SYRIAN REFUGEES CARE OFFERS VOLUNTARY AND PAID WORK FOR NURSES

With the conflict in Syria entering its fifth year, there are 7.6 million Syrians internally displaced, and 3.8 million refugees, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) – their health needs require specialist nursing skills. There are 1.2 million refugees registered with the UN in Lebanon - the first in the world in terms of refugees per capita - 623,974 in Jordan, and 1.6 million in Turkey. And nurses work for the more than 200 agencies and aid groups working to provide assistance. These include paid and ...


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