BounceBack4Syria - Giving Children the Chance to be Children Again
BounceBack4Syria has local educators in Northwest Syria facilitate a 6-week programme to teach children creative ways to build resilience.
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BounceBack4Syria is a programme that partners with local educators on the ground in Syria to deliver educational resources and sporting equipment to children in Northwestern Syria.
We work with local educators who facilitate 6-week programs to teach the children creative ways to use their new resources, build healthy habits, and grow their self-confidence.
BounceBack4Syria is about more than just play. We believe that education is multidimensional and that children, no matter the circumstance, deserve the opportunity to be children. The games and activities learned throughout our 6-week programme foster creativity and resilience, as well as providing crucial opportunities for social, physical, and emotional development.
BounceBack4Syria is run by ReliefAid, a New Zealand based humanitarian organization dedicated to providing life-changing and life-saving supplies to families affected by war and natural disasters. As of March 2024, ReliefAid has delivered live-saving aid to over 1 million people. We have the expertise and experience needed to provide humanitarian assistance and have been doing so in Syria since 2015.
The demand for this programme is massive and only limited by funding. ReliefAid relies solely on private donations - school fundraising efforts, donations from speaking engagements, and individual donations such as those possible through GiveALittle.
By choosing BounceBack4Syria as your fundraising cause, you are giving children in displacement camps the opportunity to laugh, learn, and play again.
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Resilience, collaboration, goal-setting and play! 15 September 2026
As Syria settles into its new circumstances, our team continues to provide crucial support and development services to families across displacement camps. We've just completed a 6-week programme with over 70 children attending the sessions 3 times a week, and play-kits being distributed to over a hundred families and their children, to ensure the learning and play continues once the programme ends.
Support such as this, where children are provided with the basics of childhood development and fun, truly makes all of the difference. After years of displacement and the most difficult of circumstances, what families need most are moments of joy and hope of returning to normality and safety.
One of our education workers reflects on the programme:
"Through discussion, the children learned that moving toward realistic goals, one step at a time, is key to building resilience, especially when faced with challenges or difficulties. It was emphasised that small goals ultimately lead to achieving larger goals and enhance a sense of accomplishment and self-confidence."
What you may consider a small, insignificant donation, makes all the difference for families who have endured so much.
Thank you for your continuing support for this life-changing programme. We're about to start the programme again, at a new displacement camp with over 100 children who have limited access to education and psychosocial support. Your humanity counts!
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Thank you for your humanity and for supporting BounceBack4Syria. Children living in displacement often have little access to education or safe spaces to learn and play. Your support is enabling ReliefAid to deliver learning and psychosocial support programmes. Follow @relief_aid on Instagram.
Thank you Angela for your humanity and for supporting BounceBack4Syria. Children living in displacement often have little access to education or safe spaces to learn and play. Your support is enabling ReliefAid to deliver learning and psychosocial support programmes. Follow @relief_aid on Instagram.
Thanks so much Brigitte! From raspberry canes to car boot sales you never stop finding ways to help families living in conflict zones. Thank you for caring and for giving children in Syria ways to learn and reasons to smile.
Ngā mihi Finn for your generous Christmas day donation to BounceBack4Syria. While many were celebrating with loved ones, children affected by conflict in Syria are still navigating trauma and displacement. Your support creates safe spaces where children can rebuild confidence, resilience and hope through our 6-week play-based resilience programmes. Thank you.
Kia ora John! Thank you so much for supporting BounceBack4Syria. Your donation helps children in war-affected communities across northwest Syria return to learning, play, and emotional healing through our play-based education programme. Stay connected with our work on Instagram @relief_aid and subscribe for updates and stories from the field at reliefaid.org.nz/subscribe
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