2016: People in Need Supported 44,000 Families in Syria through Food Vouchers
Channel: Člověk v tísni
Date: 2017-02-15

It is estimated that 9.4 million people across Syria are in need of food assistance. Since early 2013, People in Need (PIN) has been active in food security programming in northern Syria. In 2016 alone, PIN provided local bakeries with approximately  630 MT of flour per month in addition to grants to cover all operational costs, to ensure that free bread was available to 44,000 households (HHs). PIN also provides vulnerable families with food vouchers and supported 21,650 HHs through food vouchers in 2016. Furthermore, in 2016 PIN provided 44,000 vulnerable HHs with food kits. 

This food voucher project is made possible thanks to generous funding and support from European Union Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) and the UK’s Department for International Development (DfID).

People in Need is a non-governmental, non-profit organization which was founded in 1992 in the Czech Republic and has since grown to become one of the largest non-governmental organizations in Central and Eastern Europe. PIN has implemented hundreds of humanitarian and development projects in crisis and poverty stricken areas across Europe, Asia, Africa and Central America. We support populations in emergencies, both in crises of war as well as areas affected by natural disasters. Our vision is simply to support the most vulnerable where we are able.