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Saturday, 04 August 2012 15:08

Humanitarian Need Grows For Syrian Families Caught In New Surge Of Violence

Written by  IOCC
A Syrian woman carries her daughter as their family seeks refuge in a safer part of Syria. As more families are forced from their homes in neighborhoods consumed by growing violence, IOCC and Syrian relief partners are working together to locate displaced Syrian families and provide them with urgently needed food, portable stoves and blankets. A Syrian woman carries her daughter as their family seeks refuge in a safer part of Syria. As more families are forced from their homes in neighborhoods consumed by growing violence, IOCC and Syrian relief partners are working together to locate displaced Syrian families and provide them with urgently needed food, portable stoves and blankets. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

BALTIMORE—Syrians who received more than a million refugees fleeing from conflict in Iraq now face the same fate as more than one and a half million Syrians seek refuge from the spreading violence in their own country. International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) has redoubled its efforts to provide food and essential items—blankets, stoves and hygiene supplies—to the rapidly growing number of displaced and vulnerable Syrian families. IOCC aid is reaching areas in and around Homs, the epicenter of the uprising that began 16 months ago, and other regions of the country.


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