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Child Protection
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In 2018:
- 1,106 children verified killed – the highest ever number of children killed in a single year since the start of the war.
- 748 children injured.
- 806 children were recruited and used in combat.
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- Nearly 10,000 Syrian refugee children are either unaccompanied or separated, and many of these children are vulnerable to exploitation, including child labour, due to lack of legal documentation
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Education
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- In 2018, the UN verified 120 attacks on schools – the highest ever number since the start of the war.
- An estimated 40 per cent of school infrastructure in Syria has been damaged or destroyed in the war.
- Over 2 million children – over one-third of Syria’s child population - are out-of-school and 1.3 million children are at risk of dropping out.
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- The flow of refugees out of Syria has added a huge strain on service provision in neighbouring countries, challenging Syrian and host communities’ access to basic services, including education.
- Over 800,000 children remain out-of-school.
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Poverty
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- Over 83 per cent of Syrians live below the poverty line, pushing children into extreme survival measures - such as child labour, early marriage and recruitment into the fighting - to help their families make ends meet.
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- More than 90 per cent of Syrian refugees are living in host communities and facing challenging conditions. These circumstances have pushed children to extreme survival measures including dropping out of school to work or marry.
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Health
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- In 2018, the UN verified 142 attacks on hospitals and health personnel – the highest number ever recorded in one year since the start of the war.
- Only half of the health facilities are functioning.
- National routine immunization coverage declined from 80% in 2010 to less than 50% in 2017, triggering several outbreaks.
- Over two-thirds of children with physical or mental disabilities require specialized health services which aren’t available in their area.
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- In Jordan, 45 per cent of Syrian children under the age of five are not accessing proper health services including vaccinations and disability support.
- 56 per cent of refugee households in Iraq and 11 per cent in Lebanon encounter challenges to access quality healthcare because of cost, distance, or unavailability of services).
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Nutrition
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- Acute malnutrition among pregnant or nursing women increased more than two-fold in 2018.
- 19,263 children under the age of five are severely acutely malnourished.
- 6.5 million people are food insecure pushing children as young as three to work or beg to keep families afloat.
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- Over 30 per cent of refugee households in Lebanon and approximately 80 per cent of refugee households in Jordan show some level of food insecurity.
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Water Sanitation
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- Over half of surveyed households rely on unsafe or water sources to meet their daily water needs.
- Families living in informal settlements spend more than half of their income on water.
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- In Lebanon, a majority of households have access to an improved water supply, but nearly half of all sources are contaminated.
- In Turkey, over a quarter of interviewees reported that shelters have poor hygiene facilities.
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