EMERGENCY APPEAL

Malnutrition in Syria remains a serious concern, especially among pregnant women, newborns, infants and young children. Low food security in the country has put pregnant and breastfeeding women at high risk, increasing the rate of birth defects among newborns and stunting childhood development.

HIHFAD has been running a holistic nutrition program targeting young children under five years old since 2015. We are addressing nutritional gaps through preventative and curative practices with a focus on both local and IDP communities who are living in unstable conditions with limited income. Our nutrition program also targets pregnant and lactating women.

Within programming, HIHFAD prioritises vulnerable groups such as newly displaced populations, female-headed households, orphans, people with disabilities, and survivors with war related injuries.

Our aim is to increase the resilience of communities in hard-to-reach areas and we outwork this in a number of ways. Firstly, mobile outreach support is provided through multidisciplinary teams (physiotherapists, psychosocial workers and nurses) to people without access to regular health services.

The umbrella of protection extends to awareness sessions, and we have over three years of experience in conducting risk awareness sessions for adults and children and in collecting Explosive Weapons of War-related incident data.

Lastly, we support the most vulnerable of Syrian refugees living in Turkey through homes for orphans and widows which we fund and manage, as well as rehabilitation centres.