–The IBEROSTAR FOUNDATION has created an emergency fund of €200,000 to help Save the Children projects in several countries for two years.
In response to the devastating consequences of the war in Syria, the IBEROSTAR FOUNDATION will earmark the first part of the fund to support and protect children in emergency situations and help those most affected in Aleppo.
IBEROSTAR FOUNDATION has created a fund to help, support and protect children in situations of emergency and provide humanitarian aid and will allocate €200,000 to help Save the Children projects in several countries. By signing this agreement, IBEROSTAR FOUNDATION is now one of the top ten main collaborators working with Save the Children Spain, and the No. 1 private entity providing funds in advance of possible emergencies that may occur and where assistance in the first 24 or 48 hours is essential.
The creation of this fund is considered an innovative tool for helping in emergency situations, given that with this agreement it’s now possible to have resources much earlier and react in an agile manner when responding to unforeseen emergencies like natural disasters, or if these do not occur, then it can continue working on chronical emergency situations like the war in Syria, which continue over a long period of time. In the latter situation where education and training are of vital importance, the fund created will allow continued work with the younger children as the school is a guarantee of shelter, food, health, and opportunity for the future.
Therefore, during part of 2017, the IBEROSTAR FOUNDATION Emergencies Fund will be used to support Save the Children projects that search to alleviate the refugee crisis in Syria and immediately help with the first fund for thousands of displaced children and families at risk in Aleppo.
After six years of conflict, the situation in Syria is now completely unsustainable. More than 16,000 children have died as a result of constant bombings, and about 13 million people need humanitarian aid to deal with the aftermath of the war. However, this is only one of the harsh scenarios faced by thousands of children, who are most vulnerable and require the imminent action of the institutions.
