Shelterbox Canada - Update on Syrian Refugee Crisis
World Refugee Day - June 20th 2013. The civil war in Syria has forced millions of families from their homes, and in many cases from the country entirely. With the increased fighting and changing of control in hostile towns and villages, more civilians are flooding across the border into neighboring countries each day. This World Refugee Day, ShelterBox asks you to consider families in need in response to this ongoing conflict. There are now over 1.6 million refugees, three quarters of them being women and children, seeking safety and shelter in foreign countries. This places unprecedented strain on communities, infrastructure and services in host countries.
For the past 18 months ShelterBox has been helping Syrian families in need throughout Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon. The vast majority of fleeing families arrive with little more than the clothes on their backs.
The ShelterBox mission is to provide humanitarian aid in the form of equipment and materials that bring shelter, warmth and dignity to families made homeless by natural and other disasters like the Syrian refugee crisis. There is a ShelterBox tent set up at Long Point Eco Adventures if anyone wants to see what living in a refugee tent would be like.
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