Syria

The Syrian Crisis: الأزمة السورية‎ Source: http://www.mapsnworld.com ||  ||
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Middle East. The Arab Spring is the name given to a revolutionary wave of demonstrations
and protests against governments across the Arab World, beginning in 2010.

rages on in to the 3rd year and shows no sign of abating.
The conflict is between the Government forces led by President Bashar al-Assad and the Rebel forces. Retaliations have been going on between both sides with devastating results.... || =[|Children of Syria]= ====Thousands of innocent people including women and children are being affected. Their lives are completely disrupted as they are forced to leave their homes in order to escape the fighting and search ==== ====for safety. More than 100,000 civilians have been killed, including thousands of children. The cost of destruction exceeds $80bn and the fighting is far from done. ==== Source: http://infographics.idlelist.com/2013/02/20/children-of-syria/ ||   || Over 2 years of fighting have left children of Syria with no homes,
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no schools and a bleak future.

 * ==== Their homes? Abandoned. ====
 * ==== Schools? Destroyed. ====
 * ==== Their future? Uncertain. ====

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Follow Caitlin and her team in their mission to make a difference....
** Chemical Weapons ** Of major International concern is the use of Chemical Weapons. ====A CW is a device, such as a rocket, that uses poisonous chemicals====
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**Why is SARIN such a lethal CW?**
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk
 * ====One drop can kill an average person in one minute.====
 * ====Sarin is 500 times more toxic than cyanide.====
 * ====Sarin mixes easily with water. When the water is drunk or touched it can kill.====
 * ====Sarin easily evaporates from liquid into a vapour which spreads quickly.====
 * ====Sarin vapour is heavier than air. It sinks close to the ground and people.==== ||  || [[image:hands of syria width="485" height="276"]]

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Syria Children's Emergency

**1 million Syrian children need urgent help.**
Hundreds of Syrian children are arriving in refugee camps every week. Driven from their homes by horrific conflict and violence they are living in filthy overcrowded conditions where disease and malnutrition are rife. ||  ||  ||   ||  ||
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Caitlin and her team selling sherbert and cupcakes at school ...
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$253.90!
This will fund:
 * ====680 does of measles vaccines====
 * ====OR around 6745 high energy biscuits====
 * ====OR around 15 family water kits!==== ||

Humanitarian Groups call for Increased Funding for Syrian Refugees click [|HERE]
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