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1 In Syria 4,299,600 #of children affected 9,347,000 # 0f people affected (SHARP 2014) Outside Syria 1,258,439 #of registered refugee children and children awaiting registration 2,486,397 # of registered refugees and persons awaiting registration (17 February 2014) Syria Appeal 2014* US$ 222.19 million Regional Appeal 2014* US$ 613.02 million *January – December 2014 Syria Crisis Monthly humanitarian situation report 10 JANUARY 16 FEBRUARY 2014: SYRIA, JORDAN, LEBANON, IRAQ, TURKEY AND EGYPT SITUATION IN NUMBERS Highlights The UNICEF team in Homs, together with sister UN agencies and SARC, is providing assistance to over 500 children evacuated from Old City– including warm winter clothes, psychosocial support and primary healthcare, as well as sanitation facilities within the shelter. Over 400 children have been vaccinated, including against polio – a service not available in the Old City. Preliminary results show the February polio vaccination round in Syria reached a reported 2.7 million children. Further rounds will be carried out through the region in the coming months, targeting millions of children in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey and Egypt. Across the region UNICEF and partners have provided children’s winter clothing kits to over 333,000 of the most vulnerable children. In Syria, chlorine was provided to the water treatment plants in Tartous, Lattakia, Damascus and Rural Damascus Governorates to benefit 6,500,000 people. UNICEF is also scaling up the response in developing localized water production arrangements in high-need governorates. In Lebanon, UNICEF has undertaken water supply and sanitation projects with the four Regional Water Establishments. This includes the replacement of four pumps in North Lebanon benefitting a projected 90,500 people. UNICEF and partners are opening 25 additional safe spaces in host communities in Jordan, expanding UNICEF’s reach to all twelve governorates. Despite the continued efforts of UNICEF and its partners, many children affected by the conflict have not been. In Syria, 323,000 children under five live in areas under siege or otherwise inaccessible to humanitarian aid and another one million persons live in hard-to-reach areas, where access is possible but intermittent and irregular. Throughout the region, children living in host communities are relatively more difficult to reach with basic services and supplies than those in camps, with unregistered child refugees particularly difficult to identify. © Courtesy of EPA European Pressphoto Agency 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 Lebanon Jordan Iraq Turkey Egypt Refugees at 8 Feb compared to RRP6 projections by 31 Dec 2014 (in millions) Actual 8 Feb 2014 Projected 31 Dec 2014 Nb: Targets in this report are based December refugee projections

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In Syria 4,299,600 #of children affected

9,347,000 # 0f people affected (SHARP 2014)

Outside Syria 1,258,439

#of registered refugee children and children awaiting registration

2,486,397

# of registered refugees and persons awaiting registration (17 February 2014)

Syria Appeal 2014*

US$ 222.19 million

Regional Appeal 2014* US$ 613.02 million *January – December 2014

Syria Crisis

Monthly humanitarian

situation report

10 JANUARY – 16 FEBRUARY 2014: SYRIA, JORDAN, LEBANON, IRAQ, TURKEY AND EGYPT

SITUATION IN NUMBERS

Highlights

The UNICEF team in Homs, together with sister UN agencies and SARC, is providing assistance to over 500 children evacuated from Old City– including warm winter clothes, psychosocial support and primary healthcare, as well as sanitation facilities within the shelter. Over 400 children have been vaccinated, including against polio – a service not available in the Old City.

Preliminary results show the February polio vaccination round in Syria reached a reported 2.7 million children. Further rounds will be carried out through the region in the coming months, targeting millions of children in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey and Egypt.

Across the region UNICEF and partners have provided children’s winter clothing kits to over 333,000 of the most vulnerable children.

In Syria, chlorine was provided to the water treatment plants in Tartous, Lattakia, Damascus and Rural Damascus Governorates to benefit 6,500,000 people. UNICEF is also scaling up the response in developing localized water production arrangements in high-need governorates.

In Lebanon, UNICEF has undertaken water supply and sanitation projects with the four Regional Water Establishments. This includes the replacement of four pumps in North Lebanon benefitting a projected 90,500 people.

UNICEF and partners are opening 25 additional safe spaces in host communities in Jordan, expanding UNICEF’s reach to all twelve governorates.

Despite the continued efforts of UNICEF and its partners, many children affected by the conflict have not been. In Syria, 323,000 children under five live in areas under siege or otherwise inaccessible to humanitarian aid and another one million persons live in hard-to-reach areas, where access is possible but intermittent and irregular. Throughout the region, children living in host communities are relatively more difficult to reach with basic services and supplies than those in camps, with unregistered child refugees particularly difficult to identify.

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Estimated Affected Population (*) from SHARP 2014. The rest of the figures are calculated based on CBS demographic distribution of 2011 and on UNOHCHR figures - estimate 46% of population are children under 18 years old, and 5% are pregnant women

Total Affected Population (*) 9,347,000

Children Affected (Under 18) 4,299,620

Children Affected (Under 5) 4,299,620

Pregnant women 467,350

Total Displaced Population (a proportion of the above)

(*) 6,520,000

Children Displaced 2,990,200

Syria

Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs The escalating conflict in Aleppo has heightened concerns with reports of thousands

of people – mainly women and children – fleeing the eastern part of Aleppo City to

its western neighbourhoods and Afrin district in rural Aleppo as well as towards the

Turkish border to take refuge. However, the low vacancy rate and high rents for

apartments in western Aleppo along with the overstretched capacity of the local

communities is an urgent and grave concern. UNICEF’s local partners on the ground

indicated a gap in supplies of clothes for children, food, mattresses, blankets and

hygiene materials. UNICEF is joining other UN agencies in assessing the scale of the

need and mounting an emergency response.

In Homs, the initial agreement reached between the government and armed

opposition groups was to evacuate around 700 persons (girls, women, boys under

the age of 15, men over 55) from the Old City of Homs, beginning 7 February 2014. At the time of issuance, approximately 1,400

persons were evacuated from Old City including males between the ages of 15 to 55, who were moved to an existing shelter for

screening and processing. Some small amount of aid was allowed to enter – primarily food, in addition to medication, vaccines and

water purification tablets. The UNICEF team in Homs, together with sister UN agencies and SARC, is providing assistance to the

over 500 children who were evacuated – including warm winter clothes, psychosocial support and primary healthcare, as well as

sanitation facilities within the shelter. Over 400 children have so far received life-saving vaccinations, including polio – a service

that was not available in the Old City. The operation to support the integration of these children back into their communities

continues, including monitoring the situation in relation to children in the Andalous shelter. UNICEF remains concerned about the

25 children aged between 15 to 18 years of age, who are awaiting processing at the Andalous shelter, and is calling on all those

responsible to release them as soon as possible so that they are re-united with their families.

The humanitarian situation of the north-eastern governorates of Syria continues to deteriorate, with challenges in gaining road

access to deliver humanitarian supplies. The number of IDPs in the main cities is increasing, as families flee to urban centres to

escape the conflict in many rural areas, particularly in the east and south of Al-Hassakeh governorate. Basic social service providers

are struggling to deliver with fewer resources to meet increased demands, with many health centres closed or operating below

capacity, schools overcrowded or closed in areas affected by the conflict, and water and electricity services severely rationed – with

some areas of the city receiving only four hours of water and electricity in three days. Communications (internet, mobiles) are

almost non-existent, increasing isolation of the governorate.

To date, the total confirmed wild polio cases in Syria is 25, with Deir ez-Zour having the highest number of cases (18), followed by

Aleppo (3) Idleb (2) and Al-Hassakeh (2). Approximately 78 per cent of cases have been in children below the age of 2 years, and 91

per cent of the polio cases had no (56 per cent) or less than 3 doses (35 per cent) of OPV.

Humanitarian access continues to be a challenge across Syria, with approximately 325,000 children under the age of 5 living in

areas that are currently not accessible to humanitarian aid, and another one million persons living in hard-to-reach areas, where

access is possible but intermittent and irregular. UNICEF, together with implementing partners, has adapted a number of

strategies – together with UN agencies – to deliver assistance to these children. This includes cross line convoys – frequently

accompanied by staff, as well a strategy of high-level advocacy with all stakeholders at local and national level to permit access.

Humanitarian leadership and coordination

In Idlib governorate, despite the challenges to gain cross line access due to the shifting lines of conflict and changes in interlocutors

on the ground, UNICEF and other UN agencies conducted a successful cross-line mission to Idlib’s Ariha and Mhambel areas

reaching an estimated 14,000 families with lifesaving assistance. There are 45,000 people in need in these areas. During this

mission on 1 February, UNICEF contributed 11 trucks of supplies, delivering 280 water kits; 2,800 hygiene kits; 840 baby hygiene

kits; 16,800 packs of washing powder; 1,400 sets of children's winter clothing; 42,000 bars of soap and 5,600 blankets.

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Under the leadership of the Syria UN Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator, UNICEF joined an inter-agency mission to

Al-Hassakeh, Tartous and Homs governorates to assess humanitarian needs, explore partnerships to expand programmes and

scale up humanitarian operations. In Al-Hassakeh, where road access remains perilous to UN agencies delivering food, non- food

items, medical supplies and vaccines, the mission provided an opportunity to start engaging in a high level advocacy with

concerned government authorities.

The UNICEF-led Nutrition Working Group has launched its 2014 nutrition strategy agreed by all sector members. The strategy is a

key tool to strengthen coordination and guide the sector response in order to enhance operational linkages with other relevant

sectors and ensure emergency preparedness, contingency planning and prepositioning of supplies. The strategy provides

international standard compliant protocols and monitoring tools for use by nutrition actors in Syria. Preparations are being

finalized to conduct nutrition assessment with field activities planned to start in March 2014. The assessment will target all

governorates which are mostly assessable by the Ministry of Health (MOH). Efforts will be made to involve sector partners to take

advantage of their presence in areas inaccessible to MoH.

The UNICEF-led WASH sector provided a five-day training course on hygiene promotion for 25 SARC volunteers from Damascus,

Rural Damascus, Sweida, Dara’a, Quneitra, Homs and Hama. This is seen as an important step to build capacity to scale up the

response to improve the hygiene and sanitation conditions of IDPs in crowded shelters and vulnerable people in host communities.

Humanitarian Strategy Since the beginning of the crisis, UNICEF has adapted the organization’s Core Commitments to Children (CCCs) in emergencies to

work closely with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and other international and local NGOs and tailor responses to account for both

UNICEF’s global principles and the specific environment of this crisis, looking at both IDPs and host communities. The

humanitarian response is coordinated under the fifth Syria Humanitarian Assistance Response Plan (SHARP), which details

UNICEF’s commitments to all children in need, including Palestinian refugees and vulnerable Syrians.

In 2014, UNICEF will continue to scale-up life-saving interventions, with particular focus on routine vaccinations, special campaigns

for polio and management of acute malnutrition. Scaling up of WASH services with more focus on the prevention of water-borne

disease and hygiene promotion activities targeting communities and schools in hard to reach areas will be a key priority. As part of

the efforts to preserve the future of Syrian children, an integrated package of education, child protection and adolescent

development programmes to reach children with equitable access to quality education will be rolled out. This package, strategized

in the ‘No Lost Generation’ initiative, ensures to provide a package of remedial education, self-learning, early childhood

development, psychosocial support and provision of school supplies. Child Protection programmes will continue to expand, with

Explosive Remnants of War Risk Education rolled out in schools. UNICEF will continue to advocate for the protection and safety of

all children in Syria, regardless of their location. On-going efforts for setting up systems to independently monitor and verify grave

child rights violations will be enhanced.

Planning and implementation of the response is carried out through active participation and leadership in sector working groups,

with UNICEF leading the Education and WASH sectors, as well as the Nutrition Working group and Child Protection Working Group.

UNICEF will continue to work with a network of partners on programme response across the country with field offices in key

locations; monitoring of supplies and services; and situation assessment to reach every Syrian child – with a particular focus on

those most vulnerable in hard to reach areas.

Summary Analysis of Programme Response

WASH Recurrent functionality problems at water plants in Damascus, Idlib and Deir ez Zour have been recorded due to

depletion of the spring’s water table and the lack of fuel to increase pumping. UNICEF is scaling up the response in developing

localized water production arrangements, focusing on equipping existing community wells with submersible pumps in high need

governorates in Homs, Idlib and Hama. During the reporting period, UNICEF provided three electrical control panels to Homs

which will operationalize the submersible pumps for all of Homs. Once installed, these control panels are expected to benefit

around 1.5 million people. Additionally, 43 water tanks were dispatched to the Water Authorities in Idlib (10 tanks), Lattakia (5

tanks), Aleppo (10), Rural Damascus (10), Hama (5), and Sweida (3) to increase water production and storage capacity.

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In Hama city, damage to the water and sewage network has led to a sharp decrease of pumping activity, forcing the local water

authority to interrupt pumping of water through the pipe – therefore rendering it unsafe for drinking due to infiltration of the

sewage line to the drinking line. This situation has left three million people without access to safe drinking water. The water

authority has activated emergency wells while urgently addressing the underlying problem - in coordination with the WASH sector.

UNICEF will provide support in the subsequent phases, including provision of pipeline, tanks and repair costs.

To ensure continuous access to safe drinking water through the provision of chlorine supply, UNICEF delivered 60 tonnes of liquid

chlorine to the water treatment plants in Tartous, Lattakia, Damascus and Rural Damascus Governorates aiming to benefit

6,500,000 people. The supplies are sufficient for a three month period.

Education Access to education remains a key challenge. In 2014, UNICEF is committed to promoting education access and

quality for 3.9 million children in Syria in collaboration with local government and the sector partners. Priority will be given to the

most vulnerable children who are internally displaced and/or out of school. Due to the ongoing conflict and violence, one out of

every five schools are not functioning as learning places in Syria. There is acute need for additional safe learning spaces especially

in the areas that receive internally displaced children. UNICEF, in partnership with ACF, is currently undertaking rehabilitation

including maintenance of WASH services in nine schools damaged in Al-Hassakeh Governorate. Currently 50-60 per cent of the

rehabilitation work is complete. The schools will provide access to improved learning to 12,600 children when rehabilitation work is

finalized.

UNICEF provided school furniture to primary schools in Tartous which are accommodating a large number of internally displaced

children, ensuring adequate facilities were available for 3,600 children to learn in a conducive environment. In Homs, 78 school

clubs have resumed learning activities after summer break, providing access to remedial education to 23,000 children. In 2013,

UNICEF and the sector partners enabled 280,000 boys and girls – especially those falling behind in academic performance – to

access remedial education and recreational activities at 850 school clubs in 11 governorates.

Child Protection Essential psychosocial support services reached 6,015

children in January 2014, with the support of UNICEF and partners, including 850

through adolescent programmes. SARC’s psychosocial support response was

hindered in some areas in Rural Damascus, such as Adra, due to the security

situation.

Many adolescents in Syria are missing out on the opportunity to attend

secondary school or vocational training. Young people work long hours to

support their families and are facing pressure to join the conflict or marry early.

UNICEF is building capacity of NGOs and local authorities to deliver services

designed to meet the specific needs of adolescents. Vocational training is also

being expanded by UNICEF in Syria to contributing to enhancing the

employability of adolescents and youth. During the reporting period, 2,318 adolescents benefited from vocational training,

psychosocial support and other activities focused on strengthening life-skills.

Health As part of the national effort to contain and stop polio transmission, the Ministry of Health, in partnership with WHO,

UNICEF and SARC, is undertaking monthly rounds of immunization campaigns with the first having taken place in December 2013,

and the second held in January 2014, reportedly reaching 2.5 million children. The third round ran 2-6 February, with preliminary

results indicating that over 2.72 million children have been reached. However, approximately 323,000 children are currently

inaccessible due to the conflict. UNICEF and WHO are working in partnership with SARC and other partners to find alternative

means to access these children with vaccination and health services.

UNICEF is supporting the immunization efforts through the provision of cold chain equipment and b-OPV oral polio vaccines. So

far in 2014, seven million doses of b-OPV vaccine have reached Damascus, enough to cover the needs of the monthly national

immunization days until April 2014. This is in addition to the seven million doses of b-OPV provided in November and December

2013. UNICEF is supporting national communication efforts through a mix of social mobilization, mass media and information, with

education and communication materials emphasizing the need for routine immunization, raising awareness of its importance and

Children during psychosocial support activity ©

Muahnnad Al-Faour SARC Hama

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addressing areas for improvement that were identified during post-campaign evaluation, which took place following the previous

rounds of vaccination.

The provision of primary health care services through mobile teams and fixed health centres continues to reach vulnerable and

displaced communities with basic health care and referral services for complicated cases. In January 2014, the teams reached

16,623 children in thirteen governorates with primary health care services.

In Al-Hassakeh, where UNICEF recently opened a hub to scale up its response, Inter-agency Emergency Health Kits were

distributed to four health centres in Al-Hassakeh and Qamishli districts in locations with high numbers of IDPs. The four kits are

expected to benefit 40,000 people over three months in helping them access primary health care.

Nutrition: UNICEF is supporting health screening for children, including screening for malnutrition, and providing supplies for the

prevention and treatment of malnutrition. In Hama, UNICEF delivered a one month supply of high energy biscuits for 2,500

children; and ready to use supplementary foods for 5,450 children. In Aleppo, UNICEF provided high energy biscuits for 20,000

children; ready to use supplementary food for 18,000 children; and multi-micronutrients for 335 children, pregnant and lactating

women. In addition, as part of a UN convoy to Al-Kisweh in rural Damascus UNICEF contributed 200 boxes of high energy biscuits

and 50 cartoons of ready to use supplementary food to prevent malnutrition.

Supply and Logistics

As winter continues to expose many displaced families to extreme weather conditions,

UNICEF and partners are providing winter supplies to keep children warm. So far for

winter 2013 – 14, over 800,000 blankets – including baby blankets, 150,000 children’s

clothes sets, and over 125,000 pieces of plastic sheeting to provide insulation to

inadequate shelters have been distributed across the country – including in hard to

reach areas such as Idlib, Homs, Rural Damascus, Aleppo and Raqqa. Since the

beginning of this month, as part of winterization response, UNICEF has delivered 13,452

blankets and 6,874 children’s clothing sets to Aleppo and Jdeidet Al-Shaibani and

Ghezlanieh in Rural Damascus.

UNICEF has established six warehouses, four in Damascus and one each in Tartous and Homs, to enable pre-positioning of

contingency stocks and swift response to emergencies throughout the country. One of the main obstacles is limited or no access to

areas such as Al-Hassakeh and Deir ez Zour, due to the ongoing conflict and the high security risk involved in movement. UNICEF is

considering alternate options to address the challenge including through expanding warehouse capacities in field offices.

A child trying on a winter jacket at SARC distribution center in Homs ©Rana Farah, UNICEF

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Summary of Programme Results

UNICEF 2014 target

UNICEF total 2014

results

% UNICEF 2014

Target Achieved

WASH

# of emergency affected people accessing safe water through

temporary solutions (1) 2,000,000 38,700 2%

# affected people periodically provided with hygiene items coupled

with hygiene promotion messages (2) 700,000 13,531 2%

# of IDPs and children in schools with access to appropriately

designed toilets and hand-washing facilities (3) 500,000 6,000 1%

CHILD PROTECTION (Protection sector lead by UNHCR)

# of children (and adolescents) benefiting from psychosocial support

services and outreach initiatives (1) 500,000 6,015 1%

# of children and women benefiting from materials assistance that

enhance their protection (2) 500,000 20,326 4%

# of children and individuals in communities reached through ERW

risk education messages (3) 550,000 0 0%

EDUCATION

# of children receiving essential education materials (1) 3,900,000 9,400 0%

# of children and adolescents with access to alternative, and non-

formal education opportunities (2) 1,030,000 0 0%

# of children receiving accessing safe, protective and gender sensitive

learning environment (3) 278,000 0 0%

HEALTH

# of children under five reached with polio vaccine 2,500,000 2,720,000 108%

# of children vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella 2,200,000 0 0%

# of children 6-59 months receiving Vitamin A supplementation 2,500,000 0 0%

# children and women accessing basic health services (1) 870,000 16,623 2%

NUTRITION

# of children 6-59 months screened for acute malnutrition 400,000 3,520 1%

# of children 6-59 months treated for SAM 8,500 23 0%

# of children 6-59 months receiving multi-micronutrients

supplementation 150,000 2,001 1%

Footnotes

* There are no reports against the sector results to date.

WASH

1) Captures cumulative people accessing safe drinking water through water tankering, Aquatab distribution, temporary water storage, household

water treatment, mobile treatment/ pumping units, and generator fuel. It is estimated up to 10 million people will benefit from sustained supply of

chlorine and rehabilitation/ repair of water supply systems with the ICRC, part of this population is included in the reported results table.

2) Sector target affected population reached with periodic distribution of hygiene items including soap, women sanitary napkins in addition to family

and baby hygiene kits. This is coupled with dissemination of hygiene promotion messages.

3) Target includes 200,000 IDPs and 300,000 children in learning facilities and child friendly spaces with access to hygienic toilets or latrines with hand

washing facilities.

Child Protection (Protection sector lead by UNHCR)

1) Beneficiaries of psychosocial support include children and adolescents receiving psychosocial support in Child Friendly Spaces (CFS), Adolescent

Friendly Spaces (AFSs), school clubs, and outreach initiatives CPU. (SARC and NGOs, respectively Tartous 148; Homs - 2,293; Hama – 654; Damascus

– 289; Rural Damascus - 1,503; Ghezlanieh – 1124; Jaramana (27); Quneitra 249; Tartous 81; and Lattakia 67

2) Children and women benefiting from materials assistance that enhances their protection including summer and winter supplies.

3) Captures children and individuals in communities reached through explosive-remnants-of-war Risk Education awareness through schools, mass

communication methods and through integrating Risk Education in humanitarian initiatives.

Education

1) Captures children who receive at least one education supply item, with a target of 1 million vulnerable boys and girls for UNICEF in 2014, and 2.9

million in-school boys and girls provided with selected subject textbooks.

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2) The target includes 1 million out-of-school boys and girls provided with the self-learning materials, in addition to 30,000 vulnerable male and

female adolescents benefited from peace building, vocational and life skills training.

3) Includes 250,000 children benefitting from light school rehabilitation and 28,000 children through prefab classrooms with equipment and furniture.

Health (lead by WHO)

1) Target includes IDP children reached through mobile clinics, and those who benefit from the supply and distribution of Inter-Agency Emergency

Health Kits, midwifery kits, diarrhea kits and other essential health kits to ensure continuous function of PHCs and SARC clinics and mobile teams.

Nutrition

Other sector activities are ongoing through the Ministry of Health, WFP and WHO with results being compiled.

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Estimated Affected Population Registered refugee figures from UNHCR data portal as at February 8, 2014. Disaggregation does not include persons pending registration.

Registered refugees 879,907

Pending registration 47,731

Children Affected (Under 18) 879,907

Children Affected (Under 5) 175,101

Pregnant women 43,995

Estimated host community affected

1,300,000

Lebanon

Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs The conflict in Syria continues to threaten stability in Lebanon with bombings at

the Iranian embassy in November, the bombing in downtown Beirut in

December and the declaration of the establishment of the Lebanese branch of

the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in January 2014.

The security situation has deteriorated in January, especially around Aarsal,

where missions had to be cancelled in January due to rocket attacks in the area.

All agencies were forced to evacuate this week due to the discovery of a vehicle

full of explosives leaving Aarsal. Over 50,000 Syrian refugees are now residing in

Aarsal, a town with a Lebanese population of 35,000. Further influx into Aarsal

is on-going due to intense fighting in Yabrud. so UNICEF is raising preparedness levels - transferring WASH supplies to bolster the

stocks already held for 6,000 households, as well as increasing stocks of winter clothes. To date, hygiene kits have been distributed

for 2,000 individuals as well as baby hygiene kits for 2,600 infants. UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Social Affairs to set up

Aarsal's first Social Development Centre, which will be a multipurpose centre for community use for refugees and the host

community. It will have an information centre, safe spaces for women and girls and will provide primary healthcare for which

UNICEF has provided essential drugs for up to 20,000 people for three months. A polio and measles vaccination campaign for the

area began on 17 February. UNICEF is equally scaling up the provision of psychosocial support, gender-based violence services and

non-formal education in Aarsal.

While the sector and UNICEF targets are established against the planning figure of 1.65 million Syrian refugees, there are 927,638

refugees in Lebanon as of the reporting date. Notably, 86 per cent of refugees reside in the 225 localities with the highest

concentration of Lebanese population living on less than USD4 per day. The pressure that these refugees are placing on public

services remains a critical concern, as refugees and vulnerable Lebanese communities vie for increasingly scarce resources.

Over 40,000 refugees are estimated to have chosen not to register for fear of revealing their identity. UNICEF’s implementing

partners are reaching many unregistered refugees, especially those residing in informal tented settlements, through mobile

medical units, non-formal education, WASH interventions and psychosocial support.

Humanitarian leadership and coordination Nationwide polio immunization campaign rounds were run in November and

December by UNICEF, the Ministry of Public Health, WHO and Beyond

Association, which reached nearly 590,000 children under five, for a 99.4 percent

coverage rate. UNICEF is preparing for two further campaigns in March and April.

UNICEF will again be responsible for reaching all children in informal tented

settlements and collective shelters during the upcoming campaigns. For this

purpose, UNICEF has already ordered 1,450,000 doses of the oral polio vaccine

which will be provided to the Ministry of Public Health, in addition to cold chain

equipment for vaccines, allowing smooth outreach implementation and

adequate storage conditions.

UNICEF is supporting the coordination of WASH stabilization interventions

through the secondment of a Stabilization Coordinator to the Ministry for Water

and Energy to provide direct support to the Ministry in the coordination of all

stabilization interventions and the prioritization of projects to be selected and

implemented by sector partners and concerned national and international

stakeholders in line with the National Water Sector Strategy (NWSS).

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Humanitarian Strategy The humanitarian response is coordinated under the sixth Regional Response

Plan, which estimates that there will be 1.65 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon

by the end of 2014, including Syrian refugees, Lebanese returnees and

Palestinian refugees from Syria, alongside 1.5 million affected in the host

community. As illustrated above, UNICEF is focussing assistance in the 225 most

vulnerable locations in Lebanon, in which 86 per cent of registered refugees and two-thirds of the vulnerable Lebanese population

reside. UNICEF equally participates in resilience, recovery and development work under the World Bank Stabilization Framework

and the Reaching All Children with Education proposal. Planning and implementation of the response is done through active

participation and leadership in sector working groups, including the Education Working Group and the WASH Sector Working

Group, both of which UNICEF co-leads with UNHCR.

In Lebanon, the No Lost Generation initiative strategizes the urgent provision of education to the vast number of Syrian refugee

children currently out of school, as well as support for the high number of children suffering psychological distress due to the crisis.

This includes boosting formal school enrolment targeting children with a Back-to-Learning package that includes learning

materials and support to cover enrolment fees and assistance with transportation costs, expansion of non-formal learning

opportunities and life skills education aimed at improving adolescent's progress to becoming productive adults. Programmes have

a particular focus on the growing numbers of children in informal tented settlements across the country. Psychosocial support will

reach children and their families to restore a sense of normalcy and routine, develop children's life skills and to strengthen coping

mechanisms and resilience.

Summary Analysis of Programme Response

WASH In response to the increasing pressure on Lebanon’s already

overstretched water infrastructure, UNICEF has undertaken water

supply and sanitation projects with Lebanon’s four Regional Water

Establishments. This includes the replacement of four pumps in North

Lebanon benefitting a projected 90,500 people and replacement of

chlorinators for improved water quality in Beirut and Mount Lebanon

(22 chlorinators) and South Lebanon (25 chlorinators). A further seven

pumps will be replaced in the Bekaa in February. UNICEF is

investigating how to most effectively respond to Water Establishment

requests for support with desludging and jetting equipment. UNICEF

has also extended its support to UNHABITAT and UNRWA, through

support for 13 WASH infrastructure projects in Saida and Chouf. The

projects are expected to be completed in May 2014. In January, UNICEF’s WASH partners provided 17,598 beneficiaries with access

to safe water, as well as providing 3,273 beneficiaries with necessary water storage containers.

Education Enrolment for 2013/2014 scholastic year has now closed. UNICEF in partnership with Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center

(CLMC) has enrolled 44,515 children in 524 public schools and semi-private schools since the beginning of this school year.

Recognizing the limited capacity of public schools to enroll further children, UNICEF and UNHCR have plans in place to

accommodate new arrivals and children who were not enrolled in formal education in the non-formal education programme to

ensure access to learning. UNICEF estimates that there are approximately 350,000 Syrian children currently out-of-school in

Lebanon.

A two-day workshop on non-formal education was organized by the Education Working Group in January in Beirut. Over 80

participants from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, UN agencies and NGOs participated in the workshop, reviewing

current non-formal education programmes, identifying gaps and areas for improvement, and agreeing on next steps to plan for the

coming year.

Child Protection The increasingly volatile situation in the Bekaa (especially in Arsal and Hermel), North Lebanon (Wadi Khaled

and Tripoli), and Beirut due to shelling, bombings and increasing tensions between Syrian refugees and the host community has

UNICEF Lebanon vulnerability analysis, illustrating the location of the most vulnerable Lebanese and Syrian populations based on UNHCR registration figures and UNDP 2008 study that estimated the Lebanese population living on less than USD4 per day.

A boy in an informal tented settlement in Baalbeck fills a jerry can with drinking water © UNICEF/Lebanon-2013/Noorani

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heightened the psychological distress experienced by children arriving from Syria, as well as children in host communities. UNICEF

continues to deliver psychosocial support and GBV services to children and women through mobile outreach in informal tented

settlements, collective shelters and during home visits, as well as in static centres. As well as receiving psychosocial support,

children and caregivers requiring further assistance are referred to specialized services. Women and girls are accessing safe spaces,

and are being targeted through mobile outreach programmes, as well as receiving information on available services and being

provided with dignity kits. To ensure appropriate assistance is available, UNICEF is training service providers on legal and mental

health assistance to GBV survivors. In January, 22,021 boys and girls were assisted with psychosocial support, as well as 1,083

caregivers. A total of 5,952 community members were sensitized on GBV services and referral pathways. Further, 1,985 women and

girls of reproductive age received dignity kits.

Due to the risks posed to children from landmines and unexploded ordnances, especially near the border, a community-based

approach is being used to deliver mine risk education to children and caregivers in several locations throughout Lebanon.

Health With the continued influx of refugees, the workload in the Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) has increased,

overstretching the capacity of the PHCs to provide healthcare to all those in need. To reduce the pressure on PHCs, UNICEF and

UNHCR in coordination with the Ministry of Social Affairs are supporting 53 Social Development Centres (SDCs) with essential

drugs, vaccinations and equipment, as well as strengthening their human resources to cope with the increased needs. The SDCs

will provide primary health care, additional to that provided by the Ministry of Health’s PHCs. SDCs have been selected based on

the priority given to the 225 most vulnerable localities identified by UNICEF. UNICEF has purchased the necessary supplies and is

working with MOSA to select 30 SDCs for distribution.

Nutrition Since malnutrition screening started in October 2013, UNICEF implementing partners, IOCC and Relief International

have treated 391 children for malnutrition, 159 of whom were treated in January. As malnutrition treatment was uncommon in

Lebanon prior to the crisis, some hospitals continue to face difficulties in malnutrition treatment protocol. Thus refresher training is

being provided to all selected PHCs and hospital staff. More outpatient cases are being identified and treated through outreach

activities and household visits by the implementing partners, decreasing the number of inpatient cases sent to hospitals. UNICEF is

also educating caregivers on immunization, breast feeding, malnutrition and child care practices, with 15,814 individuals reached

with key messaging in January.

Supply and Logistics UNICEF has completed the distribution of 70,000 winter clothing kits and 45,000 vouchers worth

USD 40 to purchase winter clothing to children in informal tented settlements and collective shelters, as well as to vulnerable

Lebanese children. The 45,000 vouchers include 20,000 Palestinian children who were assisted through UNICEF funds provided to

UNRWA. Further, 113 schools have received an average of 2,000 litres of fuel each to provide heating for classrooms. This is enough

fuel for the schools to heat ten classrooms for three months, providing a safe and warm environment that is conducive to children’s

learning and reducing the risk of children not attending school due to the cold.

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SUMMARY OF PROGRAMME RESULTS

Sector 2014

target1 Sector total 2014

results* UNICEF 2014

target UNICEF total 2014 results

WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE

# of emergency affected people provided with access to safe water

n/a n/a 385,7262 17,593

3

# of individuals with access to hygiene items n/a n/a 75,000 9,429

#of people provided with hygiene promotion messaging n/a n/a 713,000 5,404

# of individuals with access to adequate, appropriate and acceptable toilet facilities

354,000 n/a 214,900 4,078

CHILD PROTECTION

#of children (and adolescents) with access to psychosocial support services

350,000 n/a 350,000 22,021

% of children receiving specialized services from qualified frontline workers

n/a n/a n/a 716

EDUCATION

# of children enrolled in formal education (girls and boys) 105,000 n/a 50,000 44,5154

# of children with access to psychosocial support in education programmes

84,368 n/a 65,000 2,147

# of children in non-formal learning opportunities (girls and boys)

225,000 n/a 175,000 7,431

# children who have received school supplies 382,968 n/a 250,000 6,697

NUTRITION

# of children under 5 years age screened for malnutrition 500,000 n/a 500,000 n/a7

#of children <5 receiving multi-micronutrient supplementation 365,650 n/a 365,650 2,222

# of malnourished children treated through Primary Health Care

24,000 n/a 24,000 n/a7

HEALTH5

# of children 0-59 months vaccinated for polio6

650,000 0

# of children 6 mo-15y vaccinated for measles 7 840,000 n/a

7

# of primary health care consultations 7 800,000 n/a

7

# of children under 2 receive routine vaccination7 80,000 n/a

7

# of women of child bearing age (15-49 years) vaccinated with 2 doses of TT vaccines during the campaign

7

400,000 n/a7

* There are no sector results yet to report, these will be aligned with the sector dashboards for January 2014 once available on the site

http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/regional.php

1 Where referenced as n/a the sector targets are being defined

2 This is combined target for communal and household level

3 This comprises 4,605 beneficiaries from communal water sources, and 12,988 at the household level

4 This is the number of children enrolled in public schools for the 2013/ 2014 school year 5

5 The health sector is led by WHO

6 The polio target for the sector is 1,120,000

7 There are no reports against these activities yet in 2014

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Estimated Affected Population Registered refugee figures from UNHCR data portal as at February 8, 2014. Disaggregation does not include persons pending registration. There are no persons pending registration.

Registered refugees 571,457

Children Affected (Under 18) 301,729

Children Affected (Under 5) 103,434

Pregnant women (5%) 40,002

Jordan

Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs During the month of January, 9,215 Syrian refugees crossed into Jordan, or

roughly 300 people per day. The vast majority continue to cross via difficult

terrain in the eastern desert. While Regional Response Plan (RRP6) targets

project there will be 800,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan by the end of 2014

(comprising 200,000 refugees in camps and 600,000 in host communities),

there are currently approximately 600,000 refugees in country. The pressure

that these refugees are placing on public services and subsidized commodities, including scarce water resources, remains a critical

concern.

While UNICEF has established services in camps capable of reaching every child with education, recreation, and protection services,

more work remains to be done to reach the estimated 200,000 school-aged refugee children living in host communities, especially

the estimated 30,000 out-of-school children who are eligible to return to formal education, and an additional 70,000 children who

are not eligible to enroll in formal education and who need positive options to avoid engaging in labour or early marriage.

Humanitarian leadership and coordination Within the humanitarian coordination structure, an interagency task force led by UNHCR was created at the start of the crisis in

early 2012 in order to facilitate all humanitarian action benefiting refugees living in Jordan and within the RRP6 framework. Under

this approach, UNICEF is actively supporting the intersectoral working group approach, co-leading WASH and Education Working

Groups, as well as the Child Protection sub-Working Group.

In an attempt to explore the longer-term implications of the presence of a significant number of Syrian refugees in Jordan, an

interagency needs assessment of Syrian refugees was conducted with the Government of Jordan in late 2013, including the impact

of Syrian refugees on the economy and public services. This assessment fed into the Government of Jordan’s National Resilience

Plan (NRP), with support from UN agencies, donor countries and NGOs through the Host Country Platform. The NRP intends to

bring together the humanitarian and sustainable development implications of the Syrian crisis into an overarching approach.

UNICEF is actively supporting the WASH and Education task forces under the NRP Host Country Platform.

Humanitarian Strategy In 2013, UNICEF focused largely on scaling up emergency response in camps to ensure adequate services to newly arriving refugees.

In 2014, UNICEF has turned its focus toward efforts to expand assistance and protection to the 80 per cent of refugees living in host

communities, while seeking greater cost-effectiveness and sustainability of operations provided in camp settings. Health and

Nutrition activities will continue to focus on protecting the health of infants and young children through emergency as well as

standard immunizations, breastfeeding promotion, training for medical professionals on integrated management of childhood

illnesses and multiple other initiatives. WASH efforts focus on establishing medium- to long-term reductions in operational costs

for essential water and sanitation services, such as through the operation of boreholes, piping systems and wastewater treatment

solutions for camp settings, and increased support for overstretched WASH resources in the northern Governorates. Child

Protection and Education programmes will focus on expanding outreach to underserved refugees and Jordanians in host

communities, especially vulnerable children at risk of dropping out of school and entering into child labour or early marriage.

UNICEF also seeks to create options for adolescents, including youth who are no longer eligible to return to formal education.

UNICEF and other agencies active in Syrian refugee response have detailed plans and funding requirements under the 2014

Regional Response Plan (RRP6) and the Government of Jordan’s National Resilience Plan (NRP) with implementation achieved

through active participation and leadership in sector working groups. RRP6 and the NRP both contain activities in support of the

No Lost Generation strategy to bring together humanitarian and development responses in the areas of education, child protection

and adolescent opportunities in order to avert a lost generation.

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Summary Analysis of Programme Response

WASH UNICEF and implementing partners continue to provide WASH services to the entire Za’atari camp population, currently

estimated at roughly 80,000 people (the planning figure for population in camps is 200,000 in 2014). UNICEF also maintains

contingency capacity to respond to the WASH needs of up to 32,000 persons in Azraq camp, which could be activated as needed

within two weeks’ notice. While an estimated 250 trips a day are still required to truck water to Za’atari, the construction of two

boreholes within the camp has reduced reliance on water trucking by 35 per cent. UNICEF is working to improve the waste water

collection system in Za’atari camp, including signing a protocol with the Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) to establish two

containerized waste water treatment plants for the camp with a daily capacity to treat 1,500 m3 of wastewater. This intervention is

expected to benefit up to 100,000 people in Za’atari by mid-2014.

In January, UNICEF through its implementing partner JEN has renovated WASH facilities in an additional 22 schools, benefitting

14,042 Jordanian and Syrian students; this brings the total number of renovated school WASH facilities to 126 schools in 2013-2014.

Education There are currently roughly 215,000 school-aged Syrian refugee children in Jordan, including 145,000 children who

are eligible for formal education. Currently, over 108,000 refugee children –some 74 per cent-- are enrolled in school, leaving a gap

of nearly 30,000 children who are eligible but not enrolled. Most of these children are located in host communities; UNICEF is

working with MoE to expand classroom capacities of host community schools to reduce waiting lists of refugee children. In addition,

some 70,000 children not eligible for re-enrolment in school require other assistance to reduce risks of entering child labour or early

marriage.

Some 66 Syrian refugee students sat the Tawjihi exams (literary stream) which certify completion of secondary schooling in Jordan,

and determine eligibility and placement for university-level education from 29 December to 21 January. The winter holiday for

camps and host community schools ran from 9 January until 8 February, during which UNICEF partners KnK, Mercy Corps and NRC

conducted a variety of activities in the schools and other locations in Za’atari, including catch-up classes, paints and crafts, theatre,

music, life skills education and sports. In the host community, UNICEF/Madrasati Initiative conducted two-day Winter Clubs in

Northwest Badia/Mafraq, Irbid, Jerash and Russeifeh in January. Through this programme, nine schools involved 775 children (56

per cent Syrian) in activities such as life skills training, cultural exchange between Syrian and Jordanian children, sports, awareness

sessions and skits/sketches.

UNICEF and partners continue to coordinate with MoE on efforts to improve quality of education in the camps and double-shifted

schools in host communities. The second and third phases of UNICEF/CADER teacher training will reach some 2,000 Jordanian

teachers. MOE will also assign 50 academic school supervisors to provide support for MoE teachers to improve their performance.

MoE will follow up on the appointed academic supervisors in the Za’atari Camp schools in coordination with CADER’s onsite

coaches/mentors.

Child Protection In January 2014, UNICEF and partners reached over 22,000 children and

adolescents (51 per cent girls) with psychosocial support services in camps (53 per cent) and

host communities (47 per cent) through a network of child and adolescent friendly spaces

and multi-activity centres in camps and host communities. Approximately 400 of these

children (50 per cent girls), including 62 unaccompanied and separated children, received

more specialized and focused case management and psychosocial support. In January 2014,

Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation approved the Islamic Centre Charitable

Society and Jordan River Foundation plans to operate 25 additional UNICEF-supported child

and family protective places in host communities. As of end of January 2014, there are a

total of 52 operational child/adolescent friendly spaces and multi-activity centres in camps

and 59 child and family protective places in host communities. With the recent opening of

these new safe spaces, UNICEF and its partners are present in all governorates offering child

protection and psychosocial support services to children and their families.

UNICEF and Mercy Corps opened a "youth for change” facility in Za'atari targeting out-of-

school adolescents (ages 13-18) who may be at risk of engaging in labour or other harmful Youth from adolescent friendly spaces producing short videos ©UNICEF/JORDAN2014/Malhas

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activities. The facility is equipped with a boxing ring, taekwondo area, gym, computer lab and a classroom for group sessions. In

additional to psychosocial support services, the facility also offers life skills education. This new centre has so far reached 145

adolescents, and is expected to reach 1,000 by June 2014

Children involved in adolescent friendly spaces produced videos expressing their wishes for 2014. These have been uploaded onto

the Za'atari Voices webpage which is being managed by these adolescents and can be viewed at the following links: video 1, video

2 and video 3.

Health UNICEF/WHO/UNHCR and partners have started preparations for the third nationwide round of polio immunizations to

be held 2-6 March targeting 915,420 children under five, including 100,106 Syrian children. Outreach and mobile teams will be

prioritized to vaccinate remote and hard-to-reach areas. A communication action plan for the upcoming vaccination round has

been finalized and is underway; with materials ready for distribution by mid-February and TV/radio messages starting in the week

prior to the campaign.

The immunization of newly-arrived Syrian refugees against measles and polio and provision of Vitamin A conducted by IOM with

UNICEF/MoH technical support, and UNICEF provision of vaccines, has been relocated to Raba al-Sarhan Registration Centre

(RSRC). During the month of January, the IOM team at RSTC vaccinated 6,856 persons (aged six months to 30 years) against

measles and 4,816 children (aged 0-15 years) against polio. In addition, 2,046 children (6-59 months) were provided with vitamin A

supplements.

A mobile vaccination team has accompanied the UNHCR verification exercise which started in the last week of January in Za’atari

camp. During this verification exercise, all families living in the Za’atari camp will go through verification and all women of

childbearing age (15 - 49 years old) and children under 5 years old will receive routine vaccination.

Community Mobilization and Behaviour Change On 28 January, UNICEF conducted a workshop for five

WASH partners (ACTED, OXFAM, RI, World Vision and JEN) on WASH C4D in camps and host communities. The workshop aimed to strengthen the C4D capacity of WASH NGO partners on planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of strategic communication for behaviour change on WASH in camps, host communities & schools in Jordan. The outcome of the workshop was an agreement on unified Hygiene Promotion messages, WASH C4D strategy and C4D Action Plan from all partners. These strategies focus on promoting good practices regarding the following areas of behaviour: personal hygiene; care of the environment (use of communal facilities/solid waste management/water contamination/waste water) and water-borne diseases.

Supply and Logistics UNICEF continues to distribute children’s winter clothing kits in camps and host communities. Over

5,000 children’s winter clothing kits have been distributed in January to children under the age of five, in addition to over 30,000

kits provided in late 2013. Distributions have been to children in camps, as well as to refugee children in Irbid and Mafraq, and at

border crossing sites in cooperation with the ICMC.

UNICEF Logistics continued infrastructure support to renovate and repair UNICEF-supported schools in Za’atari camp during the

winter break, to ensure schools retain maximum capacity to accommodate student enrolments and minimize classroom

disruptions after students returned to school from 8 February onwards. UNICEF has also begun receiving emergency WASH

contingency stock to enable immediate response in the event of an influx of 20,000 refugees across the border. The supplies,

including ten 95m3 water storage tanks, 6,000 family hygiene kits, 6,000 jerry cans, 8 water testing kits and 16 water pumps are

being received either from UNICEF’s Copenhagen warehouse or from its network of international suppliers.

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SUMMARY OF PROGRAMME RESULTS

* There are no sector results yet to report, these will be aligned with the sector dashboards for January 2014 once available on the site

http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/regional.php 1 Excludes children and adults aged 16-30

2 Includes both newly arrived Syrian children (0-5 years) who received two drops of polio vaccine at the Raba' Al Sarhan Centre = 3,361 and

915,420 children (0-5 years)who received two drops of polio vaccine during National Immunization Days (including 100,106 Syrian children) in camps and out of camps. 3 January 2014 routine vaccination for Syrian refugees in Za’atari camp: Among other vaccines 324 children 18 months old receive MMR-2, and

232 pregnant women and 814 women of childbearing age received TT. 4Results based on camp population at the time of reporting.

5 RRP 6 target includes “# of women, girls, boys and man having access to psychosocial support services (level 2 & 3)” with target of 386,492

including 301,371 children 6 Aligned to the RRP6 indicators for informal and non-formal education. Non-formal education is an approximately two year course certifiable by

MoE consisting of literacy, ICT and other skills. Informal education is non-certifiable, of shorter length (6 months), and considered to be any extra-curricular activities such as life skills and financial literacy.

Sector 2014

target Sector total

2014 results* UNICEF 2014

target UNICEF total 2014 results

NUTRITION

# of pregnant and lactating mothers reached with infant and young child feeding promotion and counselling

50,000

n/a 46,260

3,875

# of infants and lactating mothers receiving supplementary feeding support

90,000

n/a 85,460

15,731

HEALTH

# of children 6 months-15 years vaccinated against measles1

380,960

4,211

# of children 0-59 months vaccinated against polio2

3,700,000

919,051

# of children under 5 years (boys and girls) fully covered with routine Immunization antigens

3

58,800

324

# of children 6-59 months (boys and girls) receiving Vitamin A supplementation

156,700

2,046

WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE (100% of existing camp population of 80,000 covered with WASH)

# emergency affected people provided with access to drinking and domestic water

4

725,000 n/a 525,000 80,000

# of people provided with sanitation or hygiene kits4 725,000 n/a 525,000 80,000

# of people provided with hygiene promotion messaging4 725,000 n/a 525,000 80,000

# of emergency affected people with access to functional appropriately designed toilets & sanitation services

4

296,000 n/a 261,000 80,000

# of children with access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in their learning environment and child friendly spaces

200,000 n/a 93,000 14,042

CHILD PROTECTION

# of children (and adolescents) with access to psychosocial support services

301,37z15 n/a 180,900 22,477

# of children receiving specialized services from qualified frontline workers

36,647 n/a 15,747 405

EDUCATION

# of school aged Syrian boys and girls registered in Jordanian public schools

151,000 n/a 150,000 108,046

# of children with access to psychosocial support in education programmes

17,300 n/a 15,000 2,863

# children and adolescents benefitting from non-formal education services

6

13,281 n/a 5,000 0

# children and adolescents benefitting from informal and life skills education services

5

138,266 n/a 25,000 1,522

# of boys and girls with specific needs provided with inclusive education and psychosocial services

3,290 n/a 2,000

0

# of school aged children who attend remedial and catch-up classes 21,050 n/a 15,000

2,810

# children who have received school supplies 165,210 n/a 130,000 0

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Estimated Affected Population Registered refugee figures from UNHCR data portal as at February 8, 2014. Disaggregation does not include persons pending registration. There are no persons pending registration.

Registered refugees 222,574

Children Affected (Under 18) 75,007

Children Affected (Under 5) 27,599

Iraq

Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs In January, continued conflict within Syria saw an increase in the number of

refugees in Iraq, from 210,612 in early January to more than 217,000 in early

February. This included 479 individuals from Aleppo on a single day claiming

asylum, as well as eighty-one children identified as unaccompanied or separated. Nevertheless, the border with Syria is only open

for cases deemed as ‘humanitarian’ by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) authorities. The outbreak of armed conflict in

Anbar governorate precipitated a massive internal population displacement, particularly in Ramadi, Fallujah and surrounding

villages. This displacement has further strained resources of host communities and of the KRG. Strong storms across the region

damaged some camp infrastructure, with 100 tents damaged in Arbat camp and twenty-six families affected in Darashakran and

Kawargosk camps combined.

Humanitarian leadership and coordination

Following the outbreak of conflict in Anbar, the Regional Humanitarian Coordinator officially activated six clusters in Iraq, including

for WASH and a child protection sub cluster (an education cluster is on standby). UNICEF will lead the WASH cluster, child

protection sub-group for protection and participate on health. These clusters, which will function to coordinate the humanitarian

response to the crisis in Iraq and work in coordination with existing structures for the refugee response, have been allocated USD

five million by the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). Further, the humanitarian community in Iraq is working to finalize a

Strategic Response Plan to the humanitarian emergency.

Meanwhile, humanitarian agencies continue their support to the KRG, as per the RRP6, in order to meet the urgent needs of the

most vulnerable Syrian refugees and host communities. In parallel, UNICEF Iraq will continue to partner with the UN family of

agencies to support the airlift of humanitarian relief supplies into Syria. Currently, WFP plans include more than 1,000 tonnes of

humanitarian supplies, including materials from UNICEF, for airlift into Syria by early March. Nevertheless, the escalating

humanitarian crisis in Syria combined with the rapid displacement of people in Anbar makes additional support in the near term a

critical factor in advancing a coherent response to a complex situation.

Humanitarian Strategy UNICEF Syria response strategy and priorities in Iraq remain focused on providing access to basic and life sustaining services for

Syrian women and children in order to protect them from further deprivations or exposure to violence. These interventions,

organized according to RRP sectors, balance lifesaving and capacity building initiatives and remain strategically engaged with the

overwhelming need to mitigate disruptions to child development in order to avoid a lost generation of Syrian youth. Concurrently,

UNICEF continually works to strengthen the Government of Iraq, KRG and Iraqi civil society capacity to monitor and report on

grave violations against children in armed conflict and to strengthen response mechanisms for children affected by these violations.

Summary Analysis of Programme Response

WASH In Iraq, all Syrian refugees in camps have access to the minimum

necessary quantities of water. The quality of water is routinely monitored in most

camps and is showing that a high, proportion of the water supplied has residual

chlorine. About 50 per cent of water is being supplied by trucking and 50 per cent

by piping of water from permanent sources managed by government Directorates

of Surrounding Water. Water trucking was critical to rapidly achieving universal

coverage, but it is expensive and impractical for local authorities to maintain. As

such, the strategy for 2014 centres on replacing water trucking with supplies piped

directly from the source. Some camps obtain part of their water supply by diverting

water away from municipal supplies. In addition, most camps exploit groundwater

and at the larger camps abstraction is probably not sustainable, so UNICEF will

Children in Arbat Camp, Iraq © UNICEF/Iraq-2013/Noorani

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work with government to develop new sources that draw water from sustainable resources.

With regards to sanitation, UNICEF and partners have constructed sufficient latrines and bathing facilities to meet the basic needs

of all camp residents, but not enough to achieve a level that is culturally acceptable. UNICEF achieved rapid implementation

through the use of prefabricated units and disposal of waste to simple cesspools. With regard to cesspools, the expense of their

maintenance and associated risks to public health, underpin UNICEF’s strategy to install simple sewerage systems in order to

remove waste water. These systems have much lower operating costs, a greatly reduced need for desludging, and fewer risks to

public health or effects on the camp environment.

Education Access to schools for Syrian refugee children continues at a high level. Currently, 9,475 Syrian refugee children are

enrolled in UNICEF-funded schools across the country in both camp and non-camp settings. UNICEF anticipates that planned and

recently completed school construction projects will mean an additional 5,600 enrollments in the first half of 2014. UNICEF-funded

construction of two schools in Gawilan and Domiz camps concluded in January and will begin class sessions for 1,200 children in

February.

Teacher training and retention remain a major focus of UNICEF’s education interventions. In January, UNICEF conducted teacher

trainings in Arbat and Kawargosk camps on the subject of child friendly school systems and hygiene promotion, which will now

benefit 2,194 students. Additionally, the Ministry of Finance approved teacher placements for three new schools in Domiz, one in

Akre, and one in Gawilan and confirmed the contracts of teachers in other camp schools. Previous delays in receipt of these

approvals and confirmations represented an impediment to teacher retention and staff stability.

Child Protection During the reporting period, UNICEF registered a significantly high number of unaccompanied and separated

Syrian children (80 as opposed to none in December) entering the country. Of these children, 43 were placed in Erbil and

Sulimaniyeh area camps. UNICEF staff will request that child protection units

(CPUs) in each camp follow-up on the cases and provide support to the children as

needed. Separately, UNICEF and the Department of Labour and Social Affairs

(DoLSA) developed a coordinated child protection response plan for 2014 for the

Dohuk area, which includes specifics on how children identified as unaccompanied

or separated will be protected. UNICEF anticipates that it will conduct a similar

exercise in February for Sulimaniyeh and Erbil.

UNICEF, in partnership with DOLSA, continues to operate one child friendly space

(CFS), one adolescent friendly space (AFS) and one child protection unit (CPU) in

each of Domiz, Akre and Gawilan. These facilities monitor the situation of children

in their respective camps, identify cases of neglect abuse and violence against

children and offer weekly educational and recreational activities to 2103 children

(660 in Domiz camp, 274 in Gawilan camp, 252 in Akre camp and 915 in the Waar city non-camp setting). In Erbil and Sulimaniyeh

UNICEF funded CFSs contributed to the psychosocial wellbeing of roughly 900 children in the month of January, through art and

game therapy, group and individual counselling, as well as music and sport activities.

Health Immunization efforts among Syrian refugees in Iraq are continuing successfully. In January, UNICEF support to the

Directorate of Health extended routine immunization services to 1,144 children in Erbil refugee camps. UNICEF anticipates the

effective coverage of this vaccination trend to continue.

Similarly, camp baby huts continue successful operation. These UNICEF-funded facilities deliver interventions to pregnant and

non-pregnant Syrian refugee women, including breast feeding counselling and baby growth monitoring. These services are critical

in preventing and detecting malnourishment among vulnerable refugee infants and toddlers, and also provide mothers with safe

spaces (available nowhere else in often crowded camps) to discuss culturally sensitive issues and receive sound medical advice from

UNICEF trained staff.

Community Mobilization and Behaviour Change Harsh winter conditions, forcing refugees into crowded

tents in order to avoid the cold, resulted in the spread of lice and scabies in Erbil camps. In Darashakran camp alone, which houses

63.6

78.9 75.7

98.9

0

20

40

60

80

100

OCT NOV DEC Jan

UNICEF Supported Measles Vaccination Children Under 1 Year 2013-14 Syrian

Refugees, Erbil

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6,040 individuals, UNICEF identified 293 school-age children as affected by lice in January. In order to mitigate their further spread, UNICEF and its implementing partners initiated door-to-door awareness messaging on best hygiene practices, benefiting approximately 1,200 households.

Supply and Logistics UNICEF Iraq’s winter response included distribution of 13,296 children’s winter clothing sets

(including age-specific, warm clothing) and 67,600 blankets to Syrian refugees in Sulimaniyeh (Arbat Camp), Erbil (Qushtapa,

Darashakran, Kawargosk and Baserma camps), and Dohuk (Gawilan, Akre and Domiz). Further, in Darashakran and Kawargosk

camps UNICEF installed solar boilers in order to extend access to hot water to 19,500 Syrian refugees; in Darashakran, Kawargosk,

Baserma, Qushtapa and Arbat camps, UNICEF distributed 27,500 hygiene kits; and UNICEF delivered hygiene awareness

messaging and daily water quality monitoring to 71,000 refugees in all of the Kurdistan region.

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SUMMARY OF PROGRAMME RESULTS

Sector 2014

target Sector total 2014 results1

UNICEF 2014 target

UNICEF total 2014 results

WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE

# of emergency affected people provided with sustainable access to safe water

1

250,000

n/a

160,000

40,000

# of emergency affected people provided with access to safe water through temporary solutions

1

n/a 41,000

# of people provided with sanitation or hygiene kits2 250,000 n/a 200,000 40,000

# of emergency affected people with access to functional appropriately designed toilets & sanitation services

3

250,000 n/a 160,000 77,000

# of emergency affected people with access to adequate and sustainable solid and liquid waste disposal

3

160,000 n/a 130,000 9,000

# of children with access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in their learning environment and child friendly spaces

4

40,000 n/a 40,000 15,000

CHILD PROTECTION

# of children with access to psychosocial support services1 84,500 n/a 40,000 2,762

# of children receiving specialized services from qualified frontline workers

2

1,500 n/a 1,500 84

EDUCATION

# of school-aged children in affected areas in schools/learning programmes

1

91,441 n/a 91,441 10,744

# of children with access to psychosocial support in education programmes

132,246 n/a 91,000 0

HEALTH

# of children 0-59 months vaccinated for polio 5,700,000 n/a 5,700,000 720

# of children <2 yrs.* (boys and girls) fully covered with routine immunization antigens

51,000 n/a 36,800 12

# of children 6-59 months receiving Vitamin A supplementation (routine) 48,000 n/a 48,000 32

NUTRITION

# of women having access to IYCF Services 21,250 n/a 11,200 6,116

1 There are no sector results yet to report, these will be aligned with the sector dashboards for January 2014 once available on the site

http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/regional.php WASH 1

Sustainable access to water is provided through piped water systems which continue to require sustained operations and maintenance in 2014. Temporary access is provided through water trucking. 2The target for hygiene kits is the full camp + the most vulnerable 20% of refugees in the host community

3 Sanitation services in the camps installed in 2013 continue to be supported through desludging of cesspools and holding tanks.

4The target for WASH in Schools is based on 25% of the total school aged population.

Child Protection 1 Non-Camp psychosocial result = 1843; camp psychosocial result = 919

2 Specialized Child Protection Services – Non-camp = 81; Camp = 23; all cases are of separated and unaccompanied children registered in family

tracing or receiving family-based or appropriate alternative care Education 1 Enrolment in UNICEF supported schools as of January 2014 in camps = 8,389, outside camps = 2,355

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Estimated Affected Population Registered refugee figures from UNHCR data portal as at February 8, 2014. Disaggregation does not include persons pending registration. There are no persons pending registration.

Registered refugees 612,502

Children Affected (Under 18) 325,239

Children Affected (Under 5) 108,413

Turkey

Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs On 3 February 2014, AFAD (Disaster and Emergency Management Agency of

the Government of Turkey) reported that the total number of Syrians

registered and assisted in 22 camps located in 10 provinces was 216,777

including 109 Syrians receiving medical treatment in hospitals. From 1 January

to 13 February, over 30,000 refugees arrived in Turkey, believed to be a result

of the increase in fighting in northern Syria, particularly around Aleppo.

Local officials in Sanliurfa informed UN agencies that although the border gate of Akcakale is officially closed, the departure of

approximately 4,000 Syrians to Tel-Abyad was facilitated through the Akcakale border gate. Reportedly these are Syrians who had

fled to Turkey during the first two weeks of January 2014 and have stayed temporarily with relatives in host communities and upon

their request, authorities facilitated their return back to Syria.

While UNICEF targets and works with children both inside and outside of camps, the response has been slower for the nearly two-

thirds of refugee children estimated to be residing in host communities, only 30 per cent of whom have access to education. In 2014,

all actors will work to scale up their response for these children and their families.

Humanitarian leadership and coordination In January 2014, UNHCR-led coordination meetings were initiated at the field level including a Health Working Group and another

on cash transfers/vouchers. UNICEF also participates in Education Working Groups in coordination with the Ministry of National

Education (MoNE), UNHCR and AFAD. As a result of this working group, additional consultative meetings with INGOs and NGOs

have taken place, with the participation of AFAD and MoNE at the field level, in order to better understand the INGO/NGO working

environment and to provide a platform for concerns to be raised. This allows for all of the necessary actors and decision-makers to

be together in one setting to solve some of the issues and or bottlenecks – such as a common approach to teacher incentives.

Humanitarian Strategy UNICEF’s humanitarian work in Turkey is set out in the Regional Response Plan (RRP6), which details UNICEF’s main priorities and

commitments in education, protection and health and nutrition, along with the Core Commitments to Children in emergencies.

UNICEF maintains close partnerships with the Government of Turkey (GoT), AFAD and relevant line ministries. UNICEF will also

continue to work in 2014 in non-camp settings and will participate in planning resilience, recovery and development work in

coordination with the UNDP, UNHCR other UN agencies. UNICEF in Turkey is also promoting the No Lost Generation, initiated by

UNICEF, UNHCR, Mercy Corps, Save the Children and World Vision, which will aim to reach 400,000 Syrian children in Turley with

access to education and psychosocial support, and vocational training opportunities. Since the current figures in Turkey estimate

that only roughly 30 per cent of Syrian children are attending schools in host communities, this activity will be a key component of

the initiative. In 2013, UNICEF initiated a project in camps aimed to reach build resilience for Syrian youth and children with respite

and recreational activities and will initiate similar activities in host communities in 2014, in coordination with UN and INGO partners.

Vulnerable children are more difficult to reach in host communities, but with 51 per cent of Syrians citing a need for some form of

psychosocial support for themselves or their families (as indicated in the AFAD host community survey) this activity will also be a

priority for UNICEF.

Summary Analysis of Programme Response

Education In order to identify gaps, overcome bottlenecks and prevent overlap in response, UNICEF, together with AFAD,

MoNE and UNHCR, held their first official Education Working Group Meeting on 16 January. These monthly meetings will be an

opportunity improve coordination amongst actors providing education services for Syrian children in Turkey, including for the 70

per cent of refugee children in host communities who are estimated to be out of school.

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An additional 154 Syrian teachers were trained over the reporting period from

two camps in Adiyaman (100 teachers) and Mardin (54 teachers). The total

number of Syrian teachers from camps who have been trained to date is now

2,158 from 17 camps. Through the training completed to date and with on-

going support to Syrian teachers, 42,009 children enrolled in schools in Hatay,

Kilis, Kahramanmaras, Osmaniye, Sanliurfa, Gaziantep, Malatya and Adana

are benefiting from the skills shared with teachers in the training. The training

is specific to the needs of teachers in camps, including class management and

psychosocial support for students, as psychosocial trauma is believed to be

one of the barriers to education for Syrian children in Turkey. Syrian teachers

attending training in camps also receive cash incentives as all teachers in

camps are volunteers and cannot currently be provided with a regular salary.

This also ensures that the work of teachers is recognized and valued.

Child Protection Since the deployment of the youth workers to the camps, 22,051 children (50 per cent girls) have participated

in activities in the 17 child friendly spaces (CFSs), with approximately 5,000 participating regularly each week. UNICEF has also

supplied containers to three new camps (Viranshahir, Mardin and Malatya) and new youth workers will be deployed to start in

these camps in the near future. The majority of children engaged in activities in the CFSs are aged between 9-13 (53 per cent), with

young children aged 4-8 making up 29 per cent and children between the aged of 14-18 at 18 per cent. Currently there are 444

registered and active youth volunteers (55 per cent girls) with the youth workers currently undertaking the selection of trained

youth volunteers to become youth leaders and participate in a nine week training programme conducted by the youth workers in

each of the camps.

Health A mop up polio campaign will be conducted by the Ministry of Health (MoH) from 17-23 February in four provinces

(Osmaniye, Adiyaman, Kahramanmaras and Malatya) and will focus on high risk areas, including urban and rural areas where

refugees reside and locations with less than 90 per cent coverage in the previous round conducted in December. UNICEF has

supported these campaigns with the provision of tOPV polio vaccines along with over 3 million awareness raising brochures and

posters in both Turkish and Arabic.

Nutrition UNICEF held a series of consultative meetings in January with MOH and partners on nutrition activities in host

communities including with representatives from the MOH, WHO, UNHCR and WFP along with INGOs to discuss inputs for a

planned Nutritional Survey in host communities. UNICEF plans to begin implementation of the nutritional survey in host

communities in the coming weeks and will expand health and nutrition programming in Turkey in 2014. Also discussed was a

“Nutrition in Emergencies Training” for the MOH and partner UN agencies UNICEF is scheduled to implement in May 2014.

Supply and Logistics The focus during this period was the initiation of the building of 12 pre-fabricated schools in south-

east Turkey for syrian children, provision of winter-clothing for roughly 21,066 children who are recent arrivals, completion of the

CFSs in the remaining 3 camps and school furnishing in host communities.

Children celebrate a first at a UNICEF-built school in Turkey ©UNICEF/Turkey-2014/Yurtsever

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SUMMARY OF PROGRAMME RESULTS

Overall

projected needs 2014

UNICEF 2014 target

UNICEF total 2014

results

% UNICEF 2014 Target

Achieved

HEALTH

# of children 0-59 months vaccinated for polio2 1,500,000 1,500,000 0 0%

# of children 6 months-15 years vaccinated for measles 192,920 192,920 0 0%

# of children under 5 receiving multi-micronutrient supplementation3 - 150,000 0 0%

CHILD PROTECTION

# of children (and adolescents) with access to psychosocial support services.

530,000 103,500 12,418 12%

# of children receiving specialised services from qualified frontline workers

3

- 5,175 0 0%

EDUCATION

# of school-aged children in affected areas in schools/ learning programmes

432,480 238,500 75,711 32%

# children who have received school supplies 432,480 238,500 2,200 1%

# of children in camps and non-camp settings, participating in vocational, language and life skills trainings

180,000 11,000 1,617 15%

* There are no sector results yet to report, these will be aligned with the sector dashboards for January 2014 once available on the

site http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/regional.php 1

Government of Turkey is a main provider across the sectors 2

Includes Syrian and Turkish children living in the south-east of Turkey 3

Overall need being defined

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Estimated Affected Population Registered refugee figures from UNHCR data portal as at February 8, 2014. Disaggregation does not include persons pending registration. There are no persons pending registration.

Registered refugees 133,815

Children Affected (Under 18) 59,681

Children Affected (Under 5) 19,671

Egypt

Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs Following the release of all children in detention in connection with attempted

irregular migration in December, there have been no new reported cases of

detention of children. Overall, the Syrian population has been affected at least as

much as Egyptian people by a month of civil and political unrest in the country.

However, in general, the protection environment for Syrian refugees has continued to improve.

UNHCR figures show that the total number of school age Syrian refugees as of 20 January 2014 is 39,831 children (5-17 years).

Ministry of Education (MoE) enrolment figures show a total of 25,571 children enrolled in schools (18,768 in public schools and 6,803

in private schools) in 27 governorates.

While a significant number of children have been reached in Greater Cairo and Alexandria, and to some extent in Damietta as well,

where most of the services and refugees concentrate, children living in areas with smaller numbers of Syrian refugees have yet to

be reached in health, education and child protection. Additionally, while regular public health and education facilities are

accessible to Syrian children throughout the country, limited child protection and psychosocial support services are in place outside

of Cairo and Alexandria. UNICEF and partners are working towards new interventions in these locations.

Humanitarian leadership and coordination

To date, the Education Working Group has been led by UNHCR, but UNICEF will begin to co-lead the group from February 2014.

The Education Working Croup coordinates response activities among the partners and with the MoE. UNICEF will also begin co-

chairing, with UNHCR, the Child Protection sub-sector from February 2014.

Humanitarian Strategy Syrian refugees in Egypt are dispersed among the population, primarily residing in the urban areas of Greater Cairo, Alexandria and

Damietta, as well as other smaller urban areas spread throughout the country. The Government of Egypt continues to allow Syrian

children the same access to basic health and education services as Egyptian nationals and has issued decrees to this effect. In the

education and health sectors, the main strategy is to build on UNICEF’s on-going programmes of cooperation in Egypt and to

support line Ministries to cope with the increased usage, which in some locations can be very high. Strategies to ensure every

Syrian child has a place in school include continued collaboration with the Ministry of Education and UNHCR to create space for

Syrian children in public schools, mapping and addressing barriers to access, supporting public schools identified in cooperation

with the Government as well as creating community-based education opportunities wherever the public system cannot

accommodate Syrian children.

Following assessments by psychosocial specialists and psychiatrists, child protection will reinforce referrals towards specialized

support as complement to community-based interventions. This will be done by community clinics by psychiatrist specialised in

community-based approaches and, when appropriate and required, by referring children/families to specialised psychological or

psychiatric support.

Summary Analysis of Programme Response

Health UNICEF has been providing support to primary health units (PHUs) in terms of a comprehensive capacity building

package on reproductive health services as well as on infant and young child feeding in order to improve access of access to Syrian

refugees to primary health care in Egypt. Support to the original 35 PHUs has continued, with supplies distributed and training

underway. In January, the Ministry of Health and UNICEF trained 70 physicians, 70 nurses, and 10 community health workers in

Alexandria from these PHUs on the Maternal and Child Health Package and of the needs of Syrian refugees. This brings the

cumulative total to over 200 physicians, 200 nurses and 50 community health workers trained. There is continued direct supervision

from the district and governorate level on the means of delivering primary health care services to refugees. Field reports however

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indicated that the utilization of public health facilities has been lower than expected and a strong outreach campaign is needed to

raise awareness of, and trust in, the Egyptian heath care system as well as to improve knowledge of health care facilities and the

available services in order to generate more demand.

In January 2014, 11,155 Syrian children under five were vaccinated through a second round of the national polio campaign. There

are currently 18,000 Syrian children under 5 registered in Egypt according to UNHCR. Syrian children were vaccinated within the

national campaign that reached a total of 14,387,578 children under five. The second round figures appear to show a significant

drop in the number of Syrian children vaccinated, compared to the first round when around 18,000 children were covered. UNICEF

is currently working with the Ministry of Health and WHO to determine the reasons for the decline. The reporting system may not

have recorded some of the Syrian children, and some mothers reported that they had sent their children for vaccination along with

Egyptian women, for personal security reasons. However, there have also been reports that some Syrian mothers believed that

polio vaccination round in November was sufficient and were not aware that children should be taken again. Additionally, it is

possible that security in some locations where Syrians live was a concern, as was the short interval between the two campaigns. It

is clear that some adjustments will have to be made for the next vaccination round.

Education In coordination with UNHCR and MoE, 20 schools, serving a total of 3,500 Syrian children in four governorates (Giza,

Damietta, Kalubia and Alexandria) were identified and included in UNICEF plan for provision of supplies (furniture and computers)

which were delivered during the reporting period. The MoE and UNICEF have identified a further 48 basic education schools

serving over 5,000 Syrian children and will start a joint assessment of the needs of these schools during the next reporting period.

In collaboration with MoE, a teacher training programme was developed with the objective of providing teachers with knowledge

and skills required to be able to manage high density classrooms and apply effective teaching methods. The training will reach 53

schools (including those provided with furniture and equipment) in five governorates serving average 6,960 Syrian children. During

the reporting period, training material was developed in collaboration with the Ministry of education and the delivery of training

started in Damietta by training 29 teachers and supervisors as trainers. The trained teachers and supervisors will in turn conduct

school based training.

Child Protection In January, UNICEF and partners reached 1,251 children (49 per cent girls) in Alexandria through psychosocial

support interventions. Of the total, 253 children (48 per cent girls) were reached in six daily camps while 258 children (53 per cent

girls) participated in five child friendly spaces on a regular basis. A further 247 children (41 per cent girls) took part in 15 sport days

and 493 children were involved in non-specialized group activities. In the area of specialized support, frontline social workers were

trained on case management. In January these social workers successfully referred to services 400 children: 249 for education

assistance and 151 for basic needs (shelter, food, clothes). One persistent challenge observed during the reporting period is the

difficulty to identify and respond to serious child protection cases (violence, exploitation, neglect) whose existence has been

reported during field assessments and focus groups discussions with the Syrian community due to lack of available specialized

child protection services. Intensified efforts of UNICEF and partners are in progress to raise awareness of child abuse, case

management skills and establishment of formal referral mechanisms.

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SUMMARY OF PROGRAMME RESULTS

Sector 2014

target Sector total

2014 results* UNICEF 2014

target UNICEF total 2014 results

HEALTH AND NUTRITION #of children 0-59 months vaccinated for polio in the polio vaccinated campaigns

12,800,0001 14,000,000 12,800,00

1 14,000,000

2

# of Syrian women receiving reproductive health services1 53,000 n/a 30,000 0

# of children 0-47 months old whose growth is monitored 34,000 n/a 34,000 0

CHILD PROTECTION

# of children (and adolescents) with access to psychosocial support services

40,000 1,251 24,500 1,251

# of Syrian girls and boys with access to specialized psychosocial support

2 9,500

400 2,500 400

# of children who received legal representation 1 n/a 2,250 0

# of children receiving cash assistance1 4,000 n/a 2,500 0

EDUCATION1

# of school-aged children enrolled in primary and secondary education (6-14 years old)

1

72,000 6,960 25,000

6,960

# of children aged 3-5 enrolled in pre-primary education 7,425 290 3,500 290

# of teachers and supervisors who received training 6,000 29 4,000 29

# of schools which have received material support furniture and equipment

2

n/a n/a 70 20

* There are no sector results yet to report, these will be aligned with the sector dashboards for January 2014 once available on the site http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/regional.php Health 1 Targeting a combined 12.8 million Syrian and Egyptian children under five years old, with 36,250 Syrian children.

2 Of the 14 million children reached 11,155 have been Syrian Children.

Education 1

This indicator refers to the number of children aged 6-14 enrolled in UNICEF supported schools. 2 UNICEF education targets go over the two school years for 2013/ 2014 and 2014/ 2015

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Funding Status

Next SitRep: 17/03/2014 UNICEF Syria Crisis: http://childrenofsyria.info/ UNICEF Syria Crisis Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/unicefmena

UNICEF Syria and Syrian Refugees Humanitarian Action for Children Appeal: http://www.unicef.org/appeals/index.html

Funded

Required 80.50 81.02 25.00 20.47 15.20 222.19

Funded 0.00 1.04 0.00 0.31 0.00 0.00 1.35

Required 92.17 44.76 22.09 7.68 3.82 0.00 0.00 170.52

Funded 3.58 4.18 5.22 0.00 0.65 1.00 14.64

Required 90.10 87.85 35.49 26.58 5.00 5.00 0.00 250.02

Funded 7.08 12.93 7.62 2.16 1.25 0.00 0.00 31.05

Required 67.38 20.60 6.28 11.18 0.00 0.00 105.45

Funded 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.30 8.30

Required 0.00 37.25 17.65 10.07 64.96

Funded 0.00 2.74 1.80 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.54

Required 0.00 4.00 3.26 8.82 0.00 16.08

Funded 0.00 1.00 0.60 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.60

Required 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.20 6.00

Funded 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03

Required 331.36 276.68 110.95 86.00 25.22 5.00 0.00 835.21

Funded 10.66 21.90 15.27 2.48 1.91 0.00 14.37 66.58

Gap 320.70 254.78 95.68 83.52 23.31 5.00 768.63

% Funded 3.2% 7.9% 13.8% 2.9% 7.6% 0.0% 8.0%

0.6%

Funding StatusWASH Education

Child

ProtectionHealth Nutrition

Basic

Needs

(NFIs)

Being

AllocatedTotal*

In millions of US Dollars

Syria

Jordan 8.6%

Lebanon 12.4%

Iraq 7.9%

Total 8.0%

Turkey 7.0%

Egypt 10.0%

MENA** 0.5%

Who to contact for further information:

Geoff Wiffin Syria Crisis Emergency Coordinator UNICEF MENA Regional Office Mobile: +962 (0) 79 6835058 [email protected]

Simon Ingram Regional Chief of Communication UNICEF MENA Regional Office Mobile: + 962 (0) 79 5904740 Email: [email protected]