Syria

Syria: But this holiday season, I cant help wondering why the biggest humanitarian crisis in a decade is getting so little attention. I m referring to Syria, where nearly one-third of the population, almost 7 million people, has either fled the country or is displaced and struggling to survive inside Syria. Half of the two million Syrians who have escaped to neighboring countries are children. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. So let me explain the nature of this tragedy and how you can help. Americans are a generous people. During the holiday season, we are busy buying gifts and donating to the needy, and are quick to pull out the checkbook or text funds when a typhoon strikes the Philippines. As winter sets in, the Assad regime is preventing humanitarian aid convoys from reaching besieged areas containing hundreds of thousands of people, some of whom are starving. Why hasnt this human catastrophe affected us as emotionally as, say, a famine in Ethiopia? Perhaps because the dynamics of a famine are easy to grasp, while the Syrian story seems impossibly complicated. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.