Cuts in food aid are leading Syrian refugees to take desperate measures.
This is a terrible situation for Syrian children to be forced to beg and work just to get a meal. But we can do something about it.
Please see my letter in today’s New York Times.
Also for historical perspective on fighting child hunger please see the video Ending Child Hunger: School Lunches for Kids Around the World.
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For Syria to survive as a nation, they must have food. The farmers must be able to grow and harvest their crops in peace.
But the four-year civil war has destroyed food production, the very heart of any nation. The fighting has left innocent civilians to starve.
That is why the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is calling for a ceasefire throughout Syria. It’s time to put down the guns and defeat the enemy of hunger.
Read the full article at The Hill.
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Amal is a Syrian mother who fled with her children to Lebanon‘s Bekka Valley. This is the new home for Amal and so many other Syrians who were forced from their homes by the civil war.
These refugees managed to escape the violence. But now they are finding a new nightmare: hunger.
Read more at Examiner.
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The United Nations issued an alarming report yesterday on the failure of the international community to meet the humanitarian needs of Syrian war refugees.
Read the full article at Examiner.
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Summer is when we get to enjoy fresh and yummy fruits and vegetables. Just by taking a walk down the street you may see a farmer with their food stand all set up and ready for business.
It’s corn, peaches, tomatoes, potatoes and so many other good foods. It’s something we take for granted during these warm months.
Read the full article at The Huffington Post.
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There are over 20 million people in war-torn Iraq, Yemen, Ukraine, South Sudan and Syria who are at risk of starvation. But as Ertharin Cousin, the director of the UN World Food Programme, reminds us the hungry are not just statistics.
See my latest commentary at Examiner.
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Nahed, a Syrian mother, once had a good life. She was a school teacher in Rural Damascus. It was a middle-class living that could provide for her family. But all that changed when the civil war came to her country.
The fighting between the government and rebel groups forced Nahed and her family to flee their home.
Read the full article at The Huffington Post.
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Imagine if you were forced from your home because of an armed conflict. What if you lost everything you own as a result?
You flee to another land for safety. There you find refuge and the helping hand of charity. You get the basics of food, water and shelter.
Read my full commentary at The Huffington Post.
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The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said today it’s still desperately trying to gain access to the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria. The camp, home to Palestinian refugees, has been caught in the crossfire of the Syrian Civil War
Read the full article at Examiner.
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The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is demanding that armed groups in Syria allow humanitarian access to civilians.
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