REFUGEE CRISIS

SYRIAN WAR

• Anti-gov demonstrations turned violent March 2011
• 220,000 killed- half civilians
• 13.5 million need help (in and out of country)

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• Bombings destroy crowded cities
• Basic necessities (food & medical care) scarce

REFUGEES

• Millions displaced
• Thousands leave per day after seeing loved ones brutally killed

REFUGEES

• Struggling to survive in country or make new homes in neighboring countries
• Risk lives to Europe

MERCY

• Makeshift settlements lack clean water and sanitation
• Diseases (polio) easily spread
• Many try to find room in urban areas

REFUGEES

• Cultural tensions
• Strained resources
• Language barriers
• Can't work- can't support

MERCY

• Patience, love, care, respect, trust, bravery
• End war- go home safe
• Allow to work- less strain

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE

• Started to help German refugees under Hitler by Einstein
• Respond to worlds worst humanitarian crises in order to help people survive and rebuild lives

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IRC

• Provide: emergency services, health care, sanitation services, children's services, educational infrastructure, and improves local gov & civil society

IRC

• Most reliable, fast acting (72hrs), and transparent relief agencies- global journal

IRC

• Aim to raise $33 million
• Helped 2 million
• Resettled in 26 U.S. cities
• Fighting far from over- people more willing to help donate money- nytimes

SOURCES

• Nytimes.com
• Theglobaljournal.net
• Mercycorps.org
• Rescue.org