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This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

The UNHCR’s livelihood toolkits contain essential elements. Carpenters, like Kamal, received an electric drill, hacksaws and other tools needed for their profession.

UNHCR reached 80,000 students with educational assistance so far in 2016, thanks to donors like Educate A Child, and implementing partners like PU (Premiere Urgence).

UNHCR has delivered badly-needed emergency supplies and relief, as well as evacuated 115 Iraqis from the Rajm Slebi checkpoint near the Iraq-Syria border to Al Hol camp in Hassakeh.  All are now confirmed to have arrived safely at Al Hol.

Al Hol camp in Al Hassakeh Governorate on the country’s eastern border with Iraq is now ready to receive up to 15,000 people.

The Shelter Sector in Syria organized a workshop to create a link between the local authorities and the humanitarian community for better Shelter response throughout Syria in 2017.

UNHCR Syria in cooperation with UNHCR Global Learning Centre designed a one-week Workshop on Emergency Management specifically for Syria called the Syria Emergency Training (SET), which is an emergency preparedness training for its national staff.

Amid the increasing challenges, the UN Refugee Agency in Syria was quick to mobilize its resources to respond to urgent needs for families in the besieged city of Moadamiyeh city in Rural Damascus and to residents of al-Waer and Talbisah in Homs.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in Syria accelerates educational program supports students’ return to an interrupted education and acts as an effective deterrent mechanism from dropping out.

“There’s not a single family in Syria that hasn’t been affected by this crisis,” says Nour, a second-year college student who spends several hours a week working with displaced families as a UNHCR Outreach Volunteer.