2023 Christmas Special (aka “Don’t Cut Aid to Syria! And other countries!”)

Merry Christmas!

Sadly, the World Food Program has had their funding cut by 60 percent.

Also, we are currently listed among the Top Five Syria-related podcasts on Feedspot.com (https://podcasts.feedspot.com/syria_podcasts/). Check us out there and help us get up to the #1 spot. 

Sources / Quotes:

 

https://www.wfp.org/news/wfp-forced-scale-down-operations-syria-donors-gather-brussels-ahead-major-conference

 

https://www.wfp.org/news/tight-funding-forces-wfp-reduce-food-assistance-syrian-refugees-jordan-including-camps

 

https://www.unhcr.org/us/emergencies/venezuela-situation

 

https://www.unhcr.org/us/emergencies/dr-congo-emergency

 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/a-record-6-9-million-people-have-been-displaced-in-congos-growing-conflict-the-u-n-says

 

https://www.iom.int/news/record-high-displacement-drc-nearly-7-million

 

https://www.cfr.org/blog/catastrophic-displacement-democratic-republic-congo

 

https://www.unhcr.org/us/emergencies/syria-emergency

 

https://www.unhcr.org/us/emergencies/ukraine-emergency

 

https://www.unhcr.org/us/emergencies/rohingya-emergency 

 

https://www.unhcr.org/us/emergencies/afghanistan-emergency 

 

https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/how-many-refugees/2/ 

 

https://www.kiva.org/blog/where-do-refugees-come-from-and-where-do-they-go 

 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/272999/refugees-by-source-country/ 

 

https://www.worldvision.org/refugees-news-stories/forced-to-flee-top-countries-refugees-coming-from

 

https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistics/

 

https://concernusa.org/news/largest-refugee-crises/

 

https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20230620-key-figures-record-high-numbers-of-refugees-and-displaced-people-worldwide 

 

https://www.unrwa.org/resources/reports/unrwa-situation-report-44-situation-gaza-strip-and-west-bank-including-east-Jerusalem?__cf_chl_tk=jT9EL