Highlights
In 2016, there were verified reports of over 2,300 grave violations against children by armed forces and groups throughout Syria. Of these, killing and maiming of children and recruitment and use of children were the most prevalent violations. The actual numbers are likely to be much higher.
UNICEF has supported the coordination of the No Lost Generation across the Syria crisis countries. The scale up of education support by sector partners inside Syria has contributed to a decrease in the number of out-of-school children from 2.12 million (40%) in 2014/15 to 1.75 million (32%) in 2015/16. UNICEF and partners reached over 1 million children with structured psychosocial support, and expanded programming for adolescents and youth, including social cohesion and life skills.
UNICEF has scaled up cash based programming across the Syria crisis countries in 2016, including providing 12,963 Syrian teachers with incentives in Turkey, and supporting over 21,000 vulnerable households in Jordan, Iraq and Syria with regular cash to support their basic needs.
UNICEF has launched the humanitarian appeal for 2017 in Syria and for Syrian refugees 2017 and 2018 in the countries hosting. The total appeal for 2017 is about US$ 1.4 billion for both appeals, and the 2018 appeal for Syrian refugees is US$ 1 billion.