Seated on a rug atop the dirt ground, girls complete homework outside their tent home, in the Kawergosk camp for Syrian refugees, just west of Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan Region. Jerrycans and other supplies are visible outside the tent. Enrolment in the camps tent school for children in Grades 19 has recently reached 1,966 students representing a 36 per cent increase from previous figures. By 14 November, the camp was hosting over 13,100 refugees.
In mid-November 2013 in Iraq, over 202,000 Syrians are registered or awaiting registration with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. They are among more than 2.2 million Syrians over 1.1 million of them children who have fled the Syrian Arab Republic, with Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey also serving as host countries. Among UNICEFs ongoing support in Iraq are programmes in water, sanitation and hygiene, including the provision of toilets, showers, hygiene and family water kits, and the trucking of safe water to vulnerable areas. Child protection initiatives include psychosocial support, recreation activities and life skills classes in child-friendly spaces. Education support includes the provision of tent schools and learning supplies and initiatives to increase student enrolment. As part of efforts in health and nutrition, the second round of a national polio immunization campaign was launched on 2 November and is targeting 182,851 children under age 5, including Syrian child refugees. The campaign was launched in response to a recent polio outbreak in the neighbouring Syrian Arab Republic. Working with diverse governments, partners and other United Nations agencies, UNICEF has appealed for a total of US$470.65 million to cover responses within Syria and all host countries. By 14 November, nearly 87 per cent had been funded.
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Alrededor de dos millones de niños y adolescentes están sin asistir a clases escolares en Siria, debido al efecto del conflicto armado que entra en su quinto año, así lo informo la UNICEF (Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia).
Para su efecto la UNICEF reclamó protección para los menores y más atención al problema que esta pasando en su territorio, por eso mismo emiten atención al deterioro humanitario.
El organismo recordó en un comunicado que más de cuatro millones de sirios han abandonado el país desde que comenzó la crisis hace más de cuatro años y la mitad de ellos son niños.
Advirtió que la crisis de refugiados y migrantes que afronta Europa en estos momentos “será más grave si no se hacen más esfuerzos para poner fin a ese conflicto y atender las necesidades humanitarias de millones de personas afectadas por la violencia’’.
