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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Learning Amid the Ruins - Thank You for Your Support 4 November 2025
In Northwest Syria, children are trying to learn in classrooms that have been damaged by years of conflict. Many schools have holes in the walls and roofs, yet teachers still show up each day to bring a sense of hope and normal life to their students.
One of our education workers, who also teachers at a local school told us, “Today I found a student collecting remnants of war to sell to a scrap dealer. Unexploded pieces are still everywhere and they endanger our children.”
Abu Abdul, a father of one of the children in BounceBack4Syria shared, “For about six years now, I have been unable to study, and our society has never given education any importance. Their behaviour has changed dramatically, as they have gone through difficult times and have been deprived of their most basic rights. They have not been given the opportunity to experience learning and go to school.”
The BounceBack4Syria programme wouldn’t be possible without your support!
Thank you for allowing us to reach children still living in displacement, to teach valuable resilience skills. Thank you for standing with Syria’s children and supporting education.
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Thank you so much for your support for BounceBack4Syria, Peter. Your donation helps children in Syria access learning, play, and a sense of normal life through our play-based education programme. With your help, our educators in northwest Syria can keep providing safe spaces for children to learn, laugh, and heal, even amidst conflict. We’re so grateful for your kindness and compassion. Thank you!
Kia ora Kay, thank you for donating to BounceBack4Syria and for tuning in and listening to Mike on Sunday. Your donation is supporting children in the displacement camps in Idlib regain joy, safety, and education, thank you for your humanity! Feel free to share our work in Syria with your networks, Mike's interview can be listened to here - https://www.reliefaid.org.nz/rnz-sunday-morning-mike-seawright-returns-to-syria-after-fall-of-assad/
Kia ora Peter, thank you for your support of our BounceBack4Syria programme. Your support will ensure that children in displacement camps in Syria have access to play and learn about resilient behaviours. Most of all, it allows children to just be children again! Thank you.
Kia ora Sharon. We are deeply grateful for your generous donation to our BounceBack4Syria program. Your support is helping us bring joy, education, and hope to children in Syria, giving them a chance to laugh, learn, and grow despite the challenging circumstances they face. BounceBack4Syria is about empowering children to be children again, no matter their circumstances. Your generosity directly impacts these young lives, helping them bounce back with resilience and hope. Thank you for believing in our work and making a difference in the lives of these children. Together, we are creating a brighter future.
Thank you so much for your generous donation to the BounceBack4Syria campaign. Your support is helping to restore a sense of childhood for kids who have experienced unimaginable hardships.
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