{"id":136011,"date":"2022-12-21T12:03:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T10:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/?post_type=news&#038;p=136011"},"modified":"2022-12-21T12:22:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T10:22:09","slug":"finn-church-aid-begins-educational-work-in-raqqa-and-aleppo-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/latest-news\/news\/finn-church-aid-begins-educational-work-in-raqqa-and-aleppo-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Finn Church Aid begins educational work in Raqqa and Aleppo in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"block-hero full-width id-block\" style=\"background-image: url('');\">\n\n\t<div class=\"bg-mobile\" style=\"background-image: url('');\"><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"curtain\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner-blocks entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finn Church Aid begins education work in Raqqa and Aleppo in Syria<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-ingress\">Due to war lasting over a decade, Syrians are in need of extensive humanitarian aid. FCA is expanding its operation to the northern parts of the country with the support of the Syria Humanitarian Fund (SHF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FINN CHURCH AID<\/strong> (FCA) is expanding its humanitarian work to the regions of Raqqa and Aleppo in northern Syria.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work focuses on improving quality of education as well as repairing and equipping schools. Additional teaching will be organised for children and adolescents, and teachers will receive further training. The work also supports the psychosocial wellbeing of pupils and teachers. On top of this, FCA also equips schools with solar panels in order to provide them with light and running water.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many remember Raqqa as the capital of the area captured by extremist organisation ISIS in 2014. Most of the schools in the region were destroyed or damaged during the war. ISIS no longer controls Raqqa, but the effects of that four-year period are still visible in the &nbsp;area\u2019s schools.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChildren still live in the midst of destruction. Many of them were recruited into an extremist organisation, some saw their family members and relatives being executed. The extremist organisation demanded the closure of schools in the region, and many have been away from school for over four years. The children must be allowed to start building their future now,\u201d notes <strong>Karam Sharouf<\/strong>, FCA\u2019s programme manager in Syria.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\">        <div class=\"video-wrapper\">              <div class=\"consent-placeholder\"              data-category=\"cookie_cat_marketing\"              onClick=\"CookieConsent.renew()\">                 <div class=\"consent-placeholder-wrapper\">                      <div class=\"text-button-wrapper\">                        <p>Et ole hyv\u00e4ksynyt markkinoinnin ev\u00e4steit\u00e4 n\u00e4hd\u00e4ksesi videon.<\/p>                        <div>                            <button class=\"button red slim\" href=\"javascript:CookieConsent.renew()\">Muuta ev\u00e4steasetuksia<\/button>                        <\/div>                    <\/div>                <\/div>            <\/div>            <\/div>        <div class=\"video-image-oembed\" tabindex=\"0\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/PUNwwNAq-Lo\/hqdefault.jpg')\"><i class=\"fas fa-play\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"video-container oembed oembed-youtube\" data-video=\"&lt;iframe title=&quot;Children in Al Raqqa talk to FCA about their needs&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;281&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PUNwwNAq-Lo?feature=oembed&amp;rel=0&amp;rel=0&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allow=&quot;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Children in Al Raqqa talk to FCA about their needs in late November 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Money is tight and winter is coming&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the war and the resulting economic crisis, families in Raqqa live, on average, on 18 US dollars a month. Humanitarian needs are already extensive, and according to estimates, people who previously fled the region are now beginning to return. In Aleppo, many former residents have recently moved back.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been estimated that in Aleppo, there are 75\u202f000 children who don\u2019t go to school. There have been many child marriages recently, because marriages are a desperate way to bring families some financial security,\u201d Sharouf says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winter will only add to the hardship. Because of the lack of fuel and high prices, heating houses is almost impossible; and as income is low, people can\u2019t afford to make purchases to prepare for winter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Support for children with disabilities&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Expanding humanitarian work to Aleppo and Raqqa is conducted with the support of the Syria Humanitarian Fund (SHF). Previously FCA has also supported education and provided emergency relief in Idlib, Hama, Homs, Eastern Ghouta, and Daraa.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the work, schooling of children with disabilities is supported. Schools have been refurbished in ways that enable children with reduced mobility to move around more easily.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor the first time, I feel loved and motivated to continue my education and take the first step to achieve my ambition of becoming a lawyer. Yes, I see myself as a lawyer in the future,\u201d says <strong>Dalal<\/strong> (name changed). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Dalal&#8217;s family fled fighting in Palmyra, Syria, in 2015 when she was five years old. Dalal had never been to school and had physical disabilities that compounded her challenges.&nbsp;FCA provided specially developed catch-up classes that allow two school years of study in one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block-scroll-content id-block full-width inner-blocks entry-content\">\n    \n    <div class=\"inner-blocks\">\n        \n\n<div class=\"block-scroll-content-slide id-block inner-blocks\">\n    <div class=\"background\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SS-2-scaled-e1671618097857.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n        \n            <\/div>    \n\n    <div class=\"content-overflow\">\n        <div class=\"slide-content\">\n            <div class=\"container-lg\">\n                <div class=\"row\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n                        <div class=\"slide-card inner-blocks on-right \">\n                            \n\n<p>FCA gave Dalal a wheelchair and her family cash support to buy everything she needed to access her school. The project in Hama and Homs was funded by UN OCHA Syria&#8217;s Syrian Humanitarian Fund. <\/p>\n\n\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>            \n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Going to school is the right of every child. <strong>Noor <\/strong>was born without legs, which is why she has been in a wheelchair all her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Yes, I&#8217;m disabled. No, nothing stops me from going to school,&#8221; says Noor. She wants to be a pharmacist when she grows up. Her home was damaged during the war, and Noor dreams of owning a house in the city. As an adult, she&#8217;d like a car that she could drive himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block-scroll-content id-block full-width inner-blocks entry-content bg\">\n        <div class=\"background\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/hama-2022-35-1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"inner-blocks\">\n        \n\n<div class=\"block-scroll-content-slide id-block inner-blocks\">\n    <div class=\"background\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/hama-2022-35-1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n        \n            <\/div>    \n\n    <div class=\"content-overflow\">\n        <div class=\"slide-content\">\n            <div class=\"container-lg\">\n                <div class=\"row\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n                        <div class=\"slide-card inner-blocks \">\n                            \n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">13-year-old Noor attends a school supported by FCA in rural Hama in western Syria together with her friend Foton. The school that Noor attends has recently been renovated so that it is easier to move around with a wheelchair. The project was funded by EU.<\/p>\n\n\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>            \n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Long-term work brings results&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Finn Church Aid has operated in Syria since 2017. In addition to emergency relief, the work has focused on improving quality of education as well as water and sanitary systems of schools, and supporting livelihoods. The new phase of the operation will give 45 young people in Aleppo an access to vocational education.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of October 2022, FCA has refurbished a total of 43 schools together with its partners. This repair work has impacted the daily lives of over 23\u202f300 Syrian children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\">        <div class=\"video-wrapper\">              <div class=\"consent-placeholder\"              data-category=\"cookie_cat_marketing\"              onClick=\"CookieConsent.renew()\">                 <div class=\"consent-placeholder-wrapper\">                      <div class=\"text-button-wrapper\">                        <p>Et ole hyv\u00e4ksynyt markkinoinnin ev\u00e4steit\u00e4 n\u00e4hd\u00e4ksesi videon.<\/p>                        <div>                            <button class=\"button red slim\" href=\"javascript:CookieConsent.renew()\">Muuta ev\u00e4steasetuksia<\/button>                        <\/div>                    <\/div>                <\/div>            <\/div>            <\/div>        <div class=\"video-image-oembed\" tabindex=\"0\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ncZ3Ku7BZCM\/hqdefault.jpg')\"><i class=\"fas fa-play\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"video-container oembed oembed-youtube\" data-video=\"&lt;iframe title=&quot;School children present their newly rehabilitated school in Syria&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;281&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ncZ3Ku7BZCM?feature=oembed&amp;rel=0&amp;rel=0&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allow=&quot;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">11-year-olds Malak and Amena present their rehabilitated school in Hama, Syria. FCA supported the rehabilitation of schools with EU Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) funding. The project enables access to quality education for children and youth who have missed several years of school due to the war in Syria.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Text: Ulriikka My\u00f6h\u00e4nen&nbsp;<br>Translation: Anne Salom\u00e4ki&nbsp;<br>Photos and videos: Finn Church Aid&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block-latest-articles-from-category full-width id-block\">\n\t<div class=\"container-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"block-title\"><span class=\"bg\">Read more about our work In Syria:<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"row articles\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 col-md-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"article-card article-card__default\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/latest-news\/news\/work-for-all-fca-supports-inclusive-job-fair-in-syria\/\">\n\t\t<div class=\"article-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FCA-SYRCO_Livelihood_MFA-13411_The-Inclusive-Job-Fair-Activitiy_12-13-7-2025-51_HD-480x220.jpg\" alt=\"Work for all: FCA supports inclusive job fair in Syria\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t<div class=\"article-meta\">\n\t\t<span>News<\/span><span>31.7.2025<\/span>\t<\/div>\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/latest-news\/news\/work-for-all-fca-supports-inclusive-job-fair-in-syria\/\"><h3 class=\"article-title\">Work for all: FCA supports inclusive job fair in Syria<\/h3><\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 col-md-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"article-card article-card__default\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/latest-news\/news\/fca-allocates-30000-eur-to-support-those-affected-by-the-wildfires-in-syria\/\">\n\t\t<div class=\"article-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Syria-wildfires-hero-480x220.jpg\" alt=\"FCA allocates 30,000 EUR to support those affected by the wildfires in Syria\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t<div class=\"article-meta\">\n\t\t<span>News<\/span><span>11.7.2025<\/span>\t<\/div>\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/latest-news\/news\/fca-allocates-30000-eur-to-support-those-affected-by-the-wildfires-in-syria\/\"><h3 class=\"article-title\">FCA allocates 30,000 EUR to support those affected by the wildfires in Syria<\/h3><\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 col-md-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"article-card article-card__default\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/latest-news\/news\/fca-aims-to-gradually-resume-project-work-in-syria\/\">\n\t\t<div class=\"article-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fca-syria-response-7_hero-480x220.jpeg\" alt=\"FCA aims to gradually resume project work in Syria\u00a0\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t<div class=\"article-meta\">\n\t\t<span>News<\/span><span>16.12.2024<\/span>\t<\/div>\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/latest-news\/news\/fca-aims-to-gradually-resume-project-work-in-syria\/\"><h3 class=\"article-title\">FCA aims to gradually resume project work in Syria\u00a0<\/h3><\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finn Church Aid begins education work in Raqqa and Aleppo in Syria Due to war lasting over a decade, Syrians are in need of extensive humanitarian aid. 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