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TURKEY CO Humanitarian Situation Report

Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs The conflict in Syria entered its 7th year in March, while the number of Syrian

refugees under temporary protection in Turkey grew to nearly 3 million. Less

than 10% of Syrian refugees live in 22 official camps along the Syrian border,

while the remaining 90% reside in host communities – mostly in the southeast,

with more and more in Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara and other cities to the north

and west – putting increasing strain on infrastructures and basic services.

Meanwhile, March 20th marked one year since the implementation of the EU-

Turkey Statement, which sharply curtailed the flow of refugees and migrants

into Europe. According to UNHCR, the number of people who arrived in

Greece by sea ticked up slightly, from 1,089 in February to 1,526 in March –

37% of whom were children.1 An additional 1,500 people were rescued or

apprehended in the attempt, including 998 Syrians.2 Under the framework of

the EU-Turkey Statement, four rounds of returns took place in March for 45

people (including 17 Syrians and 2 Syrian children), bringing the total number

of people re-admitted to Turkey since March 2016 to 944.

1 UNHCR Refugees/Migrants Emergency Response Portal, 07 April 2017 2 Turkish Coast Guard Command, Irregular Migration Statistics, 07 April 2017

$64.2

$61.6*

$111.6

Funding Status

Funds received Carry-forward amount Gap

$237.4 required

* Carry-forward includes significant contributions received late in 2016, most of which are already committed for specific activities and will be utilized early in 2017.

March 2017

1,327,442 # of Syrian children affected out of

2,969,669 # of Syrians affected

UNICEF Appeal 2017

Syria Crisis: US$ 234.9 million

Refugee and Migrant Crisis in Europe: US$ 2.5 million

SITUATION IN NUMBERS 1-31 MARCH 2017

UNICEF Turkey Humanitarian Situation Report #7 – MARCH 2017

in millions of USD

Highlights The conflict in Syrian entered its 7th year in March, as the number of Syrian

refugees in Turkey grew to nearly 3 million. The month also marked one year

since the implementation of the EU-Turkey Readmission Agreement, which

sharply curtailed the flow of refugees and migrants into Europe.

UNICEF established more than 100 pre-primary classrooms in 76 temporary

education centres (TECs), providing increased access to early childhood

education for over 7,500 Syrian and other refugee children aged 3-5.

UNICEF’s education response remains significantly underfunded with only

45% received under the 3RP. More funding is required to support the rapid

expansion of UNICEF programming, particularly in the areas of non-formal

education and support to school maintenance costs.

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Syrian refugee population in Turkey (by province)

Estimated Affected Population: 3,276,4603

Registered Syrian refugees Registered non-Syrian refugees4

Total Male Female Male Female

Total Affected Population

1,579,864 1,389,805 189,825 116,966 3,276,460

Children Affected (Under 18)

691,933 635,509

N/A

1,327,442

Children Under Five

210,846 195,998 406,844

Children Enrolled in Formal Education5

247,108 252,735 499,843

Children Out-of-School (est.)6

N/A N/A 370,000

Humanitarian Leadership and Coordination The Government of Turkey leads the overall crisis response in-country, and remains the largest provider of aid to Syrians

under temporary protection, as well as other refugee and migrant groups. The UNCT supports government efforts to

respond to the Syria Crisis within the framework of the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP), and to the Refugee

and Migrant Crisis in Europe (RMCiE) within the framework of the Refugee and Migrant Response Plan (RMRP).

In March, the online monitoring and reporting platform ActivityInfo was officially rolled out in Turkey, for all 3RP and RMRP

partners, with plans to eventually all humanitarian results achieved in-country. A new Inter-Agency Task Force was also

3 Source: Directorate General of Migration Management (DGMM), 23 March 2017. Due to difficulties in conducting assessments and gathering demographic data on other population groups (such as people on the move toward Europe), these figures include only registered Syrians and non-Syrians in Turkey. 4 Source: UNHCR, March 2017. 5 Source: MoNE, January 2017. 6 Out-of-school figures are UNICEF estimates based on the number of school-aged and enrolled children in Turkey, as of January 2017; as a result, age disaggregation is currently unavailable.

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recently established in Istanbul, chaired by UNHCR and with a dedicated Protection Working Group (also covering Child

Protection, with a UNICEF co-lead, and GBV).

Humanitarian Strategy

UNICEF’s work in Turkey is guided by the organization’s Core Commitments to Children in Humanitarian Action and the

close partnership with the Turkish government. Under the framework of the 3RP and the “No Lost Generation” Initiative,

UNICEF focuses on four priority areas – Education, Child Protection, Adolescents and Youth and Basic Needs – to reach

refugee children in camps and host communities, as well as vulnerable Turkish children. Under the framework of the RMRP

– and in complementarity with more sustained programming under the 3RP – UNICEF provides targeted, immediate child

protection and basic needs support to vulnerable children and families on the move toward Europe. The rapid scale-up of

services and strengthening of existing national systems remains a top priority, with an increased focus on a resilience and

policy approach to reflect the protracted and complex nature of both the Syria and Refugee and Migrant Crises. Child rights

violations by parties to the conflict inside Syria continue to be monitored and documented through the Monitoring &

Reporting Mechanism (MRM) capacity.

Summary Analysis of Programme Response

Child Protection

In March, UNICEF’s Parenting Training Programme – implemented in camps together with the Ministry of Family and Social

Policies (MoFSP) since 2015 – was expanded to Syrians in host communities for the first time. The programme, which aims

to reach 30,000 Syrian parents and caregivers by end 2017, empowers Syrian parents and caregivers to address the specific

behavioural and psychosocial support needs of their children. A Training of Trainers (ToT) was delivered to 36 key NGO

staff, who will in turn train over 1,000 people in seven provinces7 by May 2017. The expansion is a significant step forward

in terms of strengthening collaboration between the MoFSP and Child Protection NGOs on the ground.

UNICEF, together with NGO partners Support to Life and ASAM, also conducted a series of outreach and awareness-raising

sessions on child labour with vulnerable Syrian families – an issue of special concern as the agricultural sector, which

depends largely on migrant workers, mobilizes for the upcoming planting season. Nearly 1,700 people in eight provinces8

were informed about the harmful effects of child labour, and the most vulnerable families were provided with direct

financial support and/or referred to the appropriate services for specialized assistance (including support to registration,

access to health or social assistance services, and facilitating school enrolment). In addition, UNICEF-supported community

centres identified almost 530 child workers and provided them with direct educational and psycho-social support.

Education In March, UNICEF continued efforts to ensure sustained access to quality, inclusive education through the provision of

monthly incentives for Syrian volunteer teachers, the payment of running/maintenance costs for temporary education

centres (TECs) and double-shifted Turkish public schools, and the provision of school furniture. In addition, UNICEF

significantly expanded access to early childhood education (ECE) in March, providing age-appropriate learning materials

(such as stuffed animals, puzzles, puppets, etc.) and furniture to establish more than 100 pre-primary classrooms in 76 TECs,

benefitting over 7,500 Syrian and other refugee children aged 3-5.

Also in March, UNICEF worked closely with the Ministry of National Education (MoNE) on the organization of a workshop

to improve the provision of secondary education for Syrian and other refugee students in Turkey. The workshop, to be held

in Istanbul in April, will focus on facilitating the integration of refugee and migrant children into the 9th grade, strengthening

support to at-risk students, and addressing key factors that contribute to non-attendance and drop-out – with a particular

emphasis on vulnerable children and girls.

7 Ankara, Istanbul, Adana, Izmir, Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, and Mardin. 8 Adana, Şanlıurfa, Gaziantep, İzmir, Ankara, İstanbul, Kayseri, Hatay.

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Youth and Adolescents

In March, UNICEF focused on the provision of engagement and empowerment programmes for Syrian and Turkish youth

and adolescents. Together with NGO partner the Turkish Red Crescent (TRC), UNICEF resumed its Leadership Training

Programme (LTP) for Syrian adolescents volunteering at Child and Adolescent Friendly Spaces (C/AFS) across Turkey. The

programme, implemented in 21 camps and eight host communities, was developed specifically for Syrian adolescents who

otherwise have limited access to age-appropriate engagement and leisure opportunities. It aims to empower 2,000 young

people by strengthening their leadership and communication skills, promoting positive coping mechanisms, and educating

them on how to build mutually-beneficial relationships and act as agents of change within their communities.

Basic Needs

UNICEF completed the implementation of the winter support programme in March, reaching 1,006 Syrian and vulnerable

Turkish households in Batman, Diyarbakir, Mardin and Sanliurfa. In total, UNICEF reached over 34,000 households this

winter, benefitting an estimated 187,500 people – including an estimated 102,300 children. Post-distribution monitoring

visits were also conducted in an effort to gauge recipients’ satisfaction and evaluate the impact of the assistance; results

from these surveys will be analysed carefully and used to inform and improve next winter’s programming. On the western

coast of Turkey, UNICEF-supported outreach teams distributed hygiene kits to vulnerable families in the provinces of Izmir

and Muğla, benefitting 390 children.

Health In March, the Ministry of Health completed the first round of its nationwide vaccination campaign for all refugee and

migrant children under the age of five. The campaign, which took place from 15 February-3 March 2017 with technical

support from UNICEF, aimed to protect children across the country against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis and

influenza (via the pentavalent vaccine), MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) and Hepatitis B. According to the MoH, nearly

300,000 children were screened by outreach teams, 38.2% of whom received injections to complete their immunizations.

A total of 114,569 doses of pentavalent, 80,797 doses of MMR and 24,191 doses of Hepatitis B vaccines were delivered. A

second round of the campaign is scheduled for 3-18 May 2017, with UNICEF support.

Media and External Communications On 16 March, UNICEF and ECHO released a joint press release on UNICEF’s Conditional Cash Transfer for Education (CCTE),

which aims to increase the number of refugee children enrolled in and attending school in Turkey. The statement was

shared with national/international media and published in several mainstream news outlets. Meanwhile, UNICEF’s social

media presence in Turkey continued to expand, gaining approximately 6,000 fans on Facebook, 2,800 followers on Twitter

and 1,500 followers on Instagram. On 15 March, UNICEF participated in a global advocacy campaign to mark the 6th

anniversary of the Syrian conflict, under the hashtag #childrenunderattack. A statement by UNICEF Regional Director

Geert Cappelaere was shared on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, accompanied by videos and photos illustrating the

tragic situation of Syrian children in Turkey.

Funding Funding Requirements as of 12 Apri 2017 (as defined in the 3RP/RRMRP for a period of 12 months)

Appeal Sector Requirements Funds available* Funding gap

$ %

Syria Crisis (3RP)

Education $193,082,500 $86,742,521 $106,339,979 55%

Child Protection $33,310,000 $13,612,733 $19,697,267 59%

Basic Needs $8,000,000 $1,018,064 $6,981,936 87%

Health & Nutrition $500,000 $400,000 $100,000 20%

Being allocated $24,099,050

Total $234,892,500 $125,872,369 $109,020,131 46%

Refugee and Migrant Crisis in Europe (RRMRP)

Child Protection $2,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 100%

Basic Needs $500,000 $0 $500,000 100%

Total $2,500,000 $0 $2,500,000 100%

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* Funds available’ includes funding received against current appeal as well as carry-forward from the previous year.

Next SitRep: 15/05/2017 UNICEF Turkey: http://www.unicef.org.tr UNICEF Syria Crisis: www.unicef.org/infobycountry/syriancrisis_68134.html UNICEF Syria Crisis Facebook: www.facebook.com/unicefmena UNICEF Syria and Syrian Refugees Humanitarian Action for Children Appeal: http://www.unicef.org/appeals/index.html

Whom to contact for further information:

Philippe Duamelle Representative UNICEF Turkey Tel: +90 454 1000 E-mail: ankara@unicef.org

Nona Zicherman Emergency Coordinator UNICEF Turkey Tel: +90 454 1000 Email: nzicherman@unicef.org

Neeraj Malhotra Monitoring & Reporting Specialist UNICEF Turkey Tel: +90 454 1000 Email: nmalhotra@unicef.org

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Annex A

SUMMARY OF PROGRAMME RESULTS SYRIA CRISIS

Sector Target

Sector Results

UNICEF Target

UNICEF Results

Change since last report

EDUCATION (2017 Needs: 1.56 million Syrian refugees, including 1 million Syrian refugee children)

# of children (3-5 years, girls/boys) enrolled in ECCE and pre-primary education1 22,400 20,000 9,833 7,546

# of Syrian children (5-17 years, girls/boys) enrolled in formal education (grades 1-12)2 412,200 499,843 400,000 499,843 0

# of children (5-17 years, girls/boys) enrolled in non-formal and informal education3 110,190 52,000 10,764 420

# of teachers and education personnel (female/male) receiving incentives4 13,000 13,180 13,000 13,180 8

# of teachers and education personnel (female/male) trained5 35,380 28,500 0 0

CHILD PROTECTION (2017 Needs: 1.23 million Syrian refugee children)

# of children (girls/boys) participating in structured, sustained child protection or psychosocial support programmes1 124,650

100,000 21,585 5,771

# of children with protection needs identified and assessed2 80,655 77,000 16,170 4,336

# of children (girls/boys) who are receiving specialized child protection services3 7,700 7,700 4,715 2,259

# of individuals (government and non-government) trained on strengthening GBV prevention and response4 8,780 2,120 550 29

YOUTH

# of Syrian and Turkish adolescents and youth engaged in empowerment programmes1

230,000 200,000 12,604 5,474

BASIC NEEDS (2017 Needs: 10.75 million Syrian refugee and vulnerable Turkish individuals, including 1.3 million Syrian refugee children)

# of persons benefitting from cash-based interventions (including winter support)1 1,873,600 165,000 167,046 5,533

REFUGEE AND MIGRANT CRISIS IN EUROPE Sector Target

Sector Results

UNICEF Target

UNICEF Results

Change since last report

CHILD PROTECTION

# of frontline workers trained 1,450 200 0 0

# of children at-risk (including UASC) accessing specialized services through screening by mobile outreach teams2 2,500 325 2,500 325 273

BASIC NEEDS

# of children receiving basic relief items 37,500 2,452 390

FOOTNOTES EDUCATION: 1) 3,769 girls, 3,777 boys

EDUCATION: 2) 252,735 girls, 247,108 boys. This figure is the highest enrolment achievement. The target was determined end-2016, based on an analysis of available data as well as projected refugee population figures at the time. Since then, the number of Syrian children in formal education has increased significantly; targets will be revised accordingly at mid-year.

EDUCATION: 3) 243 girls, 177 boys. Non-formal and informal education interventions include the teaching of Turkish as a second language, basic literacy and numeracy classes, remedial and catch-up courses, as well as community outreach and mobilization to encourage enrolment into the formal education system.

EDUCATION: 4) 7,119 women, 6,061 men. This support is provided to teachers every month. The sector target was determined end-2016, based on an analysis of available data as well as projected refugee population figures at the time. Since then, the number of Syrian children enrolled in formal education has increased significantly, leading to more demand for qualified Syrian volunteer teachers.

EDUCATION: 5) N/A. Results are still awaiting final verification and certification by MoNE.

CHILD PROTECTION: 1) 3,273 girls, 2,498 boys.

CHILD PROTECTION: 2) 1,829 girls, 2,507 boys.

CHILD PROTECTION: 3) 1,089 girls, 1,170 boys.

CHILD PROTECTION: 4) 18 women, 11 men

YOUTH: 1) 4,519 girls, 955 boys.

BASIC NEEDS: 1) Results reported under this indicator are from January 2017-present; beneficiaries reached in December 2016 were counted against the 2016 3RP.

CHILD PROTECTION: 2) Gender disaggregation unavailable for this month.