# IKEA Foundation donates €9.4 million to help families in Syria

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/03/17/ikea-foundation-donates-e9-4-million-help-families-syria/
- Published: 2016-03-17T09:00:38+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The IKEA Foundation has given €9.4 million to support the work of Médecins Sans
Frontières (MSF) and Save the Children in Syria and its neighbouring countries.**

It has donated €5.7 million to MSF to fund emergency medical aid to children and
families in Syria, and to Syrian refugees and vulnerable people in Lebanon and Iraq.
The money will pay for essential healthcare, mental health services for children
in particular, and training medical workers.

A €3.7 million grant has gone to Save the Children to support its work in strengthening
and training 17 local partner organisations in Syria to increase the protection 
of vulnerable children and provide basic services such as healthcare and education.

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Jonathan Spampinato, head of strategic planning for the IKEA Foundation, said:

> “A generation of children in Syria are losing their childhoods, as the conflict
> disrupts every part of their daily lives. The work of organisations like MSF and
> Save the Children is essential in protecting and supporting Syria’s children, 
> offering them – and the nation – hope for a better future when the conflict ends.”

Last month, the IKEA Foundation also teamed up with the UN Refugee Agency and What
Design Can Do to launch a competition challenging designers and creative thinkers
to find new ways to support urban refugees.

The five best entries will receive up to €10,000 each, along with help to develop
their concepts into feasible plans. Both new ideas and existing concepts that need
development are eligible, and the competition is open to all. Further information
can be found here: [http://www.whatdesigncando.com/challenge/process/](http://www.whatdesigncando.com/challenge/process/)
The deadline for applications is 1^(st) May.

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