Stand with Islamic Relief USA and other major organizations to call for access to Syria’s Yarmouk camp before the Geneva peace talks. All you have to do is change your Facebook status to the following, just copy and paste:

"“We demand access to #Yarmouk & all vulnerable civilians in #Syria. How much longer will they be left to suffer? http://thndr.it/1acPVbp”"

Our goal is to reach 23 million people - one for each member of the #Syrian population – with their call for action. We only have 22 hours to reach 23 million people. We know we can do this with your help.

Islamic Relief has joined leading humanitarian voices ( http://goo.gl/6DBT8O ) in calling for action NOW to improve access to war-torn Syria. Joining with other signatories to an official UNRWA statement, Islamic Relief has renewed its push for humanitarian access to communities trapped in the brutal conflict - many of whom continue to suffer in besieged camps such as Yarmouk, in Damascus. The call comes ahead of the long-awaited second Geneva peace conference, which is due to begin in Switzerland on Wednesday.

According to the latest United Nations figures, around 9.3 million people in #Syria are in need of emergency #humanitarian assistance, with about 6.5 million now displaced inside the country.

UNRWA Official Statement on Yarmouk:

How Much Longer?

“How much longer must children suffer from hunger? How much longer must women die in childbirth for lack of medical care? How much longer must we be barred from the besieged Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus and the many thousands of desperate and vulnerable civilians caught up in Syria’s conflict? How much longer will we allow such unimaginable civilian suffering?

“We, the international humanitarian community, call on the participants of the Geneva Peace Talks to lift the restrictions on Yarmouk refugee camp and all areas of humanitarian need in Syria.

“Yarmouk was home to some 160,000 people before the fighting, but much of the camp has been destroyed by the conflict, and today about 18,000 people remain trapped inside, many of them women and children. With reports of malnutrition, people eating animal feed, a severe lack of medical services, and water and electricity almost nonexistent, we fear that time is running out for those trapped in Yarmouk.”

Islamic Relief has been working inside Syria since 2011 and pushed for improved access and humanitarian corridors in its ‘Syria: Two years, too long’ campaign. We are currently providing vital assistance to vulnerable families in Syria and nearby countries, as they grapple with the impact of the violence and grueling winter conditions.
Visit: http://goo.gl/kJELNV to learn more about Islamic Relief USA's work in Syria.


Change your Facebook status and stand with Islamic Relief USA and the following organizations on this issue:

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
Amnesty International
Asamblea de Cooperación por la Paz (ACPP) - Spain
Asociación Europea de Cooperación con Palestina (ASECOP) – Spain
Agência da ONU de Assistência aos Refugiados da Palestina (UNRWA)
Agenda 21 del Islam - Spain
Alianza por la Solidaridad – Spain
American Friends of UNRWA
American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA)
Arab American Institute (AAI)
Asociación Comunidad Palestina a Catalunya
Asociación de la Comunidad Hispano-Palestina Jerusalén – Spain
Bab al Shams Village Council
Centre Euro Arab de Catalanya
Comisión de Española de Ayuda al Refugiado (CEAR) Spain
Comité de Arbitraje Musulmán - Spain
Comitato Italiano per l’UNRWA
Comité Nacional UNRWA España
Comunidad Palestina de Valencia – Spain
Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (CGIL) (Italian Labour Confederation)
Consejo de Imanes y Predicadores de España - Spain
Cultura Paz y Solidaridad HAYDÉE SANTAMARÍA – Spain
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network
Federación de Comunidades Musulmanas de Castilla La Mancha – FECOM- Spain
Foundation for Middle East Peace
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Friends Service Committee
Fundación Las Fuentes - Spain
General Union of Palestinian Communities in Europe – Europe
Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF)
Human Rights Watch
IKV Pax Christi Netherlands
Islamic Relief
Instituto Español de Estudios Islámicos - Spain
Instituto Halal – Spain
Jahalin Association
Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development
Junta Islámica – Spain
Movimiento por la Paz, El Desarme y la Libertad (MPDL) Spain
Mujeres en Zona de Conflicto (MZC) Spain
Norwegian Refugee Council
Observatorio de Defensa del Islam – Spain
Observatorio de Islamofobia – Spain
ONG Rescate Internacional – Spain
Pax Christi International
Refugees International
Rete Internazionale dell Donne per la Pace (International Network of Women for Peace)
Save the Children
Terre des Hommes Italia
The International Rescue Committee
United Nations Children’s Fund
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
United Nations Population Fund, Japan
United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)
United Nations World Food Programme
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
United Palestinian Appeal, Inc. (UPA)
Universal Peace Federation – Spain
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
War Child UK
World Food Programme Italian Committee
Women Federation for World Peace – Spain External Event Url