{"id":12053,"date":"2015-03-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/core3-789-core3.d2.worldvision.org\/media-center\/political-solution-the-only-option-for-syria-says-aid-agency-on-eve-of-conference"},"modified":"2017-01-19T20:09:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T04:09:57","slug":"political-solution-only-option-syria-says-aid-agency-eve-conference","status":"publish","type":"media-center","link":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/about-us\/media-center\/political-solution-only-option-syria-says-aid-agency-eve-conference","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Political Solution the Only Option for Syria,\u2019 says Aid Agency on Eve of Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”12943″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]AMMAN, Jordan (March 30, 2015) —<\/strong> Children facing their fifth year of war need to be the focus of a major conference for Syria<\/a> this week, a leading child-focused aid agency said today.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the third donor pledging conference in Kuwait starting tomorrow (March 31), humanitarian relief, development and advocacy organization World Vision<\/a> has issued an urgent plea, publicly and privately, to governments who will be attending.<\/p>\n

“A political solution must be found to end this crisis, and governments gathered in Kuwait this week need to lead the way,” said World Vision Syria Response Director Wynn Flaten. “Life for refugees is getting worse, humanitarian funding is appallingly meagre, and there is no way that host communities and countries can bear the growing costs of these alarming trends.”<\/p>\n

Syria’s biggest problems, says World Vision<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Donor countries have failed Syria<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n