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| GuardianWitness has been running for nearly a month and we wanted to talk about one assignment in particular: Syria Refugees – your stories. Unlike some of our other, more accessible, assignments we weren't quite sure what content we were going to get. It's not an easy situation to document and many refugees can't be identified, in case it puts family, left behind in Syria, in jeopardy. However, people who can, do want us to see what the situation is like for them and NGOs, aid agencies and individuals have been sharing images, text and video – when it's safe to do so. | GuardianWitness has been running for nearly a month and we wanted to talk about one assignment in particular: Syria Refugees – your stories. Unlike some of our other, more accessible, assignments we weren't quite sure what content we were going to get. It's not an easy situation to document and many refugees can't be identified, in case it puts family, left behind in Syria, in jeopardy. However, people who can, do want us to see what the situation is like for them and NGOs, aid agencies and individuals have been sharing images, text and video – when it's safe to do so. |
| Arriving in Lebanon with only the clothes on his back., this man describes how hard it has been to live day-to-day. | Arriving in Lebanon with only the clothes on his back., this man describes how hard it has been to live day-to-day. |
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| By WorldVisionUKNews | By WorldVisionUKNews |
| These snapshots of daily life are first hand accounts – reflecting a moment in time – but it's seeing these moments side by side, that a picture gradually emerges. We see the difficulties of trying to support such a huge influx of people both in the refugee camps and cities of Syria's neighbouring countries. | These snapshots of daily life are first hand accounts – reflecting a moment in time – but it's seeing these moments side by side, that a picture gradually emerges. We see the difficulties of trying to support such a huge influx of people both in the refugee camps and cities of Syria's neighbouring countries. |
| A lake of waste lines the road next to the transit camp near A'zaz, Syria. Aid workers explained that while drinking water is in sufficient supply and condition, disposal of waste is a much more pressing issue, and cause for much of the disease that plagues the camp. | A lake of waste lines the road next to the transit camp near A'zaz, Syria. Aid workers explained that while drinking water is in sufficient supply and condition, disposal of waste is a much more pressing issue, and cause for much of the disease that plagues the camp. |
| Many of the 14,000 internally-displaeced refugees living in this makeshift camp want to cross into Turkey, but are unable because their documents were lost or left behind during bombings at home. Others want to return home, but say they can't because it's too dangerous. The day I took this picture (3 April), we could hear jets bombing a rebel stronghold a few kilometers away at Mennagh Air Base. | Many of the 14,000 internally-displaeced refugees living in this makeshift camp want to cross into Turkey, but are unable because their documents were lost or left behind during bombings at home. Others want to return home, but say they can't because it's too dangerous. The day I took this picture (3 April), we could hear jets bombing a rebel stronghold a few kilometers away at Mennagh Air Base. |
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| By BenTaub | By BenTaub |
| We see what it's like for children who have to build a new life for themselves – sometimes it's desperate but there are images too that show just how resilient children can be in the toughest of situations. | We see what it's like for children who have to build a new life for themselves – sometimes it's desperate but there are images too that show just how resilient children can be in the toughest of situations. |
| She pushes around her baby sister on the shiny floors of the large El Waha commercial centre in Tripoli where they now live. | She pushes around her baby sister on the shiny floors of the large El Waha commercial centre in Tripoli where they now live. |
| The shopping centre now serves as a temporary apartment block for Syrian refugees where around 80 families now live in individual shop units. | The shopping centre now serves as a temporary apartment block for Syrian refugees where around 80 families now live in individual shop units. |
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| By AdamLeach_YCareInt | By AdamLeach_YCareInt |
| This is a photo of Syrian kids going to gym class at a little school in Zaatari Refugee camp. I liked it because all the kids were just laughing and being funny. It's amazing to me that after so much horror I can find people laughing. Humor and hope are the two things that are never lost. | This is a photo of Syrian kids going to gym class at a little school in Zaatari Refugee camp. I liked it because all the kids were just laughing and being funny. It's amazing to me that after so much horror I can find people laughing. Humor and hope are the two things that are never lost. |
| Claudia Liute/ UNHCR | Claudia Liute/ UNHCR |
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| By GregBeals | By GregBeals |
| This assignment is also about the people who work with refugees – the NGOs, agency workers and individuals trying to make the situation better. It's been fascinating seeing things from their perspective. | This assignment is also about the people who work with refugees – the NGOs, agency workers and individuals trying to make the situation better. It's been fascinating seeing things from their perspective. |
| Photo by: Jesper Guhle Danish Refugee Council | Photo by: Jesper Guhle Danish Refugee Council |
| The Danish Refugee Council distributes food, hygiene kits, baby kits, blankets and cooking sets to refugees from Syria. The Danish Refugee Council responded to the call from UNHCR in May 11, a few months after the first Syrian refugees came to Lebanon. DRC is the largest partner to ECHO and UNHCR and has the biggest outreach capacity in Lebanon. DRC is assisting more than 400.000 displaced inside Syria and in the neighboring countries. | The Danish Refugee Council distributes food, hygiene kits, baby kits, blankets and cooking sets to refugees from Syria. The Danish Refugee Council responded to the call from UNHCR in May 11, a few months after the first Syrian refugees came to Lebanon. DRC is the largest partner to ECHO and UNHCR and has the biggest outreach capacity in Lebanon. DRC is assisting more than 400.000 displaced inside Syria and in the neighboring countries. |
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| By Villadszahle | By Villadszahle |
| New content comes in every day and is used in articles and Middle East live on the Guardian site. It's the myriad of perspectives too – the juxtaposition of desperation and hope – that makes Syria refugees: your stories so compelling when seen as a whole on GuardianWitness. | New content comes in every day and is used in articles and Middle East live on the Guardian site. It's the myriad of perspectives too – the juxtaposition of desperation and hope – that makes Syria refugees: your stories so compelling when seen as a whole on GuardianWitness. |
| Some refugees want to return to Syria from Turkey too. It is not easy. Along the border refugees search for a hole in the fence. A hole that could lead them to their country again. They run away from the misery in the refugees fields in Turkey but they run away from the Turkish Army bullets too.. They are looking for new opportunities on the Free-Syria side...Nowadays, to cross the Turkish fence without a passport is a dangerous travel. | Some refugees want to return to Syria from Turkey too. It is not easy. Along the border refugees search for a hole in the fence. A hole that could lead them to their country again. They run away from the misery in the refugees fields in Turkey but they run away from the Turkish Army bullets too.. They are looking for new opportunities on the Free-Syria side...Nowadays, to cross the Turkish fence without a passport is a dangerous travel. |
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| By Czuko Williams | By Czuko Williams |
| The Al-Nour football team, with support from UNHCR and the Danish Refugee Council, brings together Syrian refugees and local Lebanese players. Photo: UNHCR/E.BYUN | The Al-Nour football team, with support from UNHCR and the Danish Refugee Council, brings together Syrian refugees and local Lebanese players. Photo: UNHCR/E.BYUN |
| In Halba, in the district of Akkar, in northern Lebanon, a football team called “Al-Nour” – “the light” in Arabic – is drawing increasing attention from the inhabitants of the region. The team was set up by Tareq Al Awaychi, a former star of the Syrian team Al Karami, who had to flee the violence in his country. | In Halba, in the district of Akkar, in northern Lebanon, a football team called “Al-Nour” – “the light” in Arabic – is drawing increasing attention from the inhabitants of the region. The team was set up by Tareq Al Awaychi, a former star of the Syrian team Al Karami, who had to flee the violence in his country. |
| So with the help of the local Community Centre supported by UNHCR, which is funded and operated with the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and a local non-governmental organization, he began to pull together a team composed of both young Syrian refugees and young local Lebanese players, whom he started coaching. | So with the help of the local Community Centre supported by UNHCR, which is funded and operated with the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and a local non-governmental organization, he began to pull together a team composed of both young Syrian refugees and young local Lebanese players, whom he started coaching. |
| “Being part of the football team is extremely significant, especially for the young Syrian refugees. It helps them adapt to their new life in Lebanon, deal with the daily stress and it makes them feel much better,” explained Farah Hammoudeh, UNHCR’s Senior Community Services Assistant. | “Being part of the football team is extremely significant, especially for the young Syrian refugees. It helps them adapt to their new life in Lebanon, deal with the daily stress and it makes them feel much better,” explained Farah Hammoudeh, UNHCR’s Senior Community Services Assistant. |
| The Halba Community Centre is one among many venues in Lebanon trying to create a safe space for refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria. The majority of the Syrian refugees in the district of Akkar come from Homs and Talkalakh, some of the hardest hit areas in Syria. Building trust among the refugees is a difficult task. | The Halba Community Centre is one among many venues in Lebanon trying to create a safe space for refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria. The majority of the Syrian refugees in the district of Akkar come from Homs and Talkalakh, some of the hardest hit areas in Syria. Building trust among the refugees is a difficult task. |
| Still, in an interview with the UN News Centre (http://www.un.org/news/), Ms. Hammoudeh insists that there are also reasons to be optimistic as the Al-Nour team shows, and she says that those who really want to find a solution and make a life for themselves can do it, with the help of UNHCR’s Community Centre, DRC and other stakeholders that provide assistance to the refugees. | Still, in an interview with the UN News Centre (http://www.un.org/news/), Ms. Hammoudeh insists that there are also reasons to be optimistic as the Al-Nour team shows, and she says that those who really want to find a solution and make a life for themselves can do it, with the help of UNHCR’s Community Centre, DRC and other stakeholders that provide assistance to the refugees. |
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| By Villadszahle | By Villadszahle |
| We have been very moved by the content that has been shared with us – so please do go and look at it, if you haven't already. Syria Refugees is a long-running assignment, these stories and many others can be seen on the GuardianWitness site. | We have been very moved by the content that has been shared with us – so please do go and look at it, if you haven't already. Syria Refugees is a long-running assignment, these stories and many others can be seen on the GuardianWitness site. |
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