ASIA/SYRIA - Civil war is causing the loss of a generation of children

Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - There are 5 million children who are in urgent need of aid and humanitarian assistance in Syria, out of a total of over 12 million people in the same condition. Because of civil war, the country has 7 million and 600 thousand displaced people and over 3 million refugees in neighboring countries.
According to the UN, since 2011 the economy of Syria has suffered a decline of 40%. There is an unemployment rate of 54% in the Country, three quarters of the population lives in poverty and school attendance has dropped over 50%. The number of deaths and injuries among the Syrians continues to increase and children are those who suffer most from this violence. Every day more and more people die. With the approval on behalf of the Security Council of the UN Resolution, which provides access to humanitarian aid in the most affected areas, hundreds of thousands of people have received supplies, but the besieged areas still remain a great challenge. Since the conflict, 150 000 dead and more than 680,000 people injured have been registered. (AP) (Agenzia Fides 01/12/2014)