Syria crisis: our response
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We have pledged £50,000 to support people forced from their homes by the conflict in Syria.
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Since protests against the government of Bashar al-Assad began in March 2011, fighting in Syria has led to the deaths of thousands of people and forced many more to flee their homes.
We have pledged £50,000 to help our partners in the region respond to the crisis. One of these partners, Caritas Lebanon, is providing food parcels, blankets, clothes and medical aid to Syrian refugee families who have crossed the border to find safety.
“Thousands of refugees are flooding in,” says Najla Chahda of the Caritas Lebanon Migrant Centre. “All of them are anxious about their unstable situation. Hope is keeping them alive.”
We are extremely concerned by the escalating conflict in Syria, and call on all sides to act with great restraint. Please keep all those affected in your thoughts and prayers.
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