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What You Can Do
RELIEFFORREFUGEES
Winter is coming, and many organizations are working to provide and coordinate immediate assistance
to migrants in need. Contact these groups to help alleviate the pain and suffering from this crisis.
The Near East Foundation
NEF is working with Syrian and Iraqi refugee women, along with vulnerable members of their host communities, to help them achieve
financial self-sufficiency through small business development, home-based income generating activities, urban agriculture, and
financial literacy and savings. Working through local, community-based organizations, NEF reaches thousands of families in Lebanese
and Jordanian cities that are home to large numbers of Syrian and Iraqi refugees. Give online at www.neareast.org/get-involved.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
UNHCR is providing basic necessities for refugees like
warm clothing, cash for medicine and fuel to heat tents.
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$20 DBOQSPWJEFPOFTMFFQJOHCBHs$150 can provide thermal blankets to keep three families warm.
$200 can provide twenty families with synthetic mats to protect them from sleeping on the cold ground.
$300 pays for an emergency rescue kit for 10 survivors, containing a towel,
thermal blanket, bottled water, an energy bar, dry clothes and shoes.
$550 can provide emergency cash assistance for three families for a month.
www.usaforunhcr.com
Doctors Without Borders
This photo of young Syrian boy Aylan Shenu drowned on a
Turkish beach, after a boat carrying refugees to the Greek island
of Kos, sank, sparked outrage around the world. It was a wake-up
call to many, a tragedy that captured the severity of the worst
migrant crisis since World War II.
(Credit: AFP Photo/Nelufer Demir/Dogan News Agency)
The international NGO sets up hospitals in refugee camps, helps women give birth safely, provides access to safe drinking
water and takes other medical measures to ensure the health of vulnerable people around the world. Eighty-eight cents of
every dollar donated goes directly to these programs and services. Give today at www.doctorswithoutborders.org.
The International Rescue Committee
The IRC is providing relief to millions of uprooted people inside Syria; in Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan; in Afghanistan; on the
shores of Greece; and in 25 resettlement offices in the U.S. In addition to lifesaving aid, donations support emergency services
that help ensure refugees are protected once they arrive in Europe. Learn more at Engage.rescue.org/donate/emergencies.
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