Our humanitarian aid in Syria

After years of war, long-lasting animosities and new evictions, the humanitarian situation remains extremely complex and the suffering of the people is overwhelming. The long years of crisis in Syria and the warfare leave many people without prospects, leading to further trauma. Syria remains one of the largest and most complex crises in the world.

The public health system has collapsed. A large number of hospitals and medical facilities were destroyed during the war, the power supply is inadequate and there is a shortage of medicines, consumables and medical personnel.

Many of the displaced people in the Idlib region live in refugee camps and informal settlements. People lack basic supplies such as tents, mattresses, blankets, clean water, food, and medical care.

Our goal is to improve medical care as well as living conditions, especially for internally displaced people.

• Improving access to primary and secondary health care.
• Improved health care for children and mothers
• Rehabilitation of medical care infrastructure
• Improved access to water, hygiene and sanitation facilities in camps

Working closely with our partners "Hand in Hand for Aid and Development" and "Independent Doctors Association", we are committed to improving health care by operating and supporting numerous hospitals, primary health centers and mobile medical teams. Among other things, we provide the following:

• We provide outpatient services in basic health stations and hospitals, such as general medical examinations, treatment of malnutrition in children or vaccinations.
• We operate and support hospitals where modern diagnostic procedures and specialist treatments are performed, e.g. in the fields of emergency medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, orthopedics, ear, nose and throat, ophthalmology, neurology and urology.
• We operate emergency rooms and provide surgical health services.
• We provide primary and secondary child and maternal health services as well as obstetrics, emergency obstetrics and newborn care.
• We operate intensive care units and thalassemia and dialysis units.
• We provide ambulances and patient transport systems so patients can be referred for more advanced care.
• We procure medicines and medical consumables.
• Distribution of medicines and personal protective equipment to health facilities.
• We provide psychological support services. 
• We deploy health workers in communities and health posts for health education and early detection of diseases and malnutrition.
• We are strengthening the capacity of the health system by implementing health data management systems and improvements in inventory management.
• Covid-19 management measures have been implemented in all healthcare facilities and triage areas have been established to minimize the risk of spreading the virus in healthcare facilities. In addition, we are informing the public about Covid-19 and protective measures.

We also advocate for improved drinking water supplies and better hygiene conditions in camps for displaced people:

• We provide clean water to refugees.
• We distribute hygiene kits to families.
• We organize the cleaning of sanitary facilities.
• We provide maintenance and repair of sanitary facilities.
• We dispose of waste.
• We build latrines and ensure their maintenance.

Financing: German Federal Foreign Office, Germany's Relief Coalition (Aktion Deutschland Hilft), Nachbar in Not (via Malteser Austria), Seliger Gerhard