Chiara Lozza Sharing borders with Palestine, Syria, and Iraq, Jordan has been deeply affected by the crises that have torn the neighboring countries apart and is today home to 760,360 refugees, half of them children, the second country in the world with the highest share of...
[gallery ids="2866"] by Erika Bozzato as the final day is approaching, I am trying to take inventory of the experience, pondering its different aspects and challenges. It has definitely been a stimulating period, as I dived into a new country-unknown language-new habits experience. The language remained pretty much...
[gallery ids="2757,2758,2759,2760,2761"] During my time here as EU Aid Volunteer I realized how important it is to raise awareness about the conditions of Syrian refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) outside the region, and particularly in Europe. The issue should not be a matter solely for...
Photo Credit: V. Garau By Erika Bozzato For once, I will be talking about something that happened outside Lebanon, but that could greatly influence the refugee situation here and in neighbouring countries. On 28th October, in response to the request of Syria’s neighbouring countries and the UN,...
by Erika Bozzato Community Mobilizers are volunteers affiliated to Lebanese NGOs that are supporting GVC during hygiene promotion campaigns with refugees coming from Syria. They carry out very valuable tasks, visiting Informal tended settlements and informing people about good hygiene practices, safe ways to handle water,...
[gallery link="file" columns="4" orderby="title"] Since two days ago information started to circulate about the Lebanese Army warning Syrian Refugees in some municipalities in North Bekaa to dismantle their ITSs and leave by the next morning. Officially because some ITSs would be located too close to army...
by Erika Bozzato Early in the month the number of Syrian refugee hit 3,000,000. As many as the whole population of Rome. You would need more than 40 Olympic Stadiums to assign a seat to all of them. It means 1 in 8 Syrians was forced...