Aleppo Emergency! Syrian’s Face Sub-Zero Temperatures Cold and Hungry

The civil war in Syria in one of the worst humanitarian atrocities in our lifetime, and over the past few days, the magnitude of the bloodshed has been incomprehensible. We’re now facing a new threat as temperatures plunge below freezing. People are leaving their livelihoods behind and escaping with nothing in the midst of a very bitter winter, arriving with just the clothing on their backs, vulnerable, weak and hungry after months under siege without proper access to food or healthcare. 

We are dealing with a crisis in what the UN describes as a ‘complete meltdown of humanity’. Penny Appeal is on ground now in Idlib just 40 miles from Aleppo, where our teams are distributing lifesaving aid to thousands of people. We’re responding with clothing for children, food packs, shelter, beddings, blankets, stoves and more keeping children and families warm and fed.

Around the world hundreds of thousands of people will go to bed cold and hungry every day. As temperatures plummet and winter sets in, the situation is becoming more and more critical. Faced with freezing conditions and little food to sustain them, even simple tasks take huge effort and use up valuable energy.

Our Winter Emergency response is reaching beyond in places where the cold is hitting people the hardest, such as Lebanon, Pakistan and Nepal providing invaluable meals and lifesaving aid.

People need your help to survive, only you can give them hope.

We have to do something. That is why #TeamOrange is committing to raise £100,000 throughout December and January to feed those struggling to survive this winter. A £50 food pack can feed a family of six for an entire month – that means we could give 12,000 people regular, nourishing meals

Give now and save lives.

£50 – a food pack for a family

£100 – food packs for two families

£250 – food packs for five families

£500 – food packs for ten families

You can also donate by texting “WINTR 75 £10” or another amount to 70070