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Originally Posted by quirky3

If anyone is interested in helping in this way, there are organizations like Unicef, Doctors without Borders, Amnesty International, and many others who could use support.

In the case of Syria......Syria will not allow aid to these people.

"The United Nations humanitarian chief on Friday called on the UN Security Council to put “sustained pressure” on the Syrian government and rebel groups to let in desperately needed relief.

Valerie Amos told the council the United Nations had been unable for nearly a year to reach more than 2.5 million civilians trapped in the worsening Syria conflict.

She said on top of well over 100,000 war dead, diseases, including feared new cases of polio, are spreading quickly and many people are dying “silently” from cancer and diabetes because of lack of treatment. Malnutrition is also growing."

U.N. advocates ask Security Council to pressure Syria into allowing more aid | The Raw Story