Improve the sense of safety and emotional and physical wellbeing and enhance the resilience of more than 12,000 beneficiaries inside syria, mostly iraqi refugees and provide educational support to…

The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded $1,000,000 to International Orthodox Christian Charities Inc. on September 25, 2022 through the Overseas Refugee Assistance Program for Near East (CFDA 19.519) cooperative agreement to improve the sense of safety, emotional and physical wellbeing, and resilience of more than 12,000 beneficiaries inside Syria. The majority of beneficiaries will be Iraqi refugees, with educational support also provided to conflict-affected school-aged children.

The Overseas Refugee Assistance Program for Near East aims to provide protection and assistance to Syrian and Iraqi refugees, conflict victims, internally displaced persons, and returnees in neighboring countries and inside Iraq. This award will support those goals by enhancing resilience and wellbeing for over 12,000 individuals, as well as delivering educational assistance to children impacted by conflict in Syria. Services will be provided through September 24, 2023.

Improve the sense of safety and emotional and physical wellbeing and enhance the resilience of more than 12,000 beneficiaries inside syria, mostly iraqi refugees and provide educational support to conflict-affected school-aged children