Post Tagged with: "humanitarian aid"

Unified Aid Bureau Faces Major Challenges in Eastern Ghouta

on March 5, 2014, 5:28 pm / in Transition

Currently, the region around Damascus known as Eastern Ghouta does not have the infrastructure necessary to provide for a decent living. With no work available, most residents rely on aid to survive. Since the start of the fighting in the area at the beginning of 2012, most residents lost their jobs due to the shelling and invasions by government forces […]

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Aid Committees in Kfar Nabel Accused of Corruption Due to Supply Scarcity

on February 28, 2014, 5:51 pm / in Transition

Abdullah Kleido (Kfar Nabel, Syria) – Mazen is a fighter with the Islamic front from the city of Kfar Nabel. Like many others, the 32-year-old complains of not receiving aid that he desperately needs.

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Syrian Civil Society Takes Root in Lebanon

on August 6, 2013, 1:52 pm / in Transition

By Malath al-Zoubi (Beirut, Lebanon) - Hundreds of thousands of Syrians are living in Lebanon today-refugees fleeing the armed conflict at home, activists who chose to leave Syria due to political oppression, and those who simply prefer wait out the war in relative stability.

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