International human services are a major focus area for many

International human services are a major focus area for many human services professionals. While it’s not the main focus of this course, this unit we’ll spend some time understanding some of the complicated needs that many citizens of the world face and the human services agencies that help. For this discussion, select one international population that needs the help of human services organizations. Possible selections include refugees from war torn nations such as Syria, Iraq or Afghanistan; chronically impoverished nations such as Haiti or Sudan; or the plight of immigrant children from Central America. Feel free to select any other international population that you are interested in learning more about. Do a bit of online research on this population and then describe the needs of this population; what human services help has been provided, and what additional help is needed? Can you name one human services organization currently working with this population and provide a link to their website (if applicable)?

Solution

I have chosen the Syrian population to study with. Syria is a country in Western Asia bordering with Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, Jordan & Israel. In 2011, Anti-Government protests began within Syria. This protest between Government & the opposition resulted in violent civilian war. In 2011, the total population of Syria was 22 Million. And as per the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), 13.5 Million Syrians requires humanitarian needs today. Out of this 13.5 Million, 4.9 Million people are trapped in hard to reach areas. And approximate more than 2.5 Million are children. Approximate 6000 families are forcing to leave their house everyday. They have fled to neighbouring countries and living there as a refugee.

Need of the Population: These Syrian refugees are living in different countries such as Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt & in Syria. There are different camps have been stablished to give them shelter. But the living condition of these camps are not good. They are struggling with the basic living needs such as Food, Clothes, Medical care & Water. There is no education facility for the children. As per the AlJazeera report & World Vision International, Medical care is non-existence, only 5-6 litre of water per person per day is available, and 3rd quarter of the residents are Children & Women.

Human Service Help: There are many human service organizations have come forward to help the Syrian refugees. Few of them are Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (Source: CRS Website), Syrian American Medical Society, Sunrise USA, Karam Foundation (Source : Huffingtonpost), Global Hope Network International, Mercy-USA for Aid & Development, GlobalGiving (Source : Charitynavigator).

These organizations are providing Food, Water, basic Medical services, Winter care, basic education and similar services. But the service which are being provided are not adequate to meet their needs. They standard of living are below the average. The still require security, winter care, Medical care for children & maternity care. Water is one of the need which needs to be taken care of. All these are basic things which for which additional help is needed.

(Note: All the contents written here are just to provide the answer to this particular question. All the information mentioned above are written after doing research work over internet and taken from some articles published publicly. Wherever required the source has been mentioned.)