Your gift of $10 or more today
to our Where
Most Needed Fund can help families you might never meet, but who deserve a
stronger, more resilient future.

Thank you so much for helping our teams respond to this unprecedented
level of need in Syria and support families around the world.

Christy Delafield
Mercy Corps Director of Communications

 

Mercy Corps is a founding member of the Global
[26]Global Emergency Emergency Response Coalition, a lifesaving
Response Coalition humanitarian alliance dedicated to increasing
awareness and support for those in urgent need.

 

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