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Pau Gasol, National Basketball Association (NBA) champion and Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Children’s Fund, has urged additional support for the Syrian children forced out of their homeland by conflict after a visit to Domiz Camp in Iraq.
“I met children who have fled from a tragic situation in Syria and now depend on urgent humanitarian aid to save their lives and give them an opportunity to build a new life,” said Mr. Gasol, Ambassador of UNICEF Spain Committee since 2003.”
Mr. Gasol said he was “shocked” to see what some of the children have seen, “No child should experience such violence and destruction and be deprived of the basic services that they need to grow and develop to fulfil their potential.”
Since fighting began in March 2011, as many as 100,000 people have been killed, some 4 million have been internally displaced and almost 2 million have fled to neighbouring countries – of which around 50 per cent are children, including over 160,000 in Iraq.
The UN agency has appealed for more than $360 million to assist Syrian children in Iraq, as well as Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Egypt, through the end of the year. As of 16 July, the latest figures show a $191 million funding gap.
“I met children who have fled from a tragic situation in Syria and now depend on urgent humanitarian aid to save their lives and give them an opportunity to build a new life,” said Mr. Gasol, Ambassador of UNICEF Spain Committee since 2003.”
Mr. Gasol said he was “shocked” to see what some of the children have seen, “No child should experience such violence and destruction and be deprived of the basic services that they need to grow and develop to fulfil their potential.”
Since fighting began in March 2011, as many as 100,000 people have been killed, some 4 million have been internally displaced and almost 2 million have fled to neighbouring countries – of which around 50 per cent are children, including over 160,000 in Iraq.
The UN agency has appealed for more than $360 million to assist Syrian children in Iraq, as well as Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Egypt, through the end of the year. As of 16 July, the latest figures show a $191 million funding gap.