ASSISTANCE TO SYRIAN REFUGEES IN JORDAN THREATENED BY LACK OF FUNDING – UN

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ASSISTANCE TO SYRIAN REFUGEES IN JORDAN THREATENED BY LACK OF FUNDING – UN
New York, Apr 5 2013 6:00PM
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today warned that it may
be forced to stop humanitarian assistance to more than 100,000 Syrian
refugees in Jordan due to insufficient funds.

"The needs are rising exponentially and we are broke," UNICEF
spokesperson Marixie Mercado told reporters in Geneva. "In concrete
terms this means that by June we will stop delivering 3.5 million
litres of water every day to Zaatari camp."

Donors have so far contributed $12 million to UNICEF against an appeal
of $57 million for its operation in Jordan this year.

UNICEF estimates that the number of Syrian refugees in Jordan will
reach 1.2 million by the end of the year, and Ms. Mercado added that
with the influx of new arrivals, needs are rapidly surpassing funding
resources.

Without additional funds, UNICEF will not be able to open a third
school it had been planning inside the camp, as it will not have the
necessary resources to acquire textbooks and furniture, or cover the
teachers' salaries and the running costs of the school.

"This means the ministry of education will turn away Syrian refugee
students seeking entry into Jordanian schools because we cannot
provide support to any more than 30,000 Syrian school children already
in Jordanian schools with UNICEF support," Ms. Mercado said.

Lack of funding will also stop UNICEF's provision of water,
sanitation, immunization and nutrition support to two new camps slated
to open in coming weeks.

Meanwhile, the Director of Operations for the UN Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), John Ging, will begin a
one-week visit to Syria and its neighbouring countries tomorrow to
review the humanitarian response to the rapidly escalating crisis,
which has now displaced more than 1.25 million Syrians.

Mr. Ging will be in Syria until Monday, and will then go to Lebanon,
followed by Jordan and Turkey.

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. UNICEF estimates that
out of the four million people in need, 50 per cent are children.
Apr 5 2013 6:00PM
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