Syria's Children: A lost generation? Crisis report

Despite these challenges, UNICEF continues to play a key role in line with its mandate and comparative advantage in protecting children’s rights and meeting their humanitarian needs. UNICEF advocates with parties to the conflict to protect children against rights violations and ensure their access to basic social services.

Today, UNICEF works with a wide network of 40 partners and plans to expand this network to reach more and more children in need inside Syria, including in Dera’a, Tartous, Homs, and Al-Hassakeh, in addition to Damascus. Over the coming months, UNICEF and partners will continue to focus on delivering life-saving interventions such as water purifying supplies for 10 million people and immunization for up to 3 million children against polio and measles through dozens of mobile clinics that will reach children all over Syria, including in areas controlled by the opposition. At the same time, we will work on ensuring access to education and providing psychosocial support to the most vulnerable children