Working Towards a Better Future: UNHCR Syria End of Year Report 2016

UNHCR as the protection and community services sector lead agency is coordinating the efforts of protection partners in the country to identify and mitigate protection risks, respond to the needs and enhance communities’ coping mechanisms and support a protective environment. As such, in 2016 UNHCR reached over two million individuals with protection and community services interventions, including capacity building of UNHCR’s partners and outreach volunteers, targeted material assistance, socio-economic activities, recreational activities, psychosocial support (PSS), legal aid, sexual and genderbased violence (SGBV) referrals, child protection services, community based initiatives, as well as awareness raising sessions on various issues, ranging from civil documentation procedures to prevention of SGBV and early marriages.