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Dear John,
This week my colleagues Frank Mc Manus and Meghan Lopez updated you on the worsening crisis in Yemen and El Salvador. Today, I wanted to write to you about what's happening in Syria.
As you know, a recent military offensive in the northeast displaced over 200,000 people, including 80,000 children. Our teams are witnessing the devastation the violence has caused and have advised that the situation remains highly unstable. In border towns, heavy clashes are still taking place.
The IRC supports families caught in crises around the world, including in Syria. Donate now to help us provide families who have fled violence worldwide with lifesaving support.
While many of the families who fled the offensive have returned to their homes, nearly 100,000 people remain newly displaced within northeast Syria. Some are staying in collective shelters, mainly schools, because they have no other place to go.
Others are living in the city of Raqqa, which was decimated by the fight against ISIS and is still barely safe for civilians. It remains littered with unexploded mines, and lacking in basic services such as electricity and housing.
In Raqqa governorate, our teams are providing health care and we have restarted our women's empowerment and legal support programs. We have also distributed ready-to-eat rations to new arrivals in one of the camps in this district. In Hassakeh governorate our primary health care centers are open in a number of towns and camps where people had fled, and we are providing medical mobile units to reach people still living in collective shelters.
Since 2012, we've been providing lifesaving support to families within Syria, and we will continue this work for as long as it is safe for us to do so.
Around the world, we help families who have fled war, disasters and persecution. Give now to help us support families in the places where we work, including Syria. Please make a gift today.
Thank you for being there for Syrians and other families in crisis around the world.
Best,
Misty Buswell
Middle East Policy Director
International Rescue Committee |
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