{"id":107370,"date":"2019-11-04T10:51:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T08:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/where-we-work\/syyria\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T09:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:28:43","slug":"syria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/where-we-work\/syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Syria<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Syria_map_hassakeh_en-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Map of Syria.\" class=\"wp-image-98020\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-ingress\">The war in Syria has caused the world\u2019s largest displacement of population. Around 5.5 million Syrians have fled to neighboring countries, and more than six million remain internally displaced. The consequences have been particularly dire for children and youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block-content-with-infobox full-width id-block\">\n\t<div class=\"container-lg\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-inner inner-blocks entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"block-inner-blocks inner-blocks entry-content lorem\">\n\t\n\n<p>More than a decade of civil war has forced millions of Syrian children and youth out of school. Finn Church Aid (FCA) supports access to quality education for internally displaced people in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>School attendance has dropped by more than 50 percent in Syria, and according to the UN, more than 2 million Syrian children are out of school. A quarter of the country\u2019s schools have been destroyed during the war and over 50 000 teachers have left their jobs, leaving Syrian education in a crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block-inner-blocks inner-blocks entry-content\">\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Population:<\/strong>\u00a025,7million<br><strong>Capital:<\/strong>\u00a0Damascus<br><strong>Currency:<\/strong>\u00a0Syrian pound<br><strong>Languages:\u00a0<\/strong>Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian, French, English<br><strong>FCA in Syria: Country office established in<\/strong>\u00a02019, programmes with a local partner have been implemented for a decade<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block-themes full-width id-block\">\n\t<div class=\"container-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"block-title is-style-brush\"><span class=\"bg\">Our results <\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center themes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 col-lg-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"theme\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"theme-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/KUA-symbolit_rgb_teacher.png\" alt=\"Kuvituskuva matematiikan opettajasta.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"942\" height=\"942\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"theme-title\">9,345<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p>children were able to continue their schoolwork in a repaired school building.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 col-lg-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"theme\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"theme-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/KUA-symbolit_rgb_humaid.png\" alt=\"Graafinen kuva k\u00e4sist\u00e4\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"942\" height=\"942\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"theme-title\">23,571<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p>learners and their families received hygiene kits as part of our Covid-19 response.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 col-lg-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"theme\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"theme-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/KUA-symbolit_rgb_parents.png\" alt=\"Kuvituskuva vanhemmista ja lapsesta.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"942\" height=\"942\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"theme-title\">538<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p>dropouts returned to school after having participated in our activities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>FCA, through its strategic partners; Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch (GOPA) and Syriac Orthodox St. Ephrem Patriarchal Development Committee (EPDC) work in the education sector, with a small intervention of supporting livelihoods in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The war has kept many Syrians out of school for years and they receive remedial classes to catch up. In addition, FCA contributed in supporting the children of Syria to roll back to formal schooling by providing tuition fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of developing the capacities of education personnel in highly fragmented country, projects with GOPA have facilitated Teachers\u2019 Trainings on several conflict-related topics including psychosocial support and classroom management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of the growth in the FCA program in Syria is to directly enroll in establishing operations in various locations where the need is enormous, while maintaining the strategic partnership with GOPA and EPDC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FCA supports Syrians who had to flee from their homes when Turkey started its military operation in North East Syria in October 2019. Over 200 000 people fled their homes and now live in refugee centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FCA also supports Syrian refugees&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/where-we-work\/jordan\/\">in Jordan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block-accordion id-block\" data-vue=\"accordion\" data-accordion-content='[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;contacts&quot;:[{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Mr. Mazen Khzouz&quot;,&quot;email&quot;:&quot;mazen.khzouz@kua.fi&quot;,&quot;phone&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;titles&quot;:[{&quot;term_id&quot;:384,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Country Director&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;country-director&quot;,&quot;term_group&quot;:0,&quot;term_taxonomy_id&quot;:384,&quot;taxonomy&quot;:&quot;titles&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;parent&quot;:0,&quot;count&quot;:12,&quot;filter&quot;:&quot;raw&quot;,&quot;term_order&quot;:&quot;0&quot;},{&quot;term_id&quot;:397,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Syria&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;syria&quot;,&quot;term_group&quot;:0,&quot;term_taxonomy_id&quot;:397,&quot;taxonomy&quot;:&quot;titles&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;parent&quot;:0,&quot;count&quot;:2,&quot;filter&quot;:&quot;raw&quot;,&quot;term_order&quot;:&quot;0&quot;},{&quot;term_id&quot;:398,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Jordan&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;jordan&quot;,&quot;term_group&quot;:0,&quot;term_taxonomy_id&quot;:398,&quot;taxonomy&quot;:&quot;titles&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;parent&quot;:0,&quot;count&quot;:1,&quot;filter&quot;:&quot;raw&quot;,&quot;term_order&quot;:&quot;0&quot;},{&quot;term_id&quot;:399,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;israel-and-the-occupied-palestinian-territories&quot;,&quot;term_group&quot;:0,&quot;term_taxonomy_id&quot;:399,&quot;taxonomy&quot;:&quot;titles&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;parent&quot;:0,&quot;count&quot;:1,&quot;filter&quot;:&quot;raw&quot;,&quot;term_order&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}]}]}]'>\n\t<div class=\"accordion\" v-show=\"search_string.length == 0 || show_accordion\" :class=\"{ 'open-vue' : show_accordion, 'open' : open }\">\n\t\t<button class=\"open-accordion\" type=\"button\" @click=\"openAccordion\">\n\t\tSyria Country Office contacts\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"inner-blocks entry-content\">\n        \n          <div class=\"unit\" v-for=\"unit in units\">\n            <h3 class=\"unit-title\">{{ unit.title }}<\/h3>\n            <div class=\"unit-desc\" v-html=\"unit.description\"><\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"unit-personnel\">\n                <div class=\"person\" v-for=\"person in unit.contacts\">\n                  <h4 class=\"person-name\" :class=\"{ 'highlight' : search_string.length !== 0 &#038;&#038; 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