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What we do

We have been there since the beginning of the crisis. We have reached over 11 million individuals, including more than six million children in Syria.

We provide emergency and life-saving services alongside early recovery activities that help restore essential services for children and their families. Our work focuses on ensuring that every child in Syria can survive, learn and be protected, even in the most challenging circumstances.

We support access to healthcare through primary health services, mobile outreach and maternal care, and strengthen education through formal schools, non-formal learning programmes and vocational training. We also provide food and nutrition support to help prevent malnutrition and support families struggling to meet basic needs.

Child protection is central to our response. We provide mental health and psychosocial support, child protection services and safe spaces for children affected by displacement, violence and distress, including unaccompanied and separated children. Through family tracing and reunification, we help reconnect children with their caregivers whenever it is safe to do so.

Across all our programmes, we prioritise inclusion, gender equality and community-based approaches. We also advocate for child-centred early recovery in Syria, calling for sustained investment in essential services and long-term solutions that place children and their communities at the heart of recovery and resilience.

Rawan*, 20, 9 months pregnant, with her 16 month old daughter Helen* following forced displacement due to conflict

Rawan*, 20, who is 9 months pregnant, stands with her 16 month old daughter Helen* with a dignity kit they have been given by Save the Children following forced displacement due to conflict. This is the fifth time she has been forced to flee. Rawan* told us, "The war took my childhood from me, and now I am afraid it will take my motherhood too." Save the Children

Our impact for children

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10,745,949

Beneficiaries

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3,247,352

Girls

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3,117,775

Boys