Since 2011, Syria has faced a civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions from their homes. The people of Syria face a lack of basic needs and livelihoods. We are helping to mitigate the effects of the civil war in the country. We have been working in the Turkish-Syrian border region since 2013. We have provided humanitarian material aid and healthcare and helped provide people with decent housing in the Idlib region.

In February 2023, a devastating earthquake struck Syria and Turkey. This exacerbated the problematic situation of the people in the country and left them entirely dependent on humanitarian organisations to provide for their basic needs.

Humanitarian aid for earthquake victims

In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, we started to provide on-the-ground assistance in cooperation with our partner organisations. We provided basic material aid such as food, drinking water, hygiene kits, warm clothes, and blankets. We are also providing shelter, as well as building social facilities. In response to the earthquake, we have launched a fundraiser to help Turkey and Syria.

December 17, 2015 Syria

World Food Programme (WFP) plans to interrupt humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees

Jordan as a country became a new home for nearly 1,4 million refugees from Syria who have fled their homes due to long-lasting conflict. The United Nations has recorded 650 000 refugees so far. The World Food Programme (WFP) reduced food aid last month as a result of Jordanian and the global economy. According to recent reports, the WFP warns that support of Syrian refugees is going to be interrupted completely.

November 14, 2015 Syria

G20 leaders met to prevent another world war

A global coalition on November 14th called on G20 leaders to develop a Middle East Recovery Plan to pull Syria's neighbours back from the brink after more than four years of conflict. The coalition called on leaders meeting directly across the water from Syria to commit to a plan that provides robust support to Syria’s neighbours who have hosted the vast majority of refugees since that conflict erupted in 2011.

November 4, 2015 Syria

Farewell to Syrian students as they leave for studies in the Czech Republic

On Tuesday, November 3, 2015 between 11 and 13 o'clock three students heading to university in the Czech Republic had a farewell meeting with the delegation that had come to say goodbye to them. The delegation was consisted of Petra Hladik, the Czech Ambassador in Jordan, Dr. Bohumil Jirkal, the First Secretary of the Embassy of the Czech Republic, workers of Caritas CR and Caritas Jordan.

October 12, 2015 Syria

To go or not to go: a Syrian asks the question

Thousands of people are arriving every day on Lesbos. They’re part of a wave of at least 430,000 refugees and migrants to have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe in makeshift boats operated by people smugglers. They register here before taking a ferry to Athens and then elsewhere in Europe. They need shelter, food, information and health assistance. Caritas Hellas (Greece) is providing mats, sleeping bags and other aid on Lesbos, Kos, Chios, in Athens and on the border with the FYR of Macedonia. Read more on caritas.org.