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Situation Highlights:

• The revised UNHCR-led Syria Regional Response Plan (RRP) was launched on 28 June 2012, as a result of the coordinated efforts of 44 international and national agencies involved in the refugee response. UNICEF’s revised funding requirement from the RRP is US$ 20,026,000, targeting around 90,000 Syrian children and adolescents in the sub-region.

• 91,673 registered refugees to date in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq, over half of them children and adolescents (UNHCR, July 2012).

Programme Highlights:

• UNICEF Jordan, in collaboration with partners and the Ministry of Education, began school-based summer holiday remedial education classes, targeting 5,500 vulnerable Syrian and Jordanian children in 15 directorates. UNICEF distributed 64 education kits and 28 psychosocial kits to public schools hosting the summer activities.

• UNICEF Jordan procured 3,000 baby hygiene kits, which are prepared for distribution in transit sites in the coming weeks. In Lebanon, the Education Rapid Assessment, supported by UNICEF, was completed and presented to partners. WASH assessments were also completed, highlighting urgent water issues in the North and Bekaa.

• UNICEF Iraq and partners established a Child Friendly Space operating in two shifts that provides opportunities for recreational activities for around 125 Syrian children in the Domiz camp.