Auckland Grammar - Strides for Syria

The Auckland Grammar Distance Squad is running to support families in Syria displaced by the ongoing civil war.

Since March 2011, Syria has been affected by conflict of an unprecedented scale in recent history. Over 13 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, and nearly 3 million of these are in hard-to-reach areas due to arbitrary restrictions on movement and insecurity. As such, families who have been displaced from their homes and communities continue to face unimaginable fear and uncertainty over their future.

Many of these people have fled into the northern Idlib region on the Turkish border, where they move into informal camps with little or no outside help. Essential materials - cooking sets, mattresses, blankets, shelter support, clothes and more - are in short supply.

Kiwi-based NGO ReliefAid, with partners ShelterBox UK, is set to provide shelter and clothing assistance to 10,000 people in Syria displaced from their homes by the ongoing war in early November. These are people living in isolated, informal camps who would otherwise receive no assistance, because ReliefAid's in-country team is willing and able to go where others cannot, or will not.

All money raised will go into the operational costs of the distribution, making every little donation count towards our goal.