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06 February 2024

One year after devastating earthquakes hit Türkiye and Syria, consequences continue to reverberate for affected children and families

NEW YORK/AMMAN/GENEVA, 6 February 2024 – One year after the deadliest earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria’s recent history, the impacts of the catastrophe continue to reverberate for children. For those in Syria, the impact is compounded by the effects of a wider ongoing humanitarian crisis. The two initial devastati...

100 days after earthquakes hit Türkiye and Syria, millions of children continue to face desperate

NEW YORK/AMMAN/ANKARA/DAMASCUS/GENEVA, 17 May 2023 – One hundred days after the deadliest earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria's recent history, millions of children and families are struggling to rebuild their lives, with 2.5 million children in Türkiye and 3.7 million in Syria in need of continued humanitarian assis...

One month on, more than 850,000 children remain displaced by deadly earthquakes in southern Türkiye and Syria

ANKARA/DAMASCUS/AMMAN/GENEVA, 6 March 2023 – One month on from the two catastrophic earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye and Syria, more than 850,000 children remain displaced after being forced from their damaged or destroyed homes. The number of children killed and injured during the quakes and their afterma...

13 February 2023

One week on from devastating earthquakes, millions of children remain in need of urgent humanitarian assistance

NEW YORK/AMMAN/GENEVA, 13 February 2023 – Seven days after two devastating earthquakes and more than 1,600 aftershocks hit south-east Türkiye and Syria – causing widespread destruction and taking the lives of thousands of people – UNICEF is warning that millions of children are in need of urgent humanitarian suppo...

07 February 2023

Thousands of children at risk after devastating earthquakes hit south-east Türkiye and Syria

NEW YORK/GENEVA/AMMAN, 6 February 2023 – Thousands of children and families are at risk after two devastating earthquakes and dozens of aftershocks hit south-east Türkiye and Syria today. According to authorities, in the two countries, more than 2,300 people have been killed, including children, with thousands more injured. These numbers are only…

Lifeline for Syria’s children must continue

Photos and b-roll available for download: https://uni.cf/32Y2cOx https://uni.cf/32Y2cOx GAZIANTEP, Turkey, 7 March 2020 – UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore has just concluded a two-day trip to Gaziantep, Turkey, where she visited the humanitarian logistics hub in Bab Al Hawa on the border with Syria. She a...

22 November 2019

Curriculum, Accreditation and Certification for Syrian Children

Conducted in 2015, this study sought to provide a better understanding of the learning programmes available for Syrian children through a broad situation analysis of the education of Syrian children inside Syria, as well as Syrian refugee children in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. The report of the study...

13 November 2019

The book of dreams

All children dream. For some of them who have experienced war, hunger and cold, dreaming is all they have left. Forced to leave their city, their home, their family, many Syrian children carry with them their hope for a better future. At night, they imagine being able to return to their country one day and being ...

New education centre for Syrian children in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey

KAHRAMANMARAŞ, April 22, 2015 – A new education centre for Syrian children was officially opened in Kahramanmaraş today. The UNICEF-supported education centre was built in partnership with the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) and the Ministry of National Education, with financial support ...