This winter, UNHCR plans to provide winter assistance to over four million vulnerable Syrian and Iraqi internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees in Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. The total budget for the Regional Winter Assistance Plan is USD 241.2 million and covers the period from September 2017 to March 2018.
Winter assistance will include cash payments, distribution of winter items and camp improvements. Overall, assistance is increasingly being implemented through cash assistance offering flexibility and independence to recipients.
Distribution of winter assistance has already started in Syria. In the rest of the countries, identification of beneficiaries, procurement of winter items and engineering work in camps and settlements are ongoing.