THOUSANDS OF SYRIAN CHILDREN TO BENEFIT FROM UN FOOD PROJECTS IN JORDAN, IRAQ

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THOUSANDS OF SYRIAN CHILDREN TO BENEFIT FROM UN FOOD PROJECTS IN JORDAN, IRAQ
New York, Apr 4 2013 11:00AM
More than 10,000 Syrian children attending schools in refugee camps
in Jordan and Iraq are receiving meals through a United Nations
school feeding project, the world body's food relief agency announced
today.

The project, launched by the World Food Programme (WFP), provides
children with meals and snacks at school with the aim of boosting
nutrition and encouraging children to continue with their education.
According to WFP, since the programme started on 24 March, school
attendance has increased by 20 per cent.

"Many Syrian children have already gone through an incredible ordeal
– losing family members, crossing borders and living as refugees in
neighbouring countries – and they need to be back in school," said
WFP's Regional Emergency Coordinator for the Syria crisis, Muhannad
Hadi.

"We use school feeding across the world to provide vital nutrition to
children and encourage them to stay in school. We don't want to see a
lost generation of Syrian children who fail to reach their
potential."

The project has reached more than 6,000 children in the two schools
run by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in the Zaatari refugee camp in
Jordan, and over 4,500 children in the Domiz camp in northern Iraq
and at two refugee camps in Al-Qaim in central Iraq.

The snack provided consists of a fortified date bar or biscuit
enriched with 11 vitamins, three minerals and 450 calories to boost
students' energy and help them concentrate more on lessons. In
Jordan, WFP and the non-governmental organization Save the Children
help transport, package and store the date bars, which teachers
distribute to children in the classrooms.

In a <"http://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/wfp-starts-school-feeding-syrian-refugee-children-jordan-and-iraq">news
release, WFP said it plans to increase its school feeding programme to
reach some 30,000 Syrian children in Zaatari refugee camp and 6,000
children in refugee camps in Iraq. However, the agency said it needs
$780,000 to continue the programme until the end of the year.

WFP must raise $19 million each week in order to provide food
assistance to 2.5 million hungry people inside Syria and more than
one million refugees in neighbouring countries. That amounts to an
urgently needed $113 million to continue operations until June.

More than 70,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed and more
than three million displaced since the uprising against Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad began in March 2011. In addition, some 1.1
million people have taken refuge in neighbouring countries. UNICEF
estimates that out of the four million people in need, 50 per cent are
children.
Apr 4 2013 11:00AM
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