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Syria Crisis Response Annual Report 2013 syria crisis response annual report 2013 UNRWA would like to thank the following donors for their support to the UNRWA Syria Crisis Response Appeal, January-December 2013: • AUSTRALIA • BULGARIA • CZECH REPUBLIC • DENMARK • EC INCLUDING ECHO • FRANCE • GERMANY • GERMANY KFW • HUNGARY • ICELAND • IRELAND © UNRWA 2014 • ITALY About UNRWA • JAPAN UNRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General • KUWAIT Assembly in 1949 and is mandated to provide assistance and • NETHERLANDS protection to a population of some 5 million registered Palestine • NEW ZEALAND refugees. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, • NORWAY Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and the Gaza Strip to achieve their full • SPAIN (INCLUDING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS) potential in human development, pending a just solution to their • SWEDEN plight. UNRWA’s services encompass education, health care, • SWITZERLAND relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, • UK microfinance and emergency assistance. UNRWA is funded • USA almost entirely by voluntary contributions. • CERF • OCHA (ERF) Cover photo: Two boys in an IDP collective shelter in Jaramana • UNICEF camp, Damascus. © Carole al Farah / UNRWA Archives. • AMERICAN FRIENDS OF UNRWA • CAN FOUNDATION (CAJA NAVARRA FOUNDATION), SPAIN • EDUCATION ABOVE ALL FOUNDATION- EDUCATE A CHILD PROGRAM, QATAR • HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL, UAE • ISLAMIC RELIEF, USA • LES AMIS DE LIBAN À MONACO • QATAR RED CRESCENT SOCIETY • REPSOL FOUNDATION, SPAIN • SAP, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • SAUDI COMMITTEE • SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES INTERNATIONAL • THE ASFARI FOUNDATION • UAE RED CRESCENT • UNRWA SPANISH COMMITTEE Acronyms and Abbreviations ACAPS Assessment Capacities Project AUB American University of Beirut CARE Catastrophic Ailment Relief Programme DTC Damascus Training Centre ERT Emergency Response Training ETB Emergency Trauma Bag GAPAR General Authority for Palestine Arab Refugees (Syria) GBV Gender-based violence HEAT Hazardous Environment Awareness Training IDP Internally displaced person ILP Interactive Learning Programme INEE International Network of Education in Emergencies JHAS Jordanian Health Aid Society LAF Lebanese Armed Forces NFI Non-food item OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs PRS Palestine refugees from Syria RRIS Regional Refugee Information System RSS Relief and Social Services SGBV Sexual and gender-based violence SHARP Syria Humanitarian Assistance Response Plan SSAFE Safe and Secure Approach for Field Environment SYP Syrian Pound ToT Training of trainers UNCT United Nations Country Team UNDSS United Nations Department of Safety and Security UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East US$ United States Dollar WASH Water, sanitation and hygiene WFP World Food Programme Table of Contents 5 Executive Summary 8 Introduction 9 Situation Overview 13 Reporting Results: January-December 2013 13 Strategic Focus Area 1: Preserve the resilience of the community through targeted relief 13 SYRIA 16 LEBANON 17 JORDAN 20 Startegic Focus Area 2: Safeguard and protect the rights of Palestine refugees and ensure access to essential basic services 20 SYRIA 20 Emergency Health 21 Emergency Education 23 Protection 23 Temporary Shelter 24 Environmental Health 24 LEBANON 24 Emergency Health 25 Emergency Education 25 Protection 26 Shelter 27 Environmental Health 27 JORDAN 27 Emergency Health 28 Emergency Education 29 Protection 30 Startegic Focus Area 3: Strengthened and effective humanitarian capacity and coordination 30 SYRIA 30 Risk Monitoring and Management 30 Capacity and Management Support 31 Safety and Security 33 Emergency Repair and Maintenance of UNRWA Installations 33 LEBANON 33 Risk Monitoring and Management 33 Capacity and Management Support 34 Safety and Security 34 Emergency Repair and Maintenance of UNRWA Installations 34 JORDAN 34 Risk Monitoring and Management 34 Capacity and Management Support 35 Safety and Security 35 GAZA 36 Communications 37 Annex I: Syria Appeal Results Framework 2013 5 Executive Summary The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has been providing basic services, including education and health, to Palestine refugees1 in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza for over 64 years. The Agency has also responded to the urgent humanitarian needs of Palestine refugees in times of conflict and extreme hardship. The current regional crisis, triggered by the conflict in Syria, continues to be one of the greatest challenges UNRWA has faced since it was created to assist Palestine refugees after their original dispossession and dispersion throughout the region in 1948. Without faltering in its core work of providing assistance to further the human development of a population of some 5 million Palestine refugees across the region, and with donor support, UNRWA has responded to the critical needs of Palestine refugees affected by the conflict in Syria. This includes the Palestine refugee population inside Syria, as well as those who have fled to Lebanon and Jordan, and the small number who have reached Gaza. During the reporting period, UNRWA has particularly focused on seeking access to the besieged Yarmouk area, which was achieved after a break of more than one year on 18 January 2014. In 2014, distributions in the area have been intermittent and constrained - as such, UNRWA continues to advocate for rapid, safe and unhindered access, as described in Security Council Resolution 2139. Many Palestine refugees from Syria have sought safety in Egypt, Turkey and further afield. While these countries are beyond UNRWA’s areas of operation, the Agency is actively advocating for them to receive the support they need. The UNRWA Syria Crisis Response Plan for January-December 2013 appealed for critical humanitarian assistance in the form of food, cash, household/winter items and health services in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan for a total of US$ 215,399,454. Many donors responded generously, funding 72.3 per cent2 of the appeal, and the considerable results achieved against this are detailed by strategic objective in this report. Results include the delivery of assistance from UNRWA to some 500,000 Palestine refugees in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Gaza. Interventions were specifically positioned to prevent the further deterioration of their living conditions. UNRWA’s operational depth and breadth in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, thanks to more than 13,000 staff in these countries, has allowed the Agency to respond with comparative speed and effectiveness. As the armed conflict continues and humanitarian needs grow, UNRWA will draw on its unique blend of resources to continue service provision to both optimize and innovate in its humanitarian emergency response. Though the conflict presents enormous challenges, UNRWA’s work will seek to build the resilience of the Palestine refugee community and to mitigate the effects of what is increasingly perceived as a downward spiral into an insecure and uncertain future. 1 Palestine refugees are defined as persons whose normal place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948, and who lost both home and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 conflict. This includes descendants through the male line. 2 The rapid influx of PRS into Lebanon following the escalation of conflict in Yarmouk in mid-December 2012 meant that funding requirements were vastly under-estimated in that field. 6 syria crisis response annual report 2013 UNRWA - Syria Crisis Response May 2014 Throughout 2013, UNRWA scaled up its response to support increasing numbers of displaced and conflict-affected Palestine refugees in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. More than 420,000 PRS received some form of emergency assistance throughout the year and core programmes, including health, education, social services and microfinance, continue to operate in an unpredictable and rapidly changing environment.Adana ! TURKEY 51,000 ! Aleppo PRS fled to SYRIA Lebanon 48,800 beneficiaries 440,000 Palestine receiving Lattakia Refugees in need food assistance ! 10,900 beneficiaries Hama Nicosia receiving in kind ! NFIs 364,597 334,969 160,245 63,092 beneficiaries beneficiaries beneficiaries health receiving receiving receiving consultations Homs! cash in kind food NFI items assistance 7,500 students accessing Tripoli education ! 14,000 Beirut receiving shelter 654,437 48,000 14,500 assistance health students receiving consultations accessing shelter Damascus education assistance LEBANON ! IRAQ ! Der’a Amman ! JORDAN 10,912 PRS fled to Jordan 9,350 3,771 1,203 beneficiaries beneficiaries beneficiaries receiving receiving receiving cash in kind food NFI items assistance EGYPT 17,264 1,834 1,356 health students receiving consultations accessing shelter education assistance Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan-Feb-March: Palestine refugees flee from April-May-June: The entire camp of Ein el Tal in July-Aug-Sept: Food prices rise by 67.2% following Oct-Nov-Dec: 440,000 refugees now require daily Yarmouk, Husseiniyeh, Sbeineh and Khan Aleppo – 6,000 refugees – is displaced after the chemical weapons attacks in Eastern Ghouta. assistance following UNRWA needs assessment Eshiekh Camps in Damascus due to heightened opposition armed groups enter the camp. 420,000 refugees are unable to meet their daily conducted in October. Winterisation programme
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