World Humanitarian Day #ActForHumanity

August 19th - World Humanitarian Day

On World Humanitarian Day, we pay tribute to all those who risk their lives to assist others and to the civilians who continue to endure relentless attacks. Today, we pause to acknowledge our incredible team, along with all humanitarians and civilians affected by conflict and natural disasters.

SARD response to earthquakes, Feb 2023. Termanin, northwest Syria

In Syria, as in many other regions, attacks on both humanitarians and civilians are becoming disturbingly normalized. The communities we support in northwest Syria continue to face these assaults. Since the start of 2024, local health authorities report that at least 17 people, including six children, have been killed, and 75 others injured, including 27 children and 10 women.

Humanitarians and civilians remain unsafe.

We still face a 79% gap between the needs on the ground and the resources currently available to address civilians’ needs, affected by the conflict, economic hardships and recent earthquakes.

In the last month, 110 health facilities, including 34 hospitals, suspended operations. Besides, 660 camps lack water, sanitation, and hygiene support, affecting over 907,000 people. Trash is piling up, leading to a rise in scabies.

In the month of June, 51 essential spaces that served as gender-based violence delivery points to 450 women and girls each month were forced to close. 1 million children remain at risk of dropping out of school.

Civilians continue to suffer.

Mohammed and his four children in their tent, Azaz, northwest Syria.

SARD response to flooding, northwest Syria, May 2024

We call for an end of attacks on humanitarian workers and infrastructure.

We call for and end on attacks on civilians.

It is time to #ActForHumanity.

We urge you to do what is within your power. Advocate for an end to the violations and impunity by contacting your local leaders ore representatives. Donate to ease civilian suffering. Thank the humanitarians you know. Encourage empathy for others. Stand in solidarity with each other.