Syria

Context

Syria has been the scene of multiple crises since 2011. The extreme violence of the conflict has resulted in the deaths of more than 300,000 people and the displacement of 6.8 million people internally and 5.4 million externally, making Syrians the largest refugee population in the world. The length and scale of the conflict has led to the fragmentation of the country, particularly following the intervention of foreign powers and

TGH in Syria

TGH has been operating in Syria since 2018 and has developed a programme that includes an integrated multi-sectoral, needs-based, people-centred and area-based approach.

TGH is working in the field of education, rehabilitating infrastructure and offering non-formal education courses to enable children to return to school. The UN estimates that 6.9 million children and education staff are in need of humanitarian assistance. TGH has also set up social support activities to identify children with specific needs and direct them towards appropriate care. Cash transfers are also offered to families in very precarious economic situations to enable them to keep their children in school and thus combat the use of child labour. Since 2023, TGH has also been promoting access to technical and vocational training for school leavers and young people unable to complete their schooling.

TGH is also working to improve access to water and hygiene by restoring wells and water storage facilities and replacing equipment that has been destroyed, either by the conflict or, more recently, by the earthquake. TGH also carries out hygiene awareness activities and distributes hygiene kits (family kits and women’s kits).

Following the earthquake in February 2023, TGH extended its activities to the governorate of Aleppo, as well as the rural areas of Damascus, Idleb South and Dar’a.