The Syria Complex Emergency Appeal has been revised a second time to enable the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to increase its support to the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC). With this revision, IFRC is aiming to support SARC to assist up to 910,000 beneficiaries (660,000 through relief and 250,000 through health). The total budget for the revised appeal amounts to is CHF 53,599,100 of which approximately 63 per cent has been covered to date. For the remaining 37 per cent or CHF 19,628,532, the IFRC seeks support in cash, in-kind goods or services. The operational timeframe will end by 31st December 2013. A Final Report will be made available by the end of March 2014 (three months after the end of the operation).
Appeal History:
This Emergency Appeal was initially launched on 6 July 2012 for CHF 27.5 million for 12 months to support the Syrian Arab Red Crescent National Society (SARC) to directly assist over 200,000 beneficiaries and to strengthen its capacity to respond to the needs of more than 1.5 million people at that time.
This Emergency Appeal is a continuation and scaling-up of activities initially undertaken as part of the Middle East & North Africa Civil Unrest Appeal (MDR82001). Due to the worsening humanitarian situation and growing needs in Syria, the Emergency Appeal builds on and broadens the scope of activities undertaken as part of the previous Civil Unrest Appeal. The Syria component of the MENA Civil Unrest appeal was closed at the end of June 2012.
On 17 December, the Emergency Appeal was revised to CHF 39,197,125 for SARC to be supported in reaching up to 650,000 beneficiaries until December 2013, mainly with relief items, emergency and primary health care, capacity building and logistics support.
This revised Appeal also provides an update on the achievements made during the eleven months following the launch of the Appeal in July 2012.