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Humanitarian organizations issue open letter to world leaders on behalf of Syria’s children<\/li>\n
More than 4 million Syrian children have been forced to flee their homes<\/li>\n
Hundreds of thousands of children are trapped in conflict zones in Syria, receiving little or no assistance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ el_class=”vc_col-sm-pull-4″][vc_single_image image=”14234″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Ahead of the Geneva II peace talks Wednesday, World Vision<\/a> and its president and CEO, Kevin Jenkins, have joined other humanitarian organizations and leaders today in issuing the following open letter urging the protection of Syria’s children:<\/p>\n
Sir:<\/em><\/p>\n
With the parties in Syria’s conflict meeting in Geneva tomorrow, we believe the time has come to urgently focus on the plight of children. Over 11,000 Syrian children have already lost their lives. From the shelling of residential areas to attacks on schools and hospitals, children are being targeted. More than 4 million children have been forced to flee their homes, including over a million who have fled the country altogether. Many are traumatized, hungry, and in urgent need of shelter and protection. Scandalously, aid cannot reach the children who need it the most. Hundreds of thousands of children are trapped in conflict zones and are receiving little or no humanitarian assistance at all.<\/p>\n
As they arrive in Geneva, we urgently call on the parties to the conflict not to target children, and to commit to a three-point plan to protect them:<\/p>\n