Recently,someone from our class organised for a speaker to come. On the 13th of March, Liam Bernard from Concern came to our school to talk to us about Syria. We all had a varying degree of knowledge about the conflict and wanted to know more.
Firstly we learned about Concern:
It is a neutral, non-political organisation
- They work on the humanity imperative, dealing with people as humans rather than judging them by their religious views etc.
- Concern have 190 staff in Ireland
- 89.9% of their expenditure is on development while 10% goes on fundraising and administrative costs.
- They mainly work on health, education and emergencies
Concern's work in Syria:
Concern have been working in Syria for the past 3 years, mostly with Syrian refugees who have fled to Lebanon. 9 million people need assistance.
Concern have set up a sanitation programme in one town but have only been able to access the town twice in a month. 24 people were killed in an attack.
Since the beginning of the conflict, some people have only received aid once because they often need to apply for access and rely on village elders in some towns. Humanitarian vehicles are very obvious making it harder for them to access towns.
Concern has been working on housing Syrian refugees in Lebanon through turning unused buildings into family homes .This provides Syrians refugees a safe, rent-free place to live. Concern have also been providing clean water and purification tablets and building sewage systems. Concern's work also benefits the locals in Lebanon.
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