Peace Maker
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An unprecedented number of people around the world are suffering from violent conflicts in South Sudan, Gaza, Syria, and Iraq. Over 18 million people in these areas need urgent humanitarian assistance. PWS&D has committed $50,000 to provide relief, but more is needed to help the hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced people who lack adequate food, water, shelter, and medical care. PWS&D is working with partners to distribute food, provide psychosocial support to traumatized children, and ensure access to health services for refugees and displaced communities suffering from the devastating impacts of war.
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- 1. {{Be aBe a PeacemakerPeacemaker Photo: Paul Jeffrey, ACT Alliance
- 2. {{ Matthew 5:9Matthew 5:9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.”
- 3. {{ An unprecedented number of people around the world are suffering as a result of violent conflict. More than ever, the victims of violence are noncombatants, women and children, who are forced to endure displacement, hunger and unthinkable trauma. Photo: Paul Jeffrey, ACT Alliance
- 4. A refugee child’s drawing depicts the violence from which hundreds ofA refugee child’s drawing depicts the violence from which hundreds of thousands of Syrians have fled. PWS&D’s response will ensure childrenthousands of Syrians have fled. PWS&D’s response will ensure children receive vital psycho-social support to heal from the trauma of war.receive vital psycho-social support to heal from the trauma of war. Photo: Paul Jeffrey, ACT AlliancePhoto: Paul Jeffrey, ACT Alliance
- 5. Right now in South Sudan, Gaza, Syria and Iraq, almost 18 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. South Sudan Syria Gaza Iraq
- 6. PWS&D has committed $50,000 inPWS&D has committed $50,000 in response to conflict situations in Southresponse to conflict situations in South Sudan, Gaza, Syria and Iraq.Sudan, Gaza, Syria and Iraq. We know more needs to be done.We know more needs to be done. Help us double our commitment andHelp us double our commitment and raise $100,000raise $100,000.. Be aBe a PeacemakerPeacemaker
- 7. Hunger in South SudanHunger in South Sudan Violent conflict in South Sudan has triggered a severe food crisis that threatens one in three people with starvation.
- 8. Almost all of South Sudan’s population depend on what they can grow for survival. With their lives disrupted, living in refugee camps far from their farms, they are unable to plant their crops or feed their families. Hunger in South SudanHunger in South Sudan
- 9. {{ - 12-year old Grace Athiens- 12-year old Grace Athiens “I am alone. I don’t know where my mother and father are. I don’t even know if they are alive … People just scattered. I didn’t know what was happening. I just woke up to screaming and gunfire.” Be aBe a PeacemakerPeacemaker Photo: Canadian Foodgrains Bank
- 10. PWS&D is responding with CanadianPWS&D is responding with Canadian Foodgrains Bank to provide foodFoodgrains Bank to provide food vouchers, grains, beans, lentils andvouchers, grains, beans, lentils and cooking oil to 11,340 vulnerablecooking oil to 11,340 vulnerable people in South Sudan.people in South Sudan. Hunger in South SudanHunger in South Sudan Photo: Canadian Foodgrains Bank
- 11. Conflict in SyriaConflict in Syria After three years of escalating violence, nearly half of Syria’s population —11 million people — are in crisis.
- 12. {{ There are 1.2 million child refugees. As a result, 56% of Syrian children need assistance. ½ of Syria’s school age population are unable to go to school on a regular basis. Conflict in SyriaConflict in Syria Photo: Paul Jeffrey, ACT Alliance
- 13. “I hope that one day my son can enjoy peace like I did, before the war. When the bombing stops, we will go back.” - Anaoun, a single father from Syria Be aBe a PeacemakerPeacemaker
- 14. {{ Mounting needs for water, sanitation, food, shelter and health care for Syrians living in refugee camps neighbouring countries. Conflict in SyriaConflict in Syria Photo: Paul Jeffrey, ACT Alliance
- 15. Conflict in SyriaConflict in Syria PWS&D is responding ACTPWS&D is responding ACT Alliance to provide food,Alliance to provide food, psychosocial andpsychosocial and educational support toeducational support to Syrian refugees.Syrian refugees. PWS&D is working withPWS&D is working with Canadian Foodgrains BankCanadian Foodgrains Bank to provide food andto provide food and vouchers to over 78,000vouchers to over 78,000 people per month.people per month. Photo: Paul Jeffrey, ACT Alliance
- 16. Persecution in IraqPersecution in Iraq In Iraq, over a million people are fleeing rapidly spreading violence and religious persecution.
- 17. The newly displaced peopleThe newly displaced people join hundreds of thousands ofjoin hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees already in theSyrian refugees already in the region. Without assistance,region. Without assistance, people fleeing might have nopeople fleeing might have no place to goplace to go.. Persecution in IraqPersecution in Iraq Photo: ACT Alliance
- 18. PWS&D is responding with ACT Alliance to provide families with: Safe drinking water Emergency food relief Health care and psychosocial support to overcome trauma Health and hygiene kits to improve sanitation Persecution in IraqPersecution in Iraq Photo: ACT Alliance
- 19. {{““It’s safe here. We no longer have to fear forIt’s safe here. We no longer have to fear for our lives. We get food and water.”our lives. We get food and water.” -- Sedardar Rashid who fled with his wife and children to aSedardar Rashid who fled with his wife and children to a school building in the Kurdish city of Erbilschool building in the Kurdish city of Erbil Be aBe a PeacemakerPeacemaker Photo: ACT Alliance
- 20. Conflict in GazaConflict in Gaza Over 1.7 million people in Gaza are struggling to cope with a deteriorating humanitarian situation. Photo: ACT Alliance
- 21. People are living amidst rubble and destruction Electricity and clean water supplies are disrupted Hundreds of thousands of people have been rendered homeless or uprooted from their homes School and hospitals have been bombed Severe shortages of drugs and medical supplies Children are suffering from war burns, malnutrition and psychological trauma Conflict in GazaConflict in Gaza
- 22. Photo: Mohhammed S DanChu Your gifts will help supply the Ahli Aran Hospital with fuel, medicines and medical supplies to treat 20,570 people. PWS&D is responding to critical needs for food, health care and psychosocial support through ACT Alliance.
- 23. PWS&D has committed $50,000 inPWS&D has committed $50,000 in response to conflict situations in Southresponse to conflict situations in South Sudan, Gaza, Syria and Iraq.Sudan, Gaza, Syria and Iraq. We know more needs to be done.We know more needs to be done. Help us double our commitment andHelp us double our commitment and raise $100,000raise $100,000.. Be aBe a PeacemakerPeacemaker
- 24. Everyone deserves to be safe.Everyone deserves to be safe. Everyone deserves to be protected.Everyone deserves to be protected. Respond with us to the terrifying humanRespond with us to the terrifying human suffering caused by violent conflict.suffering caused by violent conflict. Be a Peacemaker.. Be aBe a PeacemakerPeacemaker
Editor's Notes
- The conflict in Syria is well into its third year with no end in sight. The United Nations reports that there are over 2.5 million registered refugees. This doesn’t include the people who are displaced within Syria or did not register as a refugee. In total, there are nearly 9 million Syrians in need of immediate humanitarian assistance out of a population of 22 million (1/3 of the population).
- The United Nations reports that there are over 2.8 million registered refugees. A staggering 1.2 million of these refugees are children. Today, nearly three million children are unable to go to school on a regular basis. That’s about half of Syria’s school-age population. Without access to education, children are losing out on years of schooling and valuable skills they will need in their adulthood.
- As his little son, Leith, 6, cuddles on his lap, Anaoun remembers his family’s comfortable middle class life in Syria. “Here, we are suffering to eat,” he says. “I am not able to provide for my child,” he says. Back in Syria, Anaoun owned a cosmetics shop. He worked there as long as he could after the war started, but soon the fighting was coming closer and closer. People were getting killed. Anaoun was especially worried about his wife, pregnant with their second child. There was only one thing he felt they could do—leave Syria. After selling a few things to get money, but not arouse suspicion, the family left in the middle of the night. They traveled to the Lebanese border, finding a place to live in Beirut. He was glad to be out of Syria, but things weren’t going well with his wife’s pregnancy. Although it’s possible for Syrians to receive medical care in Lebanon, the hospitals are overworked and overwhelmed due to the influx of so many refugees. When her health began to deteriorate, he made the difficult decision to take her back to Syria, where he knew they would be able to see a doctor. But by then it was too late. Today, Anaoun works as a courier but is drastically underpaid like most other Syrians in Lebanon. He shares a tiny apartment with his six year old son Leith and 18 other people. He hopes that one day his son can enjoy peace—like he did, before the war. “When the bombing stops, we will go back.” The one thing that makes his life a little easier are the food vouchers he receives from a CFGB project. Because of the vouchers he can afford to buy food and pay his rent. His son is able to go to school.
- As the conflict continues, more and more people are fleeing Syria to take refugee in camps like this one in Jordan (Za’atari refugee camp). They live in tents, surrounded by hundreds of other families. Refugee camps are growing with such speed that host states and humanitarian agencies cannot keep pace with the mounting needs for water, sanitation, food, shelter and health care for over a million refugees. Across the region, communities hosting Syrian refugees (mostly very poor themselves) are at a tipping point. The foundations of their own development – schooling, healthcare, nutrition and stability - are starting to crumble as the influx of refugees overwhelms them. The influx of thousands of refugee families has pushed up demand for already scarce supplies of electricity and water. Rents are rising - by 300 % in some parts of Jordan - as is the competition for low-paid jobs.
- PWS&D is responding to this emergency through the ACT Alliance and Canadian Foodgrains Bank to support people in the region who are in desperate need. Together, we are providing basic food items such as rice, chickpeas, pasta and oil, hygiene kits, shelter, clothing and non-essential food items. Program staff on the ground are providing psychosocial and educational support for children and youth living in refugee camps. CFGB has committed nearly $12 million to help those caught in the Syrian crisis. Over 78,000 people a month are being reached through Canadian Foodgrains Bank members like PWS&D. Projects are providing food vouchers and distributing food rations. Food vouchers enable people to go to stores and purchase their own food. Some of the food is being distributed within Syria, and other food is going to Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan. “Vouchers aren’t the solution for every food crisis, but they make sense in Lebanon and Jordan where there is a lot of food available in stores,” says Foodgrains Bank International Programs Director Grant Hillier. The refugees, he says, “are mostly middle income people who have fled their homes in towns and cities. They are accustomed to getting their food at a grocery store—giving them a bag of grain or flour and cooking oil would not be helpful.”